The organisers of the Speaker’s T20 Cup are inviting first-division clubs from across the country to participate in the upcoming competition.
This is according to a release from the Guyana Cricket Board yesterday.
“The Speaker of the National Assembly in collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board and the Everest Cricket Club hereby extend the opportunity for first division Clubs in Guyana to express their interest in participating in a Nationwide T/20 Cricket Championship,” the release stated.
The release noted that the tournament will be managed by the GCB and played under T20 rules.
It added that the proposed structure will see 24 teams divided across four zones and clubs will draw for each zone.
“Each first-division club must be willing and able to pay the entrance fee and manage the logistics related to their involvement in the competition. Uniforms will be provided. The entrance fee and draft numbered fixtures with dates shall be pre-determined and communicated subsequent to the receipt of expression of interest from the indicated first division clubs,” the release stated.
“A club(s) that enter the competition and withdraws from the same shall forfeit their entrance fees. Clubs that fail to show for a match shall be fined a pre-determined fee and be investigated for match fixing by an assigned committee of the GCB,” the release highlighted.
“First division clubs for this National T/20 Cricket Competition, shall be a club with generally considered domestic first division size ground and one (a club) that is currently playing or have recently played first division cricket within their Association/Committee or County and/or such team that may be considered as a CGI Franchise, County team or Association/Committee team which can validate the use of a home ground for the duration of the tournament.”
The tournament will bowl off next month with the final set for May 5. The competition is expected to have a first prize payout of one million dollars while second prize will pocket $500,000. Third and fourth place will cart off with $200,000 and $100,000 respectively. The Most Valuable Player of the tournament will be awarded one million dollars of a motor car, depending on sponsorship.
All expressions of Interest must be on the club’s letter head and addressed to Chairperson of Speakers T/20 Championship and sent by email to: admin@guyanacricketboard.org
The closing of Expression of Interest shall be 9:00 hours or 9 AM (Guyana time as calibrated by the admin computer time) on Monday 22 February 2021.
