2021 Caribbean Premier League
The 2021 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2021 was the ninth season of the Caribbean Premier League, the domestic Twenty20 cricket league that was played in the West Indies. The tournament was held from 26 August to 15 September 2021,[1] with all the matches took placed in Saint Kitts and Nevis.[2] A players' draft was held on 28 May 2021.[3] On 14 July 2021, Cricket West Indies confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[4] The Trinbago Knight Riders were the defending champions.[5]
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Dates | 26 August – 15 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | CPL Limited |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Champions | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (1st title) |
Runners-up | Saint Lucia Kings |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 33 |
Player of the series | Roston Chase (Saint Lucia Kings) |
Most runs | Roston Chase (Saint Lucia Kings) (446) |
Most wickets | Ravi Rampaul (Trinbago Knight Riders) (19) |
Official website | cplt20.com |
Prior to the start of the tournament, two of the franchise teams were renamed. The Barbados Tridents became the Barbados Royals,[6] and the St Lucia Zouks became the Saint Lucia Kings.[7]
In the final, the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots beat the Saint Lucia Kings by three wickets to win their first CPL title.[8]
Squads
The following players were named for the tournament:[9][10][11]
Venue
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Warner Park Sporting Complex | |
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Points table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.700 |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.109 |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −0.328 |
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.159 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0.124 |
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10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | −0.520 |
- Advance to the Playoffs
League stage
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- Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to field.
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- Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nial Smith (Guyana Amazon Warriors) made his T20 debut.
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss for Super Over and elected to field.
Super Over: Guyana Amazon Warriors 6/2 (0.5 overs), Trinbago Knight Riders 4/1 (1 over)
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
- Joshua James (Jamaica Tallawahs) made his T20 debut.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Gudakesh Motie (Guyana Amazon Warriors) made his T20 debut.
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Kirk McKenzie (Jamaica Tallawahs) made his T20 debut.
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- Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field.
- Leonardo Julien (Trinbago Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
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- Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kadeem Alleyne (Saint Lucia Kings) made his T20 debut.
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Barbados Royals were set a revised target of 170 runs from 19 overs due to rain.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[13]
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- Barbados Royals won the toss and elected to field.
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- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
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- Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 184 (19.3 overs) | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 205/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
4 | ![]() | 159/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 160/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
2 | ![]() | 178/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
3 | ![]() | 181/3 (17.5 overs) |
Semi-final 1
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- Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Semi-final 2
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- St Kitts & Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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- Saint Lucia Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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![]() | 12 | 12 | 446 | 49.55 | 144.33 | 85 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 24 |
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![]() | 11 | 11 | 426 | 47.33 | 163.21 | 102* | 1 | 3 | 25 | 38 |
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![]() | 12 | 11 | 282 | 35.25 | 146.11 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 |
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![]() | 9 | 9 | 277 | 34.62 | 143.52 | 120* | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 |
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![]() | 11 | 11 | 267 | 29.66 | 101.13 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, Last updated: 15 September 2021 |
Most wickets
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | 4WI | 5WI | ||
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![]() | 10 | 10 | 19 | 16.21 | 7.96 | 4/29 | 1 | 0 | ||
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![]() | 9 | 9 | 18 | 14.11 | 7.69 | 3/15 | 0 | 0 | ||
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![]() | 11 | 11 | 14.88 | 7.54 | 3/20 | 0 | 0 | |||
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![]() | 11 | 11 | 16 | 20.68 | 8.56 | 3/26 | 0 | 0 | ||
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![]() | 10 | 10 | 22.06 | 9.54 | 4/32 | 0 | 0 | |||
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, Last updated: 15 September 2021 |
References
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- "Barbados Tridents set to become Barbados Royals following IPL franchise takeover". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- "Saint Lucia Zouks renamed Saint Lucia Kings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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- "Tridents pick Morris in CPL 2021 draft, Hasaranga goes to Patriots". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- "Afghanistan's Qais Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq and Waqar Salamkheil set to feature in CPL 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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