Following a number of media reports in the Caribbean, Damien O’Donohoe, Chief Executive Officer of the HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL), has issued the following statement in relation to the venue of the finals.
Mr O’Donohoe said: “The CPL is currently in negotiations with three countries who are each bidding to host the finals of this year’s CPL. Despite recent speculation, no decision has been made regarding the venue and it is hoped that negotiations will be concluded within the next fortnight.”
This statement follows weeks of uncertainty throughout the cricketing circle where there were reports of the finals being awarded to Guyana initially then to Trinidad & Tobago.
Just recently, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, Guyana’s Minister of Education who also holds ministerial portfolio for sports, confirmed that the CPL finals will be hosted in Guyana. However, CPL failed to announce Guyana as the host nation on April 30, the date that was set to do so publicly.
Around the same time, news surfaced that the Government of Trinidad & Tobago has made a counter-offer which CPL has accepted. This was supported by Minister of Finance the honourable Winston Jordan as he was responding to reporters at parliament on Wednesday this week. The minister who spoke confidently said that Trinidad and Tobago had out bid Guyana and that the finals will be in the twin island republic once again.
The question of which country will be the proud host of the CPL finals this year will be answered by CPL officials, while the public will now speculate on which three countries are in the running to host the finals.
