CWI confirms 2 new teams in 2024 West Indies Championship

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday announced the 2024 West Indies Championship schedule, confirming an expansion in the number of participating teams and rounds for the premier Four-Day competition.
After a winning performance in the Headley-Weekes tournament in 2023, the West Indies Academy are all set to make their debut in the West Indies First-Class season, along with the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) who are making a return, re-joining the tournament after a few years’ absence.
The 2024 West Indies Championship is set to begin in February, with the opening three rounds spanning February 7 to 24.  In the first block of games, matches will take place in two host countries, St Kitts and Nevis (two venues – Warner Park and the Conaree Cricket Centre) and Jamaica (three venues – Sabina Park, Kensington Cricket Club, and Chedwin Park).  The second block of matches resume on March 13, with the fourth and fifth rounds scheduled to be held in Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen’s Park Oval, the Diego Martin Sports Complex and the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground at UWI Spec, and in Antigua and Barbuda at the Coolidge Cricket Ground. The tournament will then restart after Easter with the final two rounds from April 10 to April 20 in Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The competing eight regional teams fighting for the Headley-Weekes Trophy over seven rounds of matches are – defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles, Barbados Pride, Combined Campuses and Colleges, Jamaica Scorpions, Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, West Indies Academy and Windward Islands Volcanoes.
The 2024 West Indies Championship will have a significant increase in prize money with the winning team receiving US$250,000, while the second-placed team will receive US$100,000.
CWI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Johnny Grave said: “We are pleased to announce the schedule for the upcoming West Indies Championship and welcome two new teams and an expansion in the number of matches. With significant upgrades taking place at all the host venues for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June and additional improvements being made to the National Stadium in Grenada and Windsor Park in Dominica. We are using nine venues across Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda and Trinidad & Tobago. The eight teams will be fighting hard for the Headley-Weekes Trophy and the new prize money of US$250,000 available to the winning team. All the games will be shown live on our YouTube channel, with live ball-by-ball scores on our website so that fans around the Region and world can watch and follow the competition unfolding over the next three months.”
The West Indies Championship will run from February 7 to April 20. Fans can stream all the matches live on the Windies Cricket YouTube channel and access live ball-by-ball scoring in the match centre.

Tournament schedule
West Indies
Championship 2024
February 7 to 10:
Jamaica Scorpions v Windward Islands Volcanoes – Sabina Park, Jamaica
CCC v Barbados Pride – Chedwin Park, Jamaica
Leeward Islands Hurricanes v West Indies Academy – Warner Park, St Kitts
Guyana Harpy Eagles v Trinidad & Tobago Red Force – Conaree Cricket Centre, St Kitts
February 14 to 17:
Jamaica Scorpions v CCC – Sabina Park, Jamaica
Barbados Pride v Windward Islands Volcanoes – Kensington Cricket Club, Jamaica
Leeward Islands Hurricanes v Guyana Harpy Eagles – Warner Park, St Kitts
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force v West Indies Academy – Conaree Cricket Centre, St Kitts
February 21 to 24:
Jamaica Scorpions v Barbados Pride – Sabina Park, Jamaica
Windward Islands Volcanoes v CCC – Chedwin Park, Jamaica
Leeward Islands Hurricanes v Trinidad & Tobago Red Force – Warner Park, St Kitts
West Indies Academy v Guyana Harpy Eagles – Coolidge Cricket Ground (CCG), Antigua
March 13 to 16:
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force v Windward Islands Volcanoes – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad
CCC v Leeward Islands Hurricanes – Diego Martin Regional Complex, Trinidad
Guyana Harpy Eagles v Barbados Pride – Sir Frank Worrell Cricket Ground at UWI Spec (UWI SPEC), Trinidad
West Indies Academy v Jamaica Scorpions – CCG, Antigua
March 20 to 23:
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force v Barbados Pride – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad
Leeward Islands Hurricanes v Jamaica Scorpions – Diego Martin Regional Complex, Trinidad
Guyana Harpy Eagles v Windward Islands Volcanoes – UWI SPEC, Trinidad
West Indies Academy v CCC – CCG, Antigua
April 10 to 13:
Jamaica Scorpions v Guyana Harpy Eagles – Sabina Park, Jamaica
CCC v Trinidad & Tobago Red Force – Chedwin Park, Jamaica
Leeward Hurricanes v Barbados Pride – UWI SPEC, Trinidad
West Indies Academy v Windward Islands Volcanoes – CCG, Antigua
April 17 to 20:
Jamaica Scorpions v Trinidad & Tobago Red Force – Sabina Park, Jamaica
CCC v Guyana Harpy Eagles – Kensington Cricket Club, Jamaica
Leeward Islands Hurricanes v Windward Islands Volcanoes – UWI SPEC, Trinidad
West Indies Academy v Barbados Pride – CCG, Antigua