Sixth season of the Caribbean Premier League
Cricket tournament
The 2018 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20 ) or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2018 was the sixth season of the Caribbean Premier League , the domestic Twenty20 cricket league in the West Indies . Matches were played in seven countries – Trinidad and Tobago , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Guyana , Barbados , Jamaica , Saint Lucia , with three of the matches were played at Lauderhill , Florida , United States.[ 1] The tournament started on 8 August 2018.[ 2]
In July 2018, two changes to the playing conditions were announced for the tournament.[ 3] The first was a penalty to a team's net run rate for failing to bowl their overs in the given time.[ 3] The second change was the introduction of a coin toss, to determine who will bat first if a Super Over is needed to decide the result of the match.[ 3] The Decision Review System (DRS) was used in the last two matches of the tournament.[ 4]
Trinbago Knight Riders beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by eight wickets in the final to win their third CPL title.[ 5]
Squads
The following players were selected for the tournament:[ 6]
Shakib Al Hasan decided not to play in this edition, and he was replaced by Steve Smith [ 7]
Points table
League stage
All times are in the respective local times.
St Lucia Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Sherfane Rutherford (Guyana Amazon Warriors) made his T20 debut.
Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field.
Andre Russell (Jamaica Tallawahs) scored the fastest century in the CPL[ 9] and took a hat-trick .[ 10]
St Lucia Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Kavem Hodge (St Lucia Stars) made his T20 debut.
Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Shoaib Malik (Guyana Amazon Warriors) became the fourth batsman to score 8,000 runs in T20s.[ 11]
St Lucia Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Chandrapaul Hemraj (St Lucia Stars) made his T20 debut.
Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to field.
Kieron Pollard (St Lucia Stars) scored his first century in T20s.[ 12]
St Lucia Stars scored the highest total by any team in a CPL match. [ 13]
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Shimron Hetmyer (Guyana Amazon Warriors) became the youngest batsman to score a century in the CPL.[ 14]
Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
The St Lucia Stars' innings was the shortest in the CPL.[ 15]
Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field.
St Lucia Stars won the toss and elected to field.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
Mohammad Irfan (Barbados Tridents) conceded just 1 run from 4 overs, including 23 dot balls, and was the most economical four-over spell in T20 cricket.[ 16]
Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to bat.
Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bat.
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Hayden Walsh Jr. (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots) made his T20 debut.
Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field
Chemar Holder (Barbados Tridents) made his T20 debut.
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
St Lucia Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Christopher Lamont (St Lucia Stars) made his T20 debut.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
Dominic Drakes (Barbados Tridents) made his T20 debut.
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Romario Shepherd (Guyana Amazon Warriors) made his T20 debut.
Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to field.
Terrance Hinds (Trinbago Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field.
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
All times are in the respective local time
Bracket
Qualifier 1
Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Eliminator
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Trinbago Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
Most wickets
References
External links
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