Hero Caribbean Premier League Odds and Preview – Cricket Betting

Australia's disgraced stars seeking solace in the Caribbean

Cricket Betting

The Caribbean Premier League does suffer slightly from its overlap with the Vitality T20 Blast but there are still some big names playing in the six-team tournament which gets under way this week and runs until the middle of September.

Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are among the ‘home’ stars taking part and New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and Brendan McCullum will also be in action. Three of this year’s fixtures will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in an attempt to widen the appeal of T20 cricket and there is new innovation in the CPL this year. There will be a run penalty applied if a team fails to bowl their overs in the allotted time.

Caribbean Premier League winners – CPL T20 Champions

Year Winner Runner-up Final Result Final Venue
2013 Jamaica Tallawahs Guyana Warriors Jamaica won by 7 wickets Trinidad
2014 Barbados Tridents Guyana Warriors Barbados won by 8 runs (D/L method) St Kitts
2015 Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel Barbados Tridents Trinidad won by 20 runs Trinidad
2016 Jamaica Tallawahs Guyana Warriors Jamaica Won by 9 wickets St kitts
2017 Trinbago Knight Riders St Kitts and Nevis Patriots  Trinbago Knight Riders won by 3 wkts Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad

Darren Bravo led the Trinbago Knight Riders to victory last year, the second time that a team from Trinidad and Tobago had won the competition. Jamaica Tallawahs have also won twice but the tournament is almost a side story to the return to action of Australia’s disgraced stars Steve Smith and David Warner.

The former captain and his vice-captain are still banned from international competition over the ball-tampering scandal but can play in competitions like the Caribbean League and Smith will turn out for Barbados Tridents as a replacement for Shakib al Hasan. Warner has signed up to play for the St Lucia Stars, alongside compatriot D’Arcy Short. Mohammad Sami in another late replacement for St Lucia and Shannon Gabriel has joined Trinbago.

The Knight Riders are a best 11/4 with Unibet to successful defend their title. Last year’s runner’s-up, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, are a best 4/1 but will again rely heavily on the explosive Chris Gayle. Jamaica Tallawahs are the same odds but BARBADOS TRIDENTS are surely too big at 11/2 with William Hill.

Smith’s inclusion could be the final piece of the jigsaw for Robin Singh’s team as he’ll add further to a strong batting line-up that includes Guptill, Hashim Amla, Dwayne Smith and Jason Holder. Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan and Ashley Nurse will head their bowling attack and they have a talented man behind the stumps in Shai Hope.

Caribbean Premier League Current Best Odds

Trinbago Knight Riders 11/4
Jamaica Tallawahs 4/1
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots 4/1
St Lucia Stars 5/1
Barbados Tridents 11/2
Guyana Amazon Warriors 7/1