The 2015 Caribbean Premier League or for sponsorship reasons, Hero CPL 2015 was the third season of the Caribbean Premier League, established by the West Indies Cricket Board. It began on 20 June and ended on 26 July.
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| Dates | 20 June 2015 – 26 July 2015[1] |
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| Administrator(s) | CPL Limited |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Barbados Tridents |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 33 |
| Attendance | 289,654 (8,777 per match) |
| Player of the series | Dwayne Bravo (Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel) |
| Most runs | Chris Gayle (Jamaica Tallawahs) (430 runs) |
| Most wickets | Dwayne Bravo (Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel) (28 wickets) |
| Official website | cplt20.com |
This season saw the introduction of a new team, the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots as a replacement for the defunct franchise Antigua Hawksbills. This season also saw Dwayne Bravo establish the record for taking the most number of wickets in a single season, with 28 wickets to his name in 13 matches with one 5-wicket and a couple of 4-wicket hauls.
Squads
editTeams and standings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados Tridents | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.182 |
| 2 | Guyana Amazon Warriors | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0.589 |
| 3 | Trinbago Knight Riders | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.077 |
| 4 | Jamaica Tallawahs | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.424 |
| 5 | St Lucia Stars | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | −0.679 |
| 6 | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0.228 |
Source: [2]
- Top four teams advanced to the Semifinals
- advanced to the Final
- advanced to Semi-final 2
- advanced to Semi-final 1
Group stage
edit(H) Barbados Tridents
158/6 (20 overs) |
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Guyana Amazon Warriors
109 (18 overs) |
- Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bat
(H) St Lucia Stars
179/6 (20 overs) |
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Trinbago Knight Riders
10/0 (0.5 overs) |
Jacques Kallis 10* (5)
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- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to field
- Match has been called off due to inclement weather.
(H) Barbados Tridents
161/4 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs
145/9 (20 overs) |
- Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bat
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
149/6 (20 overs) |
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St Lucia Stars (H)
150/3 (15.4 overs) |
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to bat
- Nikhil Dutta (Kitts) made his CPL debut.
Trinbago Knight Riders
95/9 (20 overs) |
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Barbados Tridents (H)
98/2 (13.1 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
(H) St Lucia Stars
156/6 (18 Overs) |
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Guyana Amazon Warriors
154/5 (18 Overs) |
- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bowl
- Match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
143/8 (20 overs) |
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Barbados Tridents (H)
142/7 (20 overs) |
- Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bowl
(H) St Lucia Stars
118/9 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs
121/0 (10 overs) |
Chris Gayle 90* (36)
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- Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to bowl
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
160/5 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs
164/3 (19.1 overs) |
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to bat
Barbados Tridents
148/8 (20 overs) |
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St Lucia Stars
133/9 (20 overs) |
- Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bat
St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
149/9 (20 overs) |
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Guyana Amazon Warriors
150/3 (16 overs) |
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to bat
St Lucia Stars
202/5 (20 overs) |
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Barbados Tridents
172/7 (20 overs) |
- St Lucia Zouks won the toss and elected to bat
Guyana Amazon Warriors
118 (19.4 overs) |
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Trinbago Knight Riders
121/7 (19.5 overs) |
- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat
St Lucia Stars
158/4 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs (H)
159/1 (16 overs) |
- Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field
- Darren Sammy (Lucia) retired hurt at 149/4 (19.3 overs)
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Guyana Amazon Warriors
146/2 (16.4 overs) | |
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain interrupted the Guyana innings at 16.4 overs, and Guyana received their target 124 runs from 16.4 overs
(H) Jamaica Tallawahs
180/6 (20 overs) |
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Trinbago Knight Riders
130/9 (20 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to field
- Mark Deyal (T&T) made his CPL and T20 debut
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St Lucia Stars
144/9 (20 overs) | |
- St Lucia Zouks won the toss and elected to field
- Jomel Warrican made his CPL and T20 debut
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Trinbago Knight Riders
148/4 (18.5 overs) | |
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to bat
Barbados Tridents
146/7 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs (H)
129/7 (20 overs) |
- Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bat
Guyana Amazon Warriors
179/3 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs (H)
95 (15.5 overs) |
- Jamaica Tallawahs won the toss and elected to field
(H) Trinbago Knight Riders
90/4 (9 overs) |
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St Lucia Stars
91/6 (9 overs) |
- St Lucia Zouks won the toss and elected to field
- Due to rain play started at 20:50, and reduced to 9 overs per side
(H) Trinbago Knight Riders
184/3 (20 overseas) |
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Barbados Tridents
112 (18.4 overs) |
- Triniidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
St Lucia Stars
111/7 (20 overs) |
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Guyana Amazon Warriors (H)
112/7 (18 overs) |
- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to field
(H) Trinbago Knight Riders
134/5 (14 overs) |
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St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
123/7 (14 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain interrupted the Trinidad & Tobago innings at 8.6 overs, match was reduced to 14 overs per side and St Kitts received a target of 142
Barbados Tridents
125/9 (20 overs) |
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Guyana Amazon Warriors (H)
111/6 (20 overs) |
- Barbados Tridents won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Trinbago Knight Riders
145/3 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs
138/9 (20 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
Trinbago Knight Riders
117/8 (20 overs) |
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Guyana Amazon Warriors (H)
118/3 (17 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
Knockout stage
edit| Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | ||||||||
| Trinbago Knight Riders (H) | 153/6 (20 ov) | Guyana Amazon Warriors | 108/9 (20 ov) | Barbados Tridents | 158/4 (20 ov) | |||||
| Jamaica Tallawahs | 125 (19.3 ov) | Trinbago Knight Riders (H) | 109/4 (18.3 ov) | Trinbago Knight Riders (H) | 178/5 (20 ov) | |||||
Results
editSemi-final 1
edit(H) Trinbago Knight Riders
152/6 (20 overs) |
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Jamaica Tallawahs
125 (19.3 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
- Winner of this match plays in Semi-final 2
Semi-final 2
editGuyana Amazon Warriors
108/9 (20 overs) |
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Trinbago Knight Riders (H)
109/4 (18.3 overs) |
- Guyana Amazon Warriors won the toss and elected to bat
- Winner of this match plays in Final
Final
edit(H) Trinbago Knight Riders
178/5 (20 overs) |
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Barbados Tridents
158/4 (20 overs) |
- Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel won the toss and elected to bat
- This match is Trinbago's first ever CPL final[3]
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | High score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Gayle | Jamaica Tallawahs | 10 | 430 | 105 |
| Andre Fletcher | St Lucia Stars | 10 | 369 | 77 |
| Marlon Samuels | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | 10 | 325 | 71 not out |
| Lendl Simmons | Guyana Amazon Warriors | 9 | 317 | 65 not out |
| Jacques Kallis | Trinbago Knight Riders | 13 | 304 | 61 not out |
- Source: Cricinfo[4]
Most wickets
edit| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Bravo | Trinbago Knight Riders | 13 | 28 | 5/23 |
| Krishmar Santokie | Jamaica Tallawahs | 10 | 16 | 4/37 |
| Sunil Narine | Guyana Amazon Warriors | 10 | 14 | 3/6 |
| Kieron Pollard | Barbados Tridents | 11 | 14 | 4/30 |
| Robin Peterson | Barbados Tridents | 11 | 14 | 3/13 |
- Source: Cricinfo[5]
References
edit- ^ "Caribbean Premier League 2015". Cricketwa. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "CPL 2015 Point Table". ESPNCricinfo. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Dominant Red Steel surge into first CPL final". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Caribbean Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Caribbean Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 June 2015.