St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago and 2 other countries to host ICC-U19 2022 cricket tournament

Four Caribbean countries will host the ICC Under19 Men's Cricket Tournament next year, which starts on January 15-22, 2022. The tournament will be hosted by Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.

The cricket tournament will take place at ten different venues in the four countries.

This tournament will be the 14th session of the ICC-U19 Cricket Tournament to be hosted for the first time in West Indies, witnessing the sixteen teams participating in the tournament from all over the world.

Forty-eight matches will be played in the cricket tournament over a period of twenty-two days, of which 18 matches are listed to be played by St Kitts and Nevis. Four matches would be played in a single day across the 22 different venues in the host nations.

Teams to be hosted by St Kitts and Nevis:

Teams including Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Sri Lanka, Scotland and the West Indies will get to play their initial matches in St Kitts and Nevis.

The cricket teams will start arriving on January 3, 2022, in the Caribbean, while the first warm-up match is scheduled to take place on January 15, 2022. Locations such as Warner Park Cricket Stadium and Conaree Cricket Center, as well as St. Pauls Sporting Complex, will host practice matches.

The president of Cricket West Indies stated: "What makes this tournament special is that it's the first time we've had a tournament of this nature. It's under 19, but that's what makes it exciting because it's the future. Together with hosting the tournament, we need to produce a team that will be a winning team.

Jonel Powell- St Kitts and Nevis Sports Minister said: "Come January, we welcome the world up here - St Kitts and Nevis to watch top-class cricket over five impressive venues. We recognize the significance of not just cricket, but sports in particular and sports tourism in general; cricket, largely because that is the national sport in the West Indies.

He, while referring to the President of West Indies Cricket Association Ricky Skerritt, stated, "We continue to do what we have to do to develop our own cricketers, and I'm glad Mr Skerrit referred to the five players based on Nevis who have had this opportunity to make the last team."

The island further cited that it will ensure that the tournament is held under COVID-19 guidelines and health protocols.