00:08welcome back to sports everybody and first off we would like to say thank you to all who
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00:28story the cpl's head of pr and communications peter miller expects fans to have a whale of a time
00:35during the trinidad leg of the tournament he says besides the cricket there will be other forms of
00:39entertainment as well here's more the republic bank caribbean premier league has seen some exciting
00:47matches in 2026 it's now time for the trinidad leg with all matches at the queens park oval and cpl's
00:54head of pr and communications peter miller is pleased that things are in order for the opening
00:59match on wednesday here at the stadium now and there's a lot of excitement and kids getting the
01:03opportunity to sign autographs and have photographs taken with the players and i'm sure as the countdown
01:10begins to the first match on wednesday evening that excitement will just carry on building
01:14the stadium's looking in really good shape uh all of the sponsor activations are in so there'll be some
01:19great giveaways for fans and other things for people to enjoy the games and for those watching
01:24stadiums going to look fantastic and hopefully we'll have some really good cricket the opener
01:28sees defending champs trinbego night riders facing 2024 winners st lucia kings from 7 p.m the night
01:34riders are sixth on the seven team table whereas the kings are handsomely placed in second spot
01:40whatever the case miller expects a mouth-watering clash it's going to be uh two good teams who are
01:46taking the field when we get underway at the queens park oval on wednesday evening the trinbego
01:52night riders obviously coming into this leg needing to get some wins on the board to push towards
01:56the top of the table whereas the st lucia kings finished off their home leg strong and got a win
02:02towards the end so they'll be very much hoping that they can carry on with that winning streak
02:07when they get underway so the night riders have just got the one win so far so they'll probably be
02:12hoping they can get four if not five wins while they're here in trinidad and what's the cpl without
02:17entertainment that area is fully covered as well hence the reason it's the biggest party in sport
02:23as miller explains we work very hard throughout the year to try and create the cpl as a fantastic
02:29fan experience there's going to be some amazing life performances at half time there's going to be
02:33giveaways from our sponsors the opportunity to win uh five hundred dollars for example as the flow fan
02:39of the match then as well we work really hard with a company called q to create really interesting
02:44big screen activations for people here at the stadium for them to be able to feel part of the
02:50action we never feel that we need to rest on our laurels and we can't really just expect that people
02:54will keep coming to cpl games so we work very hard to try and make that as entertaining and value
02:59for
03:00money proposition as possible there are a total of five games in trinidad with the curtains coming
03:05down on september 2nd vinod nawani chiefs export well the final match of the antigua leg is on tonight
03:11between the antigua and barbuda falcons and the barbados royals and tomorrow trinidad comes into
03:16center stage and don't forget you can listen and enjoy live ball by ball commentary on our sister
03:21station and the exclusive broadcaster charge 92.3 fm for every single match of this year's republic
03:27bank cpl our sport cast continues after this
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