Abhinav Kumar Singh 
The Cricket West Indies and Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on Friday released the schedule for the inaugural Men’s and Women’s 6IXTY. The 6IXTY gets underway on 24 August with all matches taking place at Warner Park, St Kitts. The tournament will see 12 Men’s matches and seven Women’s matches over five days of fast-paced action.
The Men’s and Women’s teams will be competing for their respective versions of the Universe Boss Trophy, named in honour of tournament ambassador, Chris Gayle.
The tournament will feature new innovations which will take T10 cricket to the next level. Fans can look forward to the following at The 6IXTY:
- Each batting team has six wickets – at the fall of the sixth wicket they are all out
- Each batting team has two PowerPlay overs. They can unlock the third PowerPlay by hitting two sixes in the first 12 balls. This extra PowerPlay over can be taken at any time between overs 3-9
- There will be 30 balls bowled from one end before the action switches to the other end for the final 30 balls
- The 30 balls will be delivered as 5 separate overs, with no bowler being able to bowl more than 2 overs for the innings.
- If teams do not bowl their overs within the allotted time a member of their team is removed from the field for the final six balls
- Fans will vote for the timing of a “Mystery Free Hit” where a batter can’t be dismissed by the bowler
THE 6IXTY: Full schedule for the tournament (All times in IST)
August 24, Wednesday
Trinbago Knight Riders Women vs Barbados Royals Women, 7:30 pm
Trinbago Knight Riders Women vs Guyana Amazon Warriors Women, 10:00 pm
Barbados Royals Women vs Guyana Amazon Warriors Women, 12:30 am
August 25, Thursday
Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Kings, 7:30 pm
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Jamaica Tallawahs, 10:00 pm
Barbados Royals Women vs Trinbago Knight Riders Women, 12:30 am
Barbados Royals v Trinbago Knight Riders, 3.00 am
August 26, Friday
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v St Lucia Kings, 7:30 pm
Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinbago Knight Riders, 10:00 pm
Guyana Amazon Warriors Women vs Trinbago Knight Riders Women, 12:30 am
Barbados Royals v Jamaica Tallawahs, 3.00 am
August 27, Saturday
Jamaica Tallawahs v St Lucia Kings, 7:30 pm
Barbados Royals v Guyana Amazon Warriors, 10:00 pm
Guyana Amazon Warriors Women vs Barbados Royals Women, 12:30 am
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots v Trinbago Knight Riders, 3.00 am
August 28, Saturday
1st semi-final, 7:30 pm
2nd semi-final, 10:00 pm
August 28, Sunday
Women’s Final, 12:30 am
Men’s Final, 3.00 am
