CRICKET West Indies (CWI) and the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will provide fans with further entertainment with The 6IXTY – Cricket’s Power Game.

The first edition of The 6IXTY will see men’s and women’s teams compete in a new 60-ball tournament featuring many of the best cricketers from around the world with SKYEXCH the title sponsor for 2022.

The 6IXTY will be played from August 24-28 at Warner Park in St Kitts, before the 2022 CPL bowls off on August 30.

The six men’s CPL teams will all play in The 6IXTY including Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR), Guyana Amazon Warriors, Barbados Royals, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, St Lucia Kings and Jamaica Tallawahs.

TKR, Royals and Amazon Warriors will feature in the women’s 6IXTY.

A CPL media release on Wednesday said, “This revolutionary format will see brand new innovations that will change T10 cricket and make the game even faster-paced and action-packed.”

Each batting team has six wickets – at the fall of the sixth wicket, they are all out.

The batting team has two power-play overs and they will be allowed a third power-play if they hit two sixes in the first 12 balls of the innings.

The extra power-play over can be taken at any time between overs three and nine.

There will be 30 balls bowled from one end of the wicket before the action switches to the other end for the final 30 balls.

The 30 balls will be delivered as five separate overs with no bowler being able to bowl more than two overs for the innings.

The teams will have to keep an eye on the clock. 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 be involved in the action as they will decide when a “mystery-free hit” takes place.

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