'CPL will be profitable from next year'

Fri, Jul 31, '15

"It will never be worth even a tiny fraction of the likes of the IPL as this is a small economic region going through hard times, but we will move into profitable territory from next year," O'Donohoe said.

The 2015 Caribbean Premier League offered a delightful dream in contrast to the never-ending nightmare that has been the plight of the West Indies cricket fan over the last two decades. Capacity crowds were riveted by close finishes as the game was invigorated by this year's tournament - as it has been in the first two editions of the competition.

A league that now begins to rival the highly successful Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash for the quality of cricket and entertainment on offer, enthralled the Caribbean islands at exactly the time that the shambolic WICB would learn that West Indies will not qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy.

The CPL is the hottest ticket the region has seen for some time. Scalpers were openly selling tickets for the final outside the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain for a minimum of US$300, and tickets for the two qualifiers before that weren't much cheaper.

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