Coverage of the Caribbean’s marquee 50 overs-a-side competition starts January 15

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that ESPN Caribbean has acquired exclusive media rights to bring “live” coverage of the region’s premier One-day tournament, the NAGICO Super50, to the Caribbean audience until 2018.

The agreement commences with this year’s edition, held once again in Trinidad & Tobago from January 15 to 25.

All nine matches from the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad will air “live” on the ESPN Caribbean and ESPN 2 Caribbean television networks, as well as on ESPN Play (www.espnplay.com) -- ESPN’s multi-screen live and on-demand broadband service.

Matches will also be available to cricket fans live and on-demand in the United States via ESPN3, ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Highlights will also air the following day on ESPN networks, Caribbean Media Corporation partner stations and www.windiescricket.com.

Director of Programming, ESPN International, Scott McGlone said: “We are pleased to extend our relationship with the WICB who are a highly valued partner in the Caribbean. The NAGICO Super50 is an important part of our cricket offering, allowing us to bring Caribbean fans the very best local events along with top international cricket including the ICC Cricket World Cup coming up in February and March.”

WICB Commercial Manager Nelecia Yeates said: “We are delighted to continue our relationship with ESPN for another four years which means we will continue to give our players and West Indies cricket further exposure. ESPN continues to show its commitment to growth of cricket in the Caribbean and together we hope to build on the sport’s place in the consciousness of our fans everywhere, as the WICB works hard to restore the rich legacy of West Indies cricket.”

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Good news,
Maybe they can work on getting some highlights of the matches that would be played in Shaw Park as well.
Still good news. Always nice using espn3 here.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Way to go di Indian money rolling in

Comeen Courtesy

In reply to ponderiver

You mean the money to clear the 42 million USD invoice.

Well done WICB , many bills to pay . Hope the standard is a good show .

In reply to Courtesy

Teflon Dave moving like a borse

How is di cull party coming on

This means that there is now no freaking excuse for not making our Players fully competitive in the longer versions of the game .

In reply to ponderiver

Isn't this just piggy backing off of a deal that was already done under another administration?

I seem to recall ESPN broadcasting regional 50 over competition previously.

In reply to imusic

It is the same deal with OTA attached.

The key imo was that the Trinidad contract had to be signed so that they had one broadcast location to reduce costs and make it attractive for coverage.

This round the Caribbean business makes no sense for the ODI tourney.

In reply to ponderiver








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WTF!!
Only 9 matches in 10 days that also on the same ground.
This tournament is a joke.

In reply to BCL_LEGEND

9 matches = 9 days = 900 overs

you have 1 test match over 5 days with a 100 over per day stipulation = 500 overs...all on the same pitch

2 back to back test matches = 1000 overs.

Most grounds have AT LEAST 2 pitches

what's the problem?

900 overs but that was not what I was pointing to.
So the regional 50 over tournament will only have 9 matches? The amount of cricket played is too less.
Why not play at different venues in the region. Every match should have a home team.

Oz Domestic 50 over tournament had 25 matches with 6 teams.

In reply to BCL_LEGEND

I think Commie partially addressed that here




On that we agree. But I''m thinking that the reason for that is also financial

In reply to imusic

Agreed but then so was reciprocal tours to India and we all know how that went
I am disappointed that there are only nine matches.

I am sure the think tank will address this

In reply to positiveg good news indeed ..next step Make it availabe
on the radio station so the little man dem in the hills can listen pon dem
transitor radio

In reply to imusic

Correction --90 overs per day