The West Indies Cricket Board released the groupings and schedules for the 2015-2016 season NAGICO Super50 Tournament yesterday (December 11, 2015). The tournament begins on January 7, 2016 and concludes with the Grand Final on January 24, 2016. The ICC Americas Composite team has been drawn to play in Group A alongside defending champion Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, Barbados Pride and Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners. All games in Group A are to being hosted by the Trinidad & Tobago cricket board.
ICC Americas Squad (as originally named): Hamza Tariq, Jeremy Gordon, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nitish Kumar, Ruvindu Gunasekera and Srimantha Wijeyeratne (all Canada); Akeem Dodson, Alex Amsterdam, Daniel Ahmed, Hammad Shahid, Muhammad Ahsan Ali Khan, Muhammad Ghous, Steven Taylor, Timil Patel and Timroy Allen (all USA).
ICC Americas Reserves (as originally named): Nikhil Dutta (Canada), Saad Bin Zafar (Canada), David Pieters (USA), Fahad Babar (USA) and Jasdeep Singh (USA).
Group B is being played in St Kitts and comprises Guyana Jaguars, Jamaica Scorpions, Windward Island Volcanoes and Leeward Island Hurricanes.
The winner of Group A will face the runner-up from Group B in the first semi-final on January 21, 2016 at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Queen’s Park Oval will then host the second semi-final next day (January 22) between the Group B winner an the Group A runner-up. The Grand Final on Sunday January 24, 2016 is also to be played at Queen’s Park Oval.
ICC Americas Group A Schedule
January 7, 2016: Barbados Pride v ICC Americas (9am, National Cricket Centre, Trinidad)
January 9, 2016: Combined Campuses & Colleges v ICC Americas (9am, Shaw Park, Tobago)
January 11, 2016 Trinidad & Tobago Red Force v ICC Americas (9am Shaw Park, Tobago)
January 13, 2016: Barbados Pride v ICC Americas (1.30pm, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad)
January 15, 2016: Trinidad & Tobago Red Force v ICC Americas (1.30pm, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad)
January 17, 2016: Combined Campuses & Colleges Marooners v ICC Americas (9am, UWI SPEC, Trinidad)