{"id":18302,"date":"2022-07-13T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2022\/07\/13\/skyexch-title-sponsor-of-6ixty-crickets-power-game-the-worlds-newest-and-most-exciting-cricket-format-starts-from-august-24\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T15:00:20","slug":"skyexch-title-sponsor-of-6ixty-crickets-power-game-the-worlds-newest-and-most-exciting-cricket-format-starts-from-august-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/2022\/07\/13\/skyexch-title-sponsor-of-6ixty-crickets-power-game-the-worlds-newest-and-most-exciting-cricket-format-starts-from-august-24\/","title":{"rendered":"SKYEXCH, title sponsor of 6ixty, cricket\u2019s power game \u2013 the world\u2019s newest and most exciting cricket format starts from August 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basseterre [St Kitts], July 13:<\/strong> For the first time in the history of cricket, fans will be allowed to make an on-field decision! Yes \u2013 you read that right: the latest version of the T10 format, \u2018The 6ixty\u2019, sponsored by SkyExchgives the fans to vote for one free hit per innings. And it is no surprise that this new format introduction has come from the West Indies, the pioneer of T20 cricket and the breeding ground for some of the world\u2019s best short-format players.<\/p>\n

The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has launched a T10 tournament named \u2018The 6ixty\u2019, the title sponsored by The SkyExch. The inaugural season will take place from August 24 to 28 in St Kitts, just before the CPL 2022 season. The tournament will feature matches between all six men\u2019s franchises and the three women\u2019s teams, with squads expected to be at 85% strength. It is a revolutionary format with brand new innovations which will take T10 cricket to the next level.<\/p>\n

The first edition of THE 6IXTY will feature men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams competing in a new 60-ball tournament featuring many of the world\u2019s best cricketers.\u00a0Chris Gayle<\/strong>\u00a0will be the 6ixty tournament\u2019s Brand Ambassador this year and will be acting as host for the six teams. St. Lucia Kings, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Barbados Royals, Trinbago Knight Riders, Jamaica Tallawahs, and St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots will be the six men\u2019s teams. The women\u2019s teams are Trinbago, Barbados and Guyana.<\/p>\n

Fans can look forward to the following at the 6IXTY:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Each batting team has six wickets \u2013 at the fall of the sixth wicket, they are all out.<\/p>\n

\u2013 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.<\/p>\n

\u2013 There will be 30 balls bowled from one end before the action switches to the other end for the final 30 balls.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The 30 balls will be delivered as 5 separate overs, with no bowler able to bowl more than 2 overs for the innings.<\/p>\n

\u2013 If teams do not bowl their overs within the allotted time, a team member is removed from the field for the final six balls.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fans will vote for the timing of a \u201cMystery Free Hit\u201d where the bowler can\u2019t dismiss a batter.<\/p>\n

THE 6IXTY will hold its inaugural event from August 24 to 28 in St Kitts and Nevis at Warner Park, one of the world\u2019s fastest scoring grounds. The 6IXTY\u2019s future plans include the possibility of multiple events in various locations throughout the Caribbean and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cTHE 6IXTY has come about because of a close collaboration between CPL and CWI, which is the way forward,\u201d said\u00a0Ricky Skerritt, President of Cricket West Indies<\/strong>. \u201cI am very excited about the innovation, excitement, and entertainment that it will provide to fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tickets are available exclusively to Visa cardholders, with them going on general sale to all fans from Monday 11 July 2022.<\/p>\n

Pete Russell, Hero CPL\u2019s CEO,\u00a0<\/strong>said: \u201cThis is a hugely exciting moment for both CPL and Cricket West Indies as we create a tournament that will see cricket fans brought closer to the game. There will be world-class men\u2019s and women\u2019s cricketers taking part in a fantastic event for the Caribbean, and this, combined with cutting-edge innovations, signals a great moment for all fans of West Indian cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basseterre [St Kitts], July 13: For the first time in the history of cricket, fans will be allowed to make an on-field decision! Yes \u2013 you read that right: the latest version of the T10 format, \u2018The 6ixty\u2019, sponsored by SkyExchgives the fans to vote for one free hit per innings. And it is no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[633],"class_list":["post-18302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-pr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newswireindia.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}