2022 season of The 6ixty

The 2022 season of The 6ixty, also known as Sky Exch The 6ixty, for sponsorship reasons, was a T10 cricket tournament organized by Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which was played in St. Kitts and Nevis in its inaugural edition, which took place in August 2022 in the lead-up to the CPL. There were both a men’s and women’s edition of the tournament running at the same time, with the teams and their player rosters being mostly the same as in the CPL and Women’s CPL. Several changes were made to the usual rules of T10 cricket in the competition.

The women’s tournament was won by Barbados Royals and the men’s tournament was won by St Kitts & Nevis Patriots.

Background

The 6ixty was inspired in part by the success of several local T10 competitions that have been organized around the West Indies. It was also meant to grow the women’s game by building on the foundations established by the women’s T10 exhibition matches that were played just before the 2019 CPL playoffs.

Chris Gayle has been named the Brand Ambassador for the tournament, with the trophy (the “Universe Boss Trophy”) named after him.

Scheduling

The first edition of the tournament was played from August 24 to 28 at the Warner Park Sporting Complex stadium in St. Kitts and Nevis. There was a concurrent men’s and women’s tournament, with all of the six teams from the Caribbean Premier League and the three teams from the Women’s Caribbean Premier League participating.

There was a total of 12 men’s games and 7 women’s games played, with each men’s team playing 3 games, and each women’s team playing 4 games. The playoffs in the men’s edition featured the 1st place team in the league playing the 4th place team in one semi-final, and 2nd vs 3rd in the other semi-final, with the final then to follow. The women’s edition went directly from the league stage to the final, which was contested by the top two teams in the league stage.

Organizers plan to organize the competition four times a year, with the possibility of hosting one of these quarterly events outside of the West Indies.

Rules

The 6ixty is played in the T10 format of cricket (also referred to by its organizers as “60-ball cricket”), meaning that in each game, each team bats for a maximum of 10 overs (60 legal balls), each bowler bowls a maximum of two overs, and games last approximately 90 minutes. However, the following rules are added in The 6ixty:

• Teams are all out (i.e. they can’t bat anymore) upon losing 6 wickets, rather than 10.
• The first 5 overs of each innings will all be bowled from one end of the pitch, with the other 5 overs bowled from the other end.
• Fielding teams must bowl the 10 overs of an innings within 45 minutes, or they lose a fielder during the final over.
• The batting team can ‘unlock’ a third powerplay over by hitting two sixes in the initial two powerplay overs.
• Fans will be able to vote to decide the timing of a “Mystery Free Hit” in each innings. (This will be a delivery on which the batters can’t be dismissed in almost any way.)

Squads

Men’s

The following squads were named for the tournament.

Barbados Royals	Guyana Amazon Warriors	Jamaica Tallawahs	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots	Saint Lucia Kings	Trinbago Knight Riders
Kyle Mayers (c) Devon Thomas Jason Holder Obed McCoy Hayden Walsh Jr. Oshane Thomas Nyeem Young Azam Khan Corbin Bosch Rahkeem Cornwall Joshua Bishop Justin Greaves Teddy Bishop Ramon Simmonds Harry Tector	Shimron Hetmyer (c) Odean Smith Romario Shepherd Chandrapaul Hemraj Keemo Paul Gudakesh Motie Colin Ingram Paul Stirling Heinrich Klaasen Jermaine Blackwood Veerasammy Permaul Shai Hope Ronsford Beaton Matthew Nandu Junior Sinclair John Campbell Shermon Lewis Waqar Salamkheil	Rovman Powell (c) Fabian Allen Brandon King Kennar Lewis Shamarh Brooks Sandeep Lamichhane Imad Wasim Mohammad Amir Migael Pretorius Chris Green Raymon Reifer Jamie Merchant Amir Jangoo Shamar Springer Nicholson Gordon Kirk McKenzie Joshua James Marquino Mindley Abhijai Mansingh Ashmead Nedd	Evin Lewis (c) Chris Gayle Andre Fletcher Darren Bravo Sherfane Rutherford Sheldon Cottrell Dominic Drakes Dwaine Pretorius Dewald Brevis Izharulhaq Naveed Qasim Akram Joshua Da Silva Jon-Russ Jaggesar Keacy Carty Kelvin Pitman Jaden Carmichael Duan Jansen Jeremiah Louis Akila Dananjaya	Mark Deyal (c) Roston Chase Johnson Charles Kesrick Williams Alzarri Joseph Jeavor Royal Scott Kuggeleijn Matthew Forde Leroy Lugg Preston McSween Larry Edwards Ackeem Auguste Rivaldo Clarke McKenny Clarke Roshon Primus Ravendra Persaud Jesse Bootan	Sunil Narine (c) Ravi Rampaul Kieron Pollard Andre Russell Nicholas Pooran Akeal Hosein Jayden Seales Tion Webster Tim Seifert Seekkuge Prasanna Khary Pierre Anderson Phillip Terrance Hinds Leonardo Julien Shaaron Lewis Daryn Dupavillon

Women’s

The following squads were named for the tournament.

Barbados Royals	Guyana Amazon Warriors	Trinbago Knight Riders
Hayley Matthews (c) Aaliyah Alleyne Reniece Boyce Shanika Bruce Britney Cooper Afy Fletcher Chinelle Henry Japhina Joseph Qiana Joseph Mandy Mangru Snigdha Paul Fatima Sana Shakera Selman Chloe Tryon	Stafanie Taylor (c) Chamari Athapaththu Shemaine Campbelle Shamilia Connell Cherry-Ann Fraser Shabika Gajnabi Zaida James Ayabonga Khaka Chedean Nation Karishma Ramharack Kaysia Schultz Isani Vaghela Rachael Vincent Rashada Williams	Deandra Dottin (c) Jannillea Glasgow Sheneta Grimmond Shawnisha Hector Caneisha Isaac Hayley Jensen Lee-Ann Kirby Kycia Knight Kyshona Knight Geetika Kodali Suné Luus Anisa Mohammed Natasha McLean Steffie Soogrim

Points tables

Men’s

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Jamaica Tallawahs	3	2	1	0	4	2.933
2	Barbados Royals	3	2	1	0	4	1.030
3	Trinbago Knight Riders	3	2	1	0	4	0.301
4	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (C)	3	1	2	0	2	−0.154
5	Saint Lucia Kings	3	1	2	0	2	−1.623
6	Guyana Amazon Warriors	3	1	2	0	2	−2.041

•   advanced to the Semifinals

Women’s

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Trinbago Knight Riders	4	2	2	0	4	0.914
2	Barbados Royals (C)	4	2	2	0	4	0.075
3	Guyana Amazon Warriors	4	2	2	0	4	−0.847

•   advanced to the Final

Women’s fixtures

League stage

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Final[edit]

Men’s fixtures

League stage

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Playoffs

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Men

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Fabian Allen	Jamaica Tallawahs	4	4	138	46.00	82*	0	1
Andre Russell	Trinbago Knight Riders	5	5	137	45.66	72	0	1
Andre Fletcher	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots	5	5	130	43.33	60*	0	1
Corbin Bosch	Barbados Royals	4	4	122	40.66	42	0	0
Amir Jangoo	Jamaica Tallawahs	4	4	111	111.00	57*	0	1

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Women

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Chloe Tryon	Barbados Royals	5	5	114	28.50	63	0	1
Stafanie Taylor	Guyana Amazon Warriors	4	4	93	46.50	33*	0	0
Deandra Dottin	Trinbago Knight Riders	3	3	75	37.50	46	0	0
Hayley Matthews	Barbados Royals	5	5	63	15.75	25*	0	0
Suné Luus	Trinbago Knight Riders	5	4	57	14.25	25	0	0

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Men[edit]

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Nicholson Gordon	Jamaica Tallawahs	6.0	6	11.50	2/16	0
Dominic Drakes	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots	9.4	6	18.33	2/17	0
Anderson Phillip	Trinbago Knight Riders	6.0	5	11.80	3/17	0
Jon-Russ Jaggesar	St Kitts & Nevis Patriots	10.0	5	25.40	2/28	0
Odean Smith	Guyana Amazon Warriors	4.5	4	11.00	2/11	0

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Women

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Suné Luus	Trinbago Knight Riders	10.0	5	12.00	2/6	0
Sheneta Grimmond	Trinbago Knight Riders	6.2	4	8.50	1/3	0
Cherry-Ann Fraser	Guyana Amazon Warriors	6.0	4	10.75	3/6	0
Shakera Selman	Barbados Royals	7.5	4	11.00	3/10	0
Geetika Kodali	Trinbago Knight Riders	8.0	4	11.25	3/6	0