Franchise cricket in West Indies 

Nowadays, the scope of franchise cricket is getting wider, more and more countries/ associations are introducing it as it provides immense benefits to the cricket fraternity. It provides the right platform to all the players and hence it helps in bringing out the best talent even from the grassroot level. Moreover, it helps in providing adequate employment opportunities to ex cricketers, who can fill in shoes for the roles like coaches, trainers etc. Overall, it is a win-win situation as everyone is immensely benefited.

West Indies Cricket Board too introduced franchise cricket in 2013, popularly known as Caribbean Premier League. Total number of teams participating are six and the format of the tournament is double round robin and playoffs. The tournament is held annually and domestic players get a great chance to exhibit their talent. 

Teams: 

Stats in CPL so far

• Most successful teams: Trinbago Knight Riders-4, followed by Jamaica Tallawahs- 3
• Current champions- Guyana Amazon Warriors 
• Winner of inaugural tournament: Jamaica Tallawahs
• Most runs- Johnson Charles(2855) 
• Most wickets: Dwayne Bravo (130)

6ixty by CPL

6ixty is an even shorter version of cricket, which is also conducted by CPL and WICB. The rules of this format are slightly different from a usual cricket game. The main purpose of 6ixty was to inculcate the habit of power hitting among players. General public/spectators are more inclined towards the shorter version of the game as it is less time consuming and more exciting, hence 6ixty is a format introduced with the sole purpose of entertainment. Following are the basic rules of this format: 

• 10 overs per innings 
• Maximum time duration of each innings in 45 minutes. If the time limit is exceeded, the fielder team will loose one fielder in the last over
• A team is all out if 6 wickets are gone. 
• First five overs will be bowled from one end of the pitch and the next five from other end
• Batting team can get another power play over if they manage to hit two sixes in the first two overs.

The rules of 6ixty are quite vague as compared to a normal cricket game, but that is the cultural shift in the game and everyone needs to accept the fact that cricket is all about power hitting now, even the test cricket has a new term attached to it- Bazball!