Caribbean Premier League 2013
2013 · 6 teams · T20 cricket
Tournament Overview
Series Overview
The inaugural Caribbean Premier League in 2013 announced the competition's arrival with an entertaining final at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, where Jamaica Tallawahs defeated Guyana Amazon Warriors by 7 wickets to claim the very first CPL title. Fast bowler Krishmar Santokie was the tournament's standout performer — 16 wickets across the season made him the competition's first great bowling hero and earned him Player of the Tournament honours. The CPL was founded to harness T20 franchise cricket's global appeal while providing Caribbean players a flagship domestic T20 competition. Guyana's presence in the inaugural final — the first of many they would reach — set up one of the competition's defining narrative threads: the Warriors' relentless pursuit of a first title.
Key Highlights
- 1Jamaica Tallawahs won the inaugural CPL title, defeating Guyana Amazon Warriors by 7 wickets
- 2Krishmar Santokie was named Player of the Tournament with 16 wickets — the leading wicket-taker in the first-ever CPL season
- 3The Caribbean Premier League launched as a major T20 franchise competition, aiming to revive West Indian cricket
- 4Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad hosted the inaugural final, a fitting venue for Caribbean cricket history
- 5CPL 2013 marked the beginning of a competition that would grow into one of T20 cricket's premier events