Whisper appointed host broadcaster for Caribbean Premier League Cricket

Global host broadcast specialists, Whisper, will be the new production partner for the Caribbean Premier League, delivering 41 matches live for the Biggest Party in Sport.

The contract will include delivering worldclass coverage of all 34 games in the Republic Bank CPL T20 and seven games in the Massy WCPL T20 taking place from 16 August to 24 September, across five Caribbean islands. This will be supplemented by daily highlight shows, insightful analysis and a range of creative digital content, taking audiences closer to the action than ever before.

CPL is one of the most watched T20 tournaments around the world and last year had a combined audience of over 720 million viewers.

The tournament will be the latest in a growing cricket portfolio for Whisper, which currently produces all West Indies and New Zealand international cricket, as well as peak-time highlights of England matches for the BBC, including this year’s Ashes. The Whisper creative teams also produced the critically acclaimed Ben Stokes: Phoenix from the Ashes, with academy award winner Sir Sam Mendes as Executive Producer.

The Whisper team will be led by three-time BAFTA winning Director Mark Lynch, who joined the Whisper cricket team in 2021 from Sky Sports, alongside producer Craig Cozier; Executive Producers Rob Williams and Mark Cole and Director of Production, Bethan Evans.

Mark Cole, Whisper MD, said: “We are delighted to partner with the team at the CPL and hugely excited about showcasing the amazing cricket and full stadiums to audiences around the world. Our team of cricket specialists have great experience of delivering cricket in the Caribbean and will continue to evolve the coverage with the Whisper stamp of innovation and creativity.”

Pete Russell, CPL’s CEO, said: “We are very pleased to be working with Whisper as we deliver a world-class tournament for fans in stadiums and for those watching across the globe. We know that Whisper’s fantastic team will help us to showcase the amazing cricketing talent in the Caribbean as well as showing off how the region is a must visit location.”

The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) will shortly celebrate four years of working together; the former being an official sponsor of the RHTYSC first division team.

The Rose Hall Town NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour First Division team over the years has been the leading one in the Ancient County and is a constant producer of players for Berbice, Guyana and the West Indies.

RHTYSC Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster hailed the outstanding bond between the club and NAMILCO, describing the company as one of the foundations of its success.

The RHTYSC, in 2023, produced a total of fifteen cricketers for Guyana at the Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, female and senior male levels.

The team also has a total of six senior players who will participate in the 2023 Caribbean Premier League, which starts later in the month.

Three NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour male members are on the Amazon Warriors team.

They are Kevin Sinclair, Kevlon Anderson and Junior Sinclair.

Additionally, three female RHTYSC members -- Shemaine Campbelle, Sheneeta Grimmond and Shabaki Gajnabi -- are on the Amazon Warriors Female team for the tournament that will be played in Trinidad.

Foster described the six players in the CPL as a major achievement for the club that was founded in September 1990 by three times Commonwealth Youth Service Awardee, the St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Youth Club.

Jonathan Rampersaud and Jeremy Sandia have been outstanding with the ball for the Guyana Under-19 team currently playing in St. Vincent.

Rampersaud is the leading bowler for the team with two-five wicket hauls while Sandia has one.

Matthew Pottaya will shortly be serving as the vice-captain for the national Under-17 team while Raffel McKenzie and Tameshwar Deonandan are with the Guyana Under-13 team in Trinidad for a series of matches.

In 2023, the NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour team had undertaken a total of 32 programmes/project under the name of the sponsor.

They include the construction of an internal fence at the Area ‘H’ ground, massive clean up of the venue, publication of the annual review magazine, Jessica Sandia Mother’s programme, Walter Nero Father Day Programme, Republic Bank Summer camp, Cricket Academy, Tribute to Heroes, Feeding of the Poor.

The team also donated over $400,000 worth of items to the Port Mourant Hospital Therapy Unit and also assisted hundreds of youths with bicycles, clothing and sports gears.