How to watch Caribbean Premier League on TNT Sports and HBO Max: CPL 2026 players, teams, streaming as Trinbago Knight Riders defend title
Published 03/08/2026 at 13:54 GMT+1
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Here's everything you need to know ahead of the Caribbean Premier League kicking off once again, with the action beginning on August 8. The Trinbago Knight Riders will be defending the title they won in Guyana last time out.
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It's that time of year again as some of the world's best players bring their talents to the 2026 Caribbean Premier League.
As ever, it promises to be an action-packed six weeks of cricket, with some of the region's biggest stars making up the squads alongside some high-profile overseas recruits.
With the first match coming on August 8, here's everything you need to know about the 14th edition of the CPL.
How to watch the 2026 CPL
The 2026 Caribbean Premier League will be shown live on TNT Sports and its streaming home HBO Max.
The tournament begins on Saturday, August 8 and runs until Sunday, September 20.
CPL matches available to watch and stream on TNT Sports and HBO Max can be found here.
What is the match schedule?
A full consolidated list of the matches, results and points table can be found here.
What is the format?
In this year's edition, all teams compete in a league stage, split into four phases, with each in a different location:
Phase 1: Saint Vincent (Aug 7-9)
Phase 2: Antigua, Jamaica and Saint Lucia (Aug 11-25)
Phase 3: Trinidad and Saint Kitts (Aug 26-Sep 3)
Phase 4: Guyana and Barbados (Sep 4-13)
Phase 2: Antigua, Jamaica and Saint Lucia (Aug 11-25)
Phase 3: Trinidad and Saint Kitts (Aug 26-Sep 3)
Phase 4: Guyana and Barbados (Sep 4-13)
Four knockout matches follow, all in Barbados.
Firstly, an 'Eliminator' between the 3rd and 4th-placed teams takes place on September 16.
Then, the 1st and 2nd-placed teams square off the next day. The winner of this match advances to the final, while the loser of this match plays the winner of the Eliminator to decide the makeup of the final.
What are the teams?
There are seven teams in this year's CPL: the Antigua & Barbuda Falcons, the Barbados Tridents, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, the Jamaica Kingsmen, the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, the Saint Lucia Kings and the Trinbago Knight Riders.
What is new this year?
The big news is the addition of a new franchise - the Jamaica Kingsmen - taking the number of franchies from six to seven.
They will be based in Kingston, with their home matches at Sabina Park.
There was formerly a Jamaican team who were one of the founding teams of the CPL - the Jamaica Tallawahs - but their decade-long stay in the competition ended in 2023.
Who is playing?
The domestic player draft took place in May, as squads began to be built for the upcoming tournament.
Overseas players - five per team - have now been added, with former England stars Alex Hales (Knight Riders) and Moeen Ali (Falcons) among those taking part.
South African Quinton de Kock (Tridents) will also be bringing his destructive white-ball skills to the Caribbean.
Among the home-grown stars on show will be Alzarri Joseph (Falcons), Kieron Pollard (Knight Riders), Shai Hope (Amazon Warriors) and Rovman Powell (Kingsmen).
Full squads, including overseas players, are below.
| Antigua & Barbuda Falcons | Barbados Tridents | Guyana Amazon Warriors |
| Alzarri Joseph | Gudakesh Motie | Shimron Hetmyer |
| Evin Lewis | Sherfane Rutherford | Romario Shepherd |
| Fabian Allen | Brandon King | Shai Hope |
| Jayden Seales | Zachary Carter | Khary Pierre |
| Amir Jangoo | Kadeem Alleyne | Shamar Joseph |
| Shamar Springer | Ramon Simmonds | Ronaldo Alimohamed |
| Jahmar Hamilton | Shadrack Descarte | Veerasammy Permaul |
| Rahkeem Cornwall | Rivaldo Clarke | Matthew Nandu |
| Anderson Phillip | Zishan Motara | Jonathan Van Lange |
| Karima Gore | Jakeem Pollard | Mavendra Dindyal |
| Anderson Mahase | Johann Layne | Isai Thorne |
| Joshua James | Kofi James | Quentin Sampson |
| Moeen Ali | Quinton de Kock | Imran Tahir |
| Shadab Khan | Chris Green | Glenn Phillips |
| Kusal Perera | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Muhammad Nabi |
| Sufiyan Muqeem | George Linde | Rahmanullah Gurbaz |
| Milind Kumar | Daniel Sams | Dwaine Pretorius |
| Jamaica Kingsmen | St Kitts & Nevis Patriots | Saint Lucia Kings |
| Rovman Powell | Johnson Charles | Roston Chase |
| Andre Russell | Jason Holder | Jewel Andrew |
| Keemo Paul | Kyle Mayers | Matthew Forde |
| Keacy Carty | Andre Fletcher | Kamil Pooran |
| Jediah Blades | Kevin Wickham | Darron Nedd |
| Shaqkere Parris | Obed McCoy | McKenny Clarke |
| Odean Smith | Ashmead Nedd | Joshua Bishop |
| Vitel Lawes | Jeremiah Louis | Damion Joachim |
| Romaine Morris | Alick Athanaze | Keon Gaston |
| Kirk McKenzie | Micah McKenzie | Amari Goodridge |
| Kelvin Pitman | Navin Bidaisee | Johann Jeremiah |
| Jeavor Royal | Mikyle Louis | Ackeem Auguste |
| Saim Ayub | Naseem Shah | Noor Ahmad |
| Usman Khan | Dasun Shanaka | Tim Seifert |
| Hassan Khan | Waqar Salamkheil | Maheesh Theekshana |
| Maaz Sadaqat | Wanindu Hasaranga | Charith Asalanka |
| Hunain Shah | Nikhil Chaudhary | Shadley van Schalkwyk |
| Trinbago Knight Riders | ||
| Sunil Narine | Jyd Goodlie | Alex Hales |
| Nicholas Pooran | Dexter Sween | Usman Tariq |
| Kieron Pollard | Terrance Hinds | Colin Munro |
| Akeal Hosein | Nathan Edward | Matthew Breetzke |
| Justin Greaves | Joshua Da Silva | Ashmi De Silva |
| Dominic Drakes | Abdul-Raheem Toppin |
What happened last year?
The Trinbago Knight Riders took home the title in 2025, with a three-wicket win over Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final.
Guyana's Shai Hope scored the most runs in the tournament with 491, while Hope's team-mate Imran Tahir took the most wickets with 23.
Trinbago are the most successful team in CPL history, having won the title five times - in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2025.
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