West Indies Cricket men’s white-ball coach Darren Sammy and West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews have both been named to the newly formed Caribbean Premier League (CPL) health, fitness, and well being advisory board. 

The board, which will meet quarterly with senior CPL Staff, includes prominent figures such as Jamaican dr. Akshai Mansingh, CPL’s joint Chief Medical officer, and Dr. Maryam Abdool-Richards, Principal Medical officer at the Trinidad & Tobago Ministry of Health. 

This diverse team of experts is tasked with advising the CPL on leveraging its platform to create and promote health and wellness programs.

The CPL bowls off on August 29 in Antigua. 

The matches will be played across six countries in the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. 

Guyana Amazon Warriors are the defending champions.