Jamaica Scorpions will begin their campaign against Barbados pride in the Colonial Insurance Super50 Cricket West Indies tournament on November 7 at Warner Park in st Kitts.

The scorpions will also be playing alongside reigning champions, combined campuses & college Marooners, the Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Canada in group A.

The CCC Marooners will launch the tournament on opening day in group “a”, when they face hosts Leeward Islands Hurricanes at Warner Park.

Group “b” starts on November 7 when last year’s beaten finalists, Guyana jaguars meet west indies emerging players in a day game at the Brian Lara cricket academy, and hosts Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, semi-finalists last year, meet windward islands volcanoes in a day/night contest at the Queen’s Park Oval.

The United States, the other side that will be contesting this group, have drawn a bye on the opening day.

Group “a” matches begin on the opening day of the competition and will take place every day either at Warner Park or Conaree Sports Complex in St. Kitts, and group “b” matches taking place at Queen’s Park Oval and the Brian Lara cricket Academy in Trinidad.

Two groups of five teams each will run concurrently in St. Kitts and Trinidad, contesting a total of 40 action-packed, group stage matches.

Every team will play their group opponents twice before the top two in each group progress to the semi-finals and a chance to play in the final under the lights at Queen’s Park Oval on Sunday, December 1.