Sri Lanka cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara believes that the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) can grow from strength to strength when the Florida leg of matches takes place in the United States on the weekend of August 5 and 6.

The Jamaica Tallawahs star, who helped the franchise lift last year’s title for the second time, believes that the hero CPL T/20 has delighted fans within the Caribbean, and beyond through the quality of the cricket coupled with the electric supporter experience.

With crowds of over 30,000 attending the games in Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill last year, Sangakkara believes that this year’s fifth edition of the biggest party in sport can satisfy the cricketing thirst and hunger of the vast diaspora of Caribbean, sub-continent, African and British communities living across North America.

Since the launch of the Florida leg of tickets last week, there has been strong interest in the weekend double-headers, which will see Sangakkara’s Jamaica Tallawahs face Barbados Tridents in back-to-back games.

While Chris Gayle’s St Kitts & Nevis Patriots will square off against last year’s runners-up, Guyana Amazon Warriors.