Canada Super 60 cricket league set to debut in October at B.C. Place Stadium

Canada's Jeremy Gordon, centre, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between Pakistan and Canada at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Westbury, New York, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

VANCOUVER — The Canada Super 60 cricket league will debut Oct. 8 to 13 at Vancouver’s B.C. Place Stadium, organizers announced Thursday.

Super 60 matches last about 90 minutes with each team batting for 10 overs (60 balls), making for all-action contests with batsmen swinging for the boundary in search of runs. In contrast, the Global T20 Canada tournament, which debuted in Brampton, Ont., in 2018, features the 20-over version of the game.

Like Global T20 Canada, teams in the new league will be made up of Canadian talent, international stars and a quota of players from associate nations.

The Super 60 will showcase men’s and women’s competition.

“This tournament is a stepping-stone for the next generation of Canadian cricketers,” Cricket Canada treasurer Gurdeep Klair, a member of the International Cricket Council’s Executive Committee, said in a statement. ”It offers them high-quality exposure in a professional setting, right here at home.

“Playing at a globally recognized venue like B.C. Place demonstrates the significant progress Canadian cricket has made — taking the sport to this level is historic. And having a women’s competition from Day 1 sends a strong message to young girls across the country — cricket is for them too, and they can aspire big.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 7, 2025