The Caribbean party has just started

Aug 07, 2013

The inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League kicked off at the Kensington Oval in Barbados with much fanfare. There was music, dance and ...•Getty Images

The tournament started with Tridents' Shoaib Malik cracking a half-century to set up victory for the home team•Getty Images

... the rattle of the stumps ...•Getty Images

... while Shakib Al Hasan collected six against T&T Red Steel•Getty Images

Gordon Greenidge didn't quite take to the field, but he is part of the T&T Red Steel set-up•Getty Images

But it was Sheldon Cotterrell's military-style salute that was the most ingenious •Getty Images

... a huge crowd, which gathered for the opening match between Barbados Tridents and St Lucia Zouks •Getty Images

And then the usual Twenty20 suspects got going too. Jamaica Tallawahs' Andre Russell was unstoppable during his unbeaten 42 off 23 balls.•Getty Images

and some thwacking as even Misbah-ul-Haq joined in the fun, scoring 49* that included four sixes and no fours against Guyana Amazon Warriors•Getty Images

The legends showed up as well, with Ricky Ponting playing for the Antigua Hawkbills...•Getty Images

New tournament, new celebrations: Darren Sammy came up with a fresh routine for the CPL, breaking into a dance with Garey Mathurin•Getty Images

All this while, the drummers kept the crowd going. This party has just started•Getty Images

There was a push through cover ...•Getty Images

The bowlers had their share of fun too. Ashley Nurse picked up four wickets against Antigua Hawkbills ...•Getty Images

... and Muttiah Muralitharan tweaked his arm for the Tallawahs•Getty Images

And there was more dancing•Getty Images