Canada Super60

Canada Super60
CountriesCanada
AdministratorCricket Canada
FormatT10 cricket
First edition2025
Latest edition2026
Next edition2027
Tournament formatRound-robin and playoffs
Number of teamsM: 6
W: 3
Host
Current championM: Toronto Sixers
W: Toronto Sixers
Websitesuper60.com

The Canada Super60 is a professional T10 cricket competition played in Canada, features men's and women's tournaments using a 60-ball-per-innings format. Launched in 2025, matches are held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The men's competition features six city-based franchises composed of Canadian and international players. The inaugural 2025 men's championship was won by Brampton Blitz, while the Toronto Sixers Women won the women's competition. In the 2026 season, the Toronto Sixers completed a championship sweep, by winning both the men's and women's titles.

History

In January 2025 the establishment of the Canada Super60 cricket competition was announced, being organized by British-based Star 333 Sports Inc., in conjunction with Cricket Canada and former Indian cricket star Yuvraj Singh. League matches are played using T10 cricket rules, with 10-over-a-side format or 60 legal deliveries, and a time duration of 90 minutes. The short-format franchise cricket competition aimed to promote cricket in North America and give local Canadian talent global exposure. The men's competition consists of a round-robin stage followed by semifinals and a final.

Ingleton Liburd was named tournament director of the new league in February 2025. In March 2025 former scotland captain Kyle Coetzer was announced as assistant tournament director.

Originally planned to be hosted at TD Cricket Arena in Brampton, in July 2025 it was announced that the tournament would instead be hosted indoors at BC Place in Vancouver, BC in October. Only seats in the lower bowl were opened. The tournament's head of media stated that this would be "probably the first high-level competitive cricket of this iteration to be played under the roof". Musical acts will perform concerts during breaks in play.

The tournament drew notable international stars, including former Indian international cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who was honored at the inaugural event in 2025 and has been associated with the promotion of the competition, and former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina who participated in the inaugural edition for the Toronto Sixers.

The intention was to make the tournament an annual event, and in March 2026 organizers announced that the second edition would again be held at BC Place from September 29 to October 4, 2026.

Teams

The men's tournament features six teams, each made up of local players, international stars, and a fixed quota of players from associate nations. Two women's squads competed in a separate tournament in the inaugural season, which expanded to 3 teams in 2026.

Men's

Team City Debut Captain
Toronto Sixers Toronto, Canada 2025 Dan Christian
Montreal Royal Tigers Montreal, Canada 2025 Shakib Al Hasan
Brampton Blitz Brampton, Canada 2025 David Wiese
Mississagua Masters Mississauga, Canada 2025 Imran Tahir
Vancouver Anchors Vancouver, Canada 2026 Dwaine Pretorius
Whiterock Warriors White Rock, Canada 2025 Chris Lynn

Former teams

  • Vancouver Kings (2025)

Women's

TeamCityCaptain
Toronto SixersToronto, OntarioMady Villiers
Vancouver AnchorsVancouver, British ColumbiaFatima Sana
Vancouver WarriorsVancouver, British ColumbiaMarizanne Kapp

Seasons

2025

The inaugural tournament was held from 8 to 13 October 2025 at the BC Place in Vancouver, BC.The men's competition consisted of a round-robin stage followed by semifinals and a final. The women's competition featured the two teams playing a best of three matches format.

The squads were announced in September 2025, which included international players such as Shoaib Malik (Pakistan), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Shikhar Dhawan (India) , Suresh Raina (India) and Alex Hales (England).

The Brampton Blitz won the inaugural 2025 men's tournament, defeating Montreal Royal Tigers in the final. Montreal were dismissed for 69 before Brampton reached 70 for two to win by eight wickets. The Toronto Sixers Women won two of three matches to become the inaugural women's champions.

2026

The second season took place at BC Place from 29 September to 4 October 2026. 24 games will be played over 6 days.

The draft for season 2 was held on July 20, 2026. Several prominent international players, including Andre Russell and Nicholas Pooran, were signed as direct pre-draft retentions.

The Vancouver team was renamed from Kings to Anchors, while the women's tournament was expanded from two to three teams.

The Toronto Sixers won the men's title, defeating the Vancouver Anchors by five wickets in the final. Team captain and coach Kieron Pollard was named Player of the Tournament. The Toronto Sixers Women won the women's title, defending their 2025 championship, and completing a sweep for the franchise.

The tournament was criticized due to the short boundaries at BC Place, which was built for football rather than cricket, with straight boundaries only 40 metres (130 ft) from the centre of the field, much shorter than the minimum Twenty20 International regulation of 195 feet (59 m). One wide delivery even bounced over the batter's and wicketkeeper's heads to sail past the boundary on the full. Edges going for sixes were indicative of the distorted balance between batting and bowling; in the final, sixes were scored from almost a third of balls in each team's innings.

Standings

Men's tournament
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
Mississauga Masters 550010+4.583Advanced to the Playoffs
Vancouver Kings 54108+1.193
Brampton Blitz 53206-0.790
Toronto Sixers 52304-1.576
White Rock Warriors 51402-2.531
Montreal Royal Tigers 50500-0.963

Source: CricTracker

Women's tournament
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
Vancouver Warriors Women 22004+1.250Advanced to the Final
Toronto Sixers Women 21102+0.450Advanced to the Eliminator
Vancouver Anchors Women 20200-1.700

Source: The Sports Tak

Champions

Men's

SeasonVenueChampionsRunners-up
2025BC Place, VancouverBrampton BlitzMontreal Royal Tigers
2026BC Place, VancouverToronto SixersVancouver Anchors

Women's

SeasonVenueChampions
2025BC Place, VancouverToronto Sixers Women
2026BC Place, VancouverToronto Sixers Women

Media coverage

Willow TV broadcasts the games in Canada during the inaugural season. CBC announced that it had acquired the broadcast rights for the Canada Super 60 league's 2026 season, with games to be streamed on CBC Gem and select games broadcast on CBC Sports. Broadcast and digital streaming rights are distributed globally.

Region / CountryTelevision rightsStreaming rights
Canada & United StatesCBC SportsCBC Gem
IndiaUnited8 SportsFanCode
PakistanA SportsARY Plus
AustraliaFox SportsKayo Sports (Exclusive)
AfghanistanMoby Group—
BangladeshStar Sports / Akash Digital TVFanCode
Nepal—DishHome
Sri LankaStar Sports / Dialog TVSri Lanka Telecom
MENADubai SportsAwaan
United Kingdom & Continental EuropeCricket TV Lounge—
Rest of the World—SportVot (Web & App)

See also

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