The West Indies High Performance Centre (WIHPC or just HPC) is a

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academy and training centre based at the

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on the Cave Hill,

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, campus of the

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(UWI). The centre was initially sponsored by the Sagicor Financial Corporation, and known as the Sagicor High Performance Centre. The WIHPC was officially opened in June 2010 by the

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, David Thompson. The centre is a collaboration between the University of the West Indies and the

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(WICB), and had been planned since at least 2008, when it was announced in a statement from the WICB. The initial intake comprised fifteen West Indian players between the ages of 19 and 27. On several occasions, matches played by the HPC have been granted first-class,

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, or

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status. An HPC team competed in the

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and 2011–12 editions of the

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(the domestic one-day tournament), making the semi-finals of the latter. In May and June 2014, the HPC played a series against a touring Bangladesh A team, which comprised two first-class fixtures, three one-day matches, and two Twenty20 matches.Twenty20 matches played by Sagicor High Performance Centre
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

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