Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team

Trinidad and Tobago

Captain:	Jason Mohammed
Coach:	Gus Logie
Colours:	Red, white, black
Founded:	1869
Home ground:	Queen's Park Oval
Capacity:	20,000
Four Day wins:	4 (plus 1 shared)
WICB Cup wins:	10 (plus 1 shared)
Twenty20 wins:	3
Official website:	http://ttcb.co.tt/

The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.

The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the West Indies' Professional Cricket League (which includes the Regional Four Day Competition and the NAGICO Regional Super50) under the franchise name Trinidad and Tobago Red Force,^[1] with the best players selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket.

Team history

Brian Lara shows how to swing a bat on 19 April 2009.

Teams from Trinidad played first-class cricket from 1869, when Trinidad took on Demerara for two matches, winning one and losing one. They also participated in the Inter-Colonial Tournament between Barbados, British Guiana (formerly Demerara), and themselves, playing in all 28 tournaments that were held between 1891–92 and 1938–39. From the late 1880s, Tobago was incorporated into the crown colony of Trinidad as a ward.

After independence in 1962, the team changed its name to reflect the official name of the country, Trinidad and Tobago, and when the Shell Shield began in 1965–66 the team competed under the name of Trinidad and Tobago. They won their first title on their fourth outing, in 1969–70, and also won the next year's competition, but since then Trinidad and Tobago have only taken three titles in 35 seasons. During this time cricketers from Trinidad competed in the Beaumont Cup which had first class status.

In one-day cricket, Trinidad and Tobago won four titles in eight seasons from 1989–90 to 1996–97, and also won the 2004–05 one-day title.

T&T cricket team participated and were runners-up at the inaugural Champions' league T-20.The team stayed unbeaten until the finals.

Squad

Listed below are players who have represented Trinidad and Tobago in either the 2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition or the 2015–16 Regional Super50. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Source: Regional Four Day Competition, Regional Super50

Coaching Staff

• Head coach: Gus Logie
• Asst. Coach: Kelvin Williams
• Batting coach: n/a
• Bowling coach: n/a
• Fielding coach: n/a
• Manager: Roland Sampath
• Mental conditioning coach: Adarayll John
• Fitness trainer: n/a
• Head Physiotherapist: n/a
• Masseur: n/a
• Performance analyst: n/a

Notable players

The list of prominent cricketers who have represented Trinidad and Tobago includes:

Learie Constantine, Trinidad all-rounder

Honours

• Regional Four Day Competition (5): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 (shared), 1984–85, 2005–06
• Domestic one-day competition (10): 1978–79, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–1996 (shared), 1996–1997, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010
• Caribbean Twenty20 (3): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Inter-Colonial Tournament (defunct) (12): 1901–02, 1903–04, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22 (shared), 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39
• Stanford 20/20 (defunct) (1): 2008
• Trans-Atlantic Twenty20 Champions Cup (Stanford Super Series) (defunct) (1): 2008

Grounds

• Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain with 143 first-class games
• Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre with 41 games.
• National Cricket Centre at Couva with one game.
• Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI St Augustine
• Shaw Park at Scarborough, Tobago with one game.

See also

• Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team
• List of international cricketers from Trinidad and Tobago

References

National sports teams of Trinidad and Tobago
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