Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team

The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, or officially the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad and Tobago

Personnel
Captain	Darren Bravo (FC) & Imran Khan (LA)
Coach	Gus Logie
Team information
Colours	Red, white, black
Founded	1869
Home ground	Queen's Park Oval
Capacity	20,000
History
Four Day wins	4 (plus 1 shared)
WICB Cup wins	10 (plus 1 shared)
Twenty20 wins	3
Official website	http://ttcb.co.tt/

The Red Force 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

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

Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
Jason Mohammed	(1986-09-23) 23 September 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
Jeremy Solozano	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995	Left-handed	-
Darren Bravo	(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	First-class Captain
Kyle Hope	(1988-11-20) 20 November 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
Yannic Cariah	(1992-06-22) 22 June 1992	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50
Keagan Simmons	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999	Left-handed	-
Isaiah Rajah	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin
Jyd Goolie	(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin
Cephas Cooper	(1999-07-11) 11 July 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
Nicholas Pooran	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	Left-handed	-
All-rounders
Yannick Ottley	(1991-09-07) 7 September 1991	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Khary Pierre	(1991-09-22) 22 September 1991	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Joshua Da Silva	(1998-06-19) 19 June 1998	Right-handed	-	Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50
Steven Katwaroo	(1993-01-14) 14 January 1993	Right-handed	-
Denesh Ramdin	(1985-03-13) 13 March 1985	Right-handed	-
Spin Bowlers
Akeal Hosein	(1993-04-25) 25 April 1993	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Imran Khan	(1984-07-06) 6 July 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	List A Captain
Bryan Charles	(1995-06-09) 9 June 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
Kissoondath Magram			Right-arm leg spin
Pace Bowlers
Anderson Phillip	(1996-08-22) 22 August 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Odean Smith	(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Terrance Hinds	-	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Uthman Muhammad	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Daniel St Clair	(1987-12-22) 22 December 1987	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Shannon Gabriel	(1988-04-28) 28 April 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Mervyn Dillon
• 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 Herman Griffith Clifford Roach Nelson Betancourt Jackie Grant Rolph Grant Jeffrey Stollmeyer Gerry Gomez Andy Ganteaume Sonny Ramadhin Simpson Guillen Joey Carew

Deryck Murray Charlie Davis Inshan Ali Raphick Jumadeen Bernard Julien Larry Gomes Gus Logie Phil Simmons David Williams Ian Bishop Brian Lara Roland Holder Mervyn Dillon

Dinanath Ramnarine Daren Ganga Ravi Rampaul Dave Mohammed Dwayne Bravo Denesh Ramdin Lendl Simmons Kieron Pollard Darren Bravo Sunil Narine Samuel Badree Robin Singh Jason Mohammed

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
• Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre
• Brian Lara Cricket Academy near San Fernando
• National Cricket Centre in Couva
• Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI St Augustine
• Shaw Park in Scarborough, Tobago

See also

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

References

1. Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine