Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team

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Trinidad & Tobago

The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The team does not take part in any international competitions (the 1998 Commonwealth Games tournament being an exception), but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, who plays international cricket. Trinidad and Tobago have won five first-class titles, and are holders of the title after beating Barbados in the final match to catch up with their 12-point lead, and seven one-day titles. The four first-class titles are the fewest by any of the main three island country teams, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad/Tobago, and of all the six teams only the Windward Islands having fewer (with nil). The list of prominent cricketers who have represented Trinidad and Tobago includes Ian Bishop, Learie Constantine, Mervyn Dillon, Larry Gomes, Wes Hall, Brian Lara, Gus Logie, Deryck Murray, Sonny Ramadhin and Jeffrey Stollmeyer.

Teams representing only 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 Intercolonial Tournament between Barbados, British Guiana (formerly Demerara), and themselves, playing in all 28 tournaments that were held between 1891-92 and 1938-39. In 1963-64 the team changed its name to also incorporate the nearby island of 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. 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.

1 2005-06 squad
2 Roll of honour
3 Grounds
4 See also
5 References

[edit] 2005-06 squad

Captain

Daren Ganga

Batsmen

Wicket-keepers

Denesh Ramdin
Gibran Mohammed

All-rounders

Dwayne Bravo
Sherwin Ganga
Richard Kelly

Bowlers

Samuel Badree
Mervyn Dillon
Sanjiv Gooljar
Amit Jaggernauth
Dave Mohammed
Ravi Rampaul
Rodney Sooklal

[edit] Roll of honour

Learie Constantine, Trinidad all-rounder

Domestic first-class competition winners: 1969-70, 1970-71, 1975-76 (shared), 1984-85, 2005-06
Inter-Colonial Tournament (between Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad only): 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
Domestic one-day competition winners: 1978-79, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1999-2000

[edit] Grounds

Traditionally, cricket in Trinidad and Tobago has been limited to two grounds - the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain with 143 first-class games and the Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre with 41 games. However, for the last two years the team has played one game each season in the National Cricket Centre at Couva and Shaw Park at Scarborough, Tobago.