Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team

Team history

Teams from Trinidad have 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 featuring 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.

Trinidad and Tobago won four one day titles in eight seasons from 1989–90 to 1996–97 and another four in six seasons from 2004–05 to 2009-10. As well they won consecutive titles in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons with yet another title in the 2020-21 season. Such said Trinidad have won the most regional one day championships, being 13 with one shared and 12 outright titles.

T&T also featured in and were runners-up at the inaugural Champions' league T-20. The Trinbagonians eventually won a total of 3 Caribbean T20 championships.

Squad

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Trinidad and Tobago David Furlonge
• Asst. Coach: Trinidad and Tobago Kelvin Williams
• Batting coach: n/a
• Bowling coach: n/a
• Fielding coach: n/a
• Manager: Sebastian Edwards
• Mental conditioning coach: Adarayll John
• Fitness trainer: Trinidad and Tobago Clinton Jeremiah
• Head Physiotherapist: n/a
• Masseur: n/a
• Performance analyst: Trinidad and Tobago Amrit Jadoo

Notable players

Main article: List of Trinidadian representative cricketers

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
• Jayden Seales * Evin Lewis
• Nicholas Pooran

Honours

• Regional Four Day Competition (5): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 (shared), 1984–85, 2005–06
• Domestic one-day competition (15): 1978–79, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–1996 (shared), 1996–1997, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21, 2023–24
• Caribbean T20 (3): 2011, 2012, 2013
• Stanford 20/20 (defunct) (1): 2008
• ** Trans-Atlantic Twenty20 Champions Cup (Stanford Super Series) (defunct) (1):** 2008
• 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

Grounds

• Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain
• Brian Lara Cricket Academy near San Fernando
• Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Diego Martin
• National Cricket Centre in Couva
• Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI St Augustine
• Shaw Park in Scarborough, Tobago
• Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre

References

References

1. (24 October 2022). "Pooran leads Red Force at Super50 Cup". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
2. [http://www.iriefm.net/news/sports/jamaica-franchise-home-against-leeward-island-hurricanes-wicb-pcl-action Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes] {{Webarchive. link. (7 December 2014)
3. (2006-09-19). "A brief history of West Indies domestic one-day cricket".
4. (12 October 2022). "T&T open Super50 defence against CCC {{!}} Loop Trinidad & Tobago".