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 Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket. Trinidad and Tobago have won five first-class titles, and are holders of the title after beating Barbados in the final in 2008.
The Trinidad and Tobago team, regional Twenty 20 champion, has intensified preparation for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 series to be played in India in October.
Skipper Daren Ganga said, we are very confident and I think our experiences from the Stanford Super Series and the domestic Stanford tournament have given a lot of the guys a lot of confidence. We have a lot of confidence in our ability and what we can do as a team. And in the T20 game, whoever plays well on the day is going to win, so we are backing ourselves first and foremost to qualify from our group and getting into the next round of matches and from there, try to get into the semifinal and final.
Between June 23, 1928, and Sep 20, 2009, a total of 61 cricketers who represented Trinidad and Tobago were selected to play Test cricket for the West Indies. These players filled 917 out of a possible 5,060 slots (18%) in the 460 Test Matches that were played during the period.
Team Composition and Squad:
This team is very versed in playing T20 cricket and we have been very successful as a T20 team. T and T is a good experienced team and a lot of members have played international cricket. T&T has been drawn in group A and will play England T20 Cup runner-up Somerset Sabres in Bangalore on October 12 and Indian Premier League champion Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad on October 14. T&T had played 12 T20 matches till now winning 8 and lost 3 matches.
Trinidad and Tobago Squad:
Daren Ganga (capt), Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Kieron Pollard, William Perkins, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Navin Stewart, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath.
Daren Ganga:
Major teams: West Indies, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Playing role: Batsman
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Samuel Badree:
Major teams: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Playing role: Bowler
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Legbreak
Adrian Barath:
Adrian Barath, a right-hand opening batsman, is considered to be one of the most promising young batting talents in the West Indies.
Major teams: Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Under-19s
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Dwayne Bravo:
Dwayne Bravo is that creature long needed by West Indies, an allrounder. He made his Test debut at Lord’s in July 2004, and took three wickets in the first innings with his medium-paced swingers.
Major teams: West Indies, Kent, Mumbai Indians, Trinidad and Tobago, University of West Indies Vice Chancellor’s XI
Playing role: All-rounder
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium-fast
Darren Bravo:
Darren Bravo is a left-hand middle-order batsman who made his first-class and List A debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2007
Major teams: West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago Under-19s, West Indies Under-19s
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm medium-fast
Fielding position: Occasional wicketkeeper
Rayad Emrit:
Major teams: West Indies, Stanford Superstars, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Playing role: All-rounder
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium-fast
Sherwin Ganga:
Major teams: Trinidad and Tobago
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Record: 7 Matches 28 runs, 4 catches, and 11 wkts
Dave Mohammed:
Dave Mohammed is an accurate, attacking Chinaman and a positive batsman, to boot. After only three first-class matches he was named in the West Indies squad for the third Test against South Africa in March, 2001
Major teams: West Indies, Stanford Superstars, Trinidad & Tobago
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Slow left-arm Chinaman
Sunil Narine:
Major teams: West Indies Under-19s
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
William Perkins:
He is an aggressive right-handed opener from Trinidad and Tobago who sparked during Under-19 World Cup in 2006, where his tournament top-score of 133 off 150 balls
Major teams: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Under-19s
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Fielding position: Wicketkeeper
Kieron Pollard:
He is a right-handed allrounder – he bats in the middle order and bowls medium-pace. He represented West Indies in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup.
Major teams: West Indies, Stanford Superstars, Trinidad, West Indies Under-19s
Playing role: All-rounder
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium-fast
Denesh Ramdin:
He was originally a fast bowler who then kept wicket when he had finished his stint with the ball.
Major teams: West Indies, Trinidad, University of West Indies Vice Chancellor’s XI, West Indies Under-19s
Playing role: Wicketkeeper
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Fielding position: Wicketkeeper
Ravi Rampaul:
He made his Trinidad and Tobago debut in 2002, playing twice. In 2003 he took 18 wickets in six matches, and then some impressive performances for West Indies Under-19s propelled him to the verge of international selection.
Major teams: Ireland, West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, University of West Indies Vice Chancellor’s XI
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Lendl Simmons:
He is a right-hand opening batsman. He represented West Indies in the 2002 and 2004 Under-19 World Cups.
Major teams: West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium-fast
Fielding position: Occasional wicketkeeper
Navin Stewart:
Major teams: Trinidad and Tobago
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium
Author: Mona Gupta, New Delhi
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