Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team

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. Though a team represented T&T in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Trinidad and Tobago have won five first-class titles, and are holders of the title after beating Barbados in the final in 2008 and seven one-day titles.

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. It should be noted that 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.

Notable players

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
* Jeffrey Stollmeyer

The squad

Roll of honour

* 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

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.

* Shaw Park at Scarborough, Tobago with one game.

See also

*Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team

References

* [http://www.cricinfo.com Cricinfo]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com CricketArchive]
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/WI_LOCAL/KFC-CUP/SQUADS/KFC-CUP_2005-06_T+T-SQUAD.html 2005-06 KFC Cup Squad] from Cricinfo
* [http://www.windiescricket.com/island.asp?id=552 Trinidad & Tobago Cricket - Info from West Indies Cricket Board]