The Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The team competes under the franchise name, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the Cricket West Indies' Professional Cricket League which comprises both the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50.Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes Trinidad has also won a sum of 13 regional one day titles, which is the most in the history of West Indies cricket.
The most prominent T&T cricketers include Jeffrey Stollmeyer, Sonny Ramadhin, Deryck Murray, Charlie Davis, Larry Gomes, Rangy Nanan, Gus Logie, Ian Bishop, Brian Lara, Mervyn Dillon, Daren Ganga, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin and Samuel Badree.
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 Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Jason Mohammed Right-handed Right-arm off spin Jeremy Solozano Left-handed - Darren Bravo Left-handed Right-arm medium First Class Captain Kyle Hope Right-handed Right-arm off spin Yannic Cariah Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50 Keagan Simmons Left-handed - Evin Lewis Left-handed Isaiah Rajah Left-handed Right-arm leg spin Jyd Goolie Left-handed Right-arm off spin Cephas Cooper Right-handed Right-arm off spin Nicholas Pooran Left-handed - List A Captain All-rounders Kieron Pollard Right-handed Right-arm medium Yannick Ottley Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Khary Pierre Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Wicket-keepers Joshua Da Silva Right-handed - Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50 Steven Katwaroo Right-handed - Denesh Ramdin Right-handed - Spin Bowlers Akeal Hosein Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Imran Khan Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Bryan Charles Right-handed Right-arm off spin Avinash Mahabirsingh Right-handed Right-arm off spin Kissoondath Magram Right-arm leg spin Pace Bowlers Anderson Phillip Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Odean Smith Right-handed Right-arm medium Terrance Hinds - Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Uthman Muhammad Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Daniel St Clair Right-handed Left-arm medium Shannon Gabriel Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Coaching staff
Head coach: David Furlonge Asst. Coach: Kelvin Williams Batting coach: n/a Bowling coach: n/a Fielding coach: n/a Manager: Sebastian Edwards Mental conditioning coach: Adarayll John Fitness trainer: Clinton Jeremiah Head Physiotherapist: n/a Masseur: n/a Performance analyst: Amrit Jadoo
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 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
See also
Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team List of international cricketers from Trinidad and Tobago List of calypso songs about cricket
References