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(Part 26.) Fountain of knowledge. While Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira was almost dizzy with delight at being selected on the Caribbean radio commentary team for the 1975 Cricket World Cup, notwithstanding his limited experience, the man who would become his great friend and travelling companion over the next 40 years had …

(Part 25.) Last of the Mohicans. Of those familiar voices who related the action of West Indies’ performances at home and abroad via the radio, only Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira remains to tell the story himself of what it was like to be at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. So with …

QPCC, Trendsetter Hawks, Ball Blasters Youth Academy and Pro Series snagged a trophy apiece as the 2025 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) concluded on a dramatic afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Saturday 24 May. The Ball Blasters fell to a stoppage time winner from Pro Series …

(Part 24.) Hoping for the best. One of the things you can never accuse self-proclaimed “cricket people” of is humility. In their haughty ignorance they go on endlessly about it being the gentleman’s game—blissfully unaware, or pretending to be unaware, that the Victorian phrase has nothing to do with conduct …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke looks set to give 19-year-old flanker Rio Cardines his first senior international cap, as he included the Crystal Palace youth player in his 24-man squad for the Unity Cup invitational tournament. Cardines, who represented Trinidad and Tobago at Concacaf …

(Part 23.) All-round excellence. This series started with a clear plan of articles counting down to the 50th anniversary of the final of the 1975 Cricket World Cup on June 21. However, in doing a bit of web browsing—you can’t really call it research because the information is sitting right …

(Part 22.) Home away from home. When it came to familiarity with British conditions, England weren’t the only team at home for the 1975 Cricket World Cup. For the vast majority of the West Indies squad, it was already their cricketing home for at least five months a year on …

The Ball Blasters Youth Academy left the UTT O’Meara Campus with one trophy from the two national finals they contested on the closing day of the 2024 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) competition. Their 2024 National Under-14 crown was the only trophy that crossed the sea-bridge—but it was …

(Part 21.) An impatient King. Without resorting to your trusty search engine or any personal archives, can you name the players who have Cricket World Cup winners’ medals from both the 1975 and 1979 tournaments? Most are straightforward. Gordon Greenidge: who opened with Roy Fredericks in the first final and …

(Part 20.) Waiting in the wings. But for a falling out with the manager of the Jamaican national table tennis team, Maurice Foster might have been lost to cricket completely. As it transpired, that dispute with officialdom prompted Foster’s father to pull Maurice and his younger brother and sister—all members …

Trinidad and Tobago’s Carifta Games stars shone the brightest at Sunday’s rain-affected 2025 Republic Bank-NAAATT Relays Festival held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Rising sprint stars Kadeem and Hakeem Chinapoo helped the South-Central Zone outpace their rivals in winning the Boys’ Under-20 4×100 metres in a …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke vowed to field several new faces in the Soca Warriors team at next month’s 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup in the United States. Trinidad and Tobago are drawn with hosts, the USA, Saudi Arabia, and Caribbean rivals Haiti in Group …