Trinidad and Tobago utility player Neveal Hackshaw has been diagnosed with ‘walking pneumonia’, according to Soca Warriors team doctor Akash Dhanai, and is expected to spend another week on the sidelines before he returns to duty with his employers, Indy Eleven, in the United States second tier. The 25-year-old Hackshaw …
Read More »T2021 W/C: A mad man’s rant on Hurricane Gayle, Harper, Pollard and West Indies hopes
I vex too bad. Since Chris Gayle, looking something like the long-time Gayle, buss real bat on Finch and dem twice last week, I curious like hell. Ah want to find out wha go happen in October when, the news jess break, WI in de same first round group with …
Read More »T&T fail to build on Reon opener, as Eve’s interim spell ends with 1-1 tie against Guatemala
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team led Guatemala for over an hour last night in 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup group stage action at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. But they could not hang on to the win, as the Central American nation equalised in the 77th minute …
Read More »Should Moore be expected of Eve against Guatemala? Wired868 makes an offensive case for T&T
“We have to be realistic in our thinking,” said Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve, as a journalist asked how he would approach tomorrow’s final Concacaf Gold Cup Group A assignment against Guatemala from 10pm in Frisco. “We can’t go hell for leather and …
Read More »Lewis slams 23-ball 50 to seal deal for Pooran’s West Indies against Australia
A magnificent, low, diving, one-handed catch by Fabian Allen stopped Aaron Finch’s Australians in their tracks as they sought to chase down an Evin Lewis-powered West Indies target of 199 runs. And unable to motor on, the tourists fell 16 runs short as the Nicholas Pooran-led home side closed out …
Read More »Dear Editor: We lost to El Salvador, but here’s why I don’t regret getting excited about Mexico result
“[…] They left their ‘liver string’ on that pitch in Texas with a 0-0 scoreline against Mexico, in a game that must have felt like three hours long! Who wouldn’t find something to celebrate in that if you were the player or coach?! “[…] For me, celebrating a successful result …
Read More »Marsh sets up Aussies with bat, Starc denies West Indies and Russell with ball
With 11 runs needed off the last over and Andre Russell on strike, there was not a West Indian in sight who did not see 4-0 coming. But although Mitchell Starc’s last ball went for four to the straight midwicket boundary, none of the first five—all clocked at over 140kph—had. …
Read More »T&T fall 2-0 to El Salvador; tasty Jairo item and a touch of farce leave Warriors grasping at straws
Interim head coach Angus Eve tasted defeat for the first time at the helm of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team last night, and it was a costly one. One goal in either half saw El Salvador secure a 2-0 win at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, which …
Read More »Best: What Pooran at the helm says about tomorrow’s West Indies
‘A man hit a ball in St Lucia and it end up in Trinidad…’ Superblue’s original reference is to a prince, Brian Charles Lara, the Prince of Port-of-Spain, in Antigua; mine is to a batsman, left-handed like Lara, who, in the 1st T20I between West Indies and Australia at the …
Read More »Eve raring to go against El Salvador, T&T get security detail as Mexicans rage at Warriors and ref
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team have received 24-hour protection from the Frisco Police Department since Monday, according to a release from the TTFA Media. The Soca Warriors will also be accompanied by Consul security, Inspector Peter Fraser, for the remainder of their time at the 2021 Concacaf Gold …
Read More »Gayle powers West Indies to 6-wicket win and 3-0 lead; Aussies stuck in neutral
Man-of-the-Match Chris Gayle sloughed off the ‘ol’ handle, showed off the old Universe Boss form and lashed the Nicholas Pooran-led West Indies to an emphatic six-wicket win over Aaron Finch’s hapless Australians. Without a T20I half-century for over five years, the almost 42-year-old former opener suddenly re-found his appetite for …
Read More »TTFA stakeholders: Vaccinate players and officials throughout T&T and let’s restart football!
“[…] The administrations of the member associations of the TTFA will make concerted efforts to encourage the members of the football fraternity to immediately avail themselves of the Covid-19 vaccinations in order to restart football in all the communities in the country immediately, upon receipt of approval to proceed by …
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