The Patriots being the home team, after Wednesday evening’s events at Warner Park in St Kitts, the Caribbean Premier League may well find itself accused of condoning domestic violence. Led by Sherfane Rutherford’s third half-century and with a late 12-ball 30 from Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo’s high-flying troops beat the …
Read More »CPL 2021: Pooran’s Warriors seal double over Pollard’s TKR in Super Over thriller
Akeal Hosein thought he had won it with a magnificent, one-handed catch on the cover boundary in the 18th over of the second innings of regulation play. Shimron Hetmyer thought he had lost it with a fumble on the mid-wicket boundary on the fourth ball of the super over. In …
Read More »CPL 2021: Fletcher’s unbeaten 81 in vain as Pollard’s TKR avenge surprise loss
One day fuh police, they say, one day fuh tief. Cricket does not always work that way but on Tuesday at Warner Park in St Kitts, it did. Faf du Plessis’ St Lucia Kings, victors when they stopped Kieron Pollard’s Trinbago Knight Riders five runs short of their 157 for …
Read More »CPL 2021: CT scan of a WI cricketing brain: how Royals’ Raymon Reifer tamed Tallawahs
Just before the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup knockout round began, England’s Mark Nicholas dismissed the West Indies as no-hopers on the grounds that West Indians ‘have no brains’. It is a view that hardly flatters the other teams; the record shows that Daren Sammy’s WI went on to win …
Read More »Fantasy Football: Antonio drops the Hammer as August ends with three-way split on top
Future ‘Reggae Boyz’ forward Michail Antonio not only toted West Ham United on his back this month. ‘Grandmaster Bubbles’ also put at least one giant meal on the tables of Daniel Geelalsingh, Nigel Seerattan and Andre Roberts as well, as the trio ended at the Wired868 Lime Kickers leaderboard for …
Read More »T2021 W/C: MPD selects Hope to open with Lewis in WI XI but Gayle goes only as mentor
“[…] Age catches up with the best of us. In [Chris] Gayle’s case, that has meant waning hand/eye co-ordination, considerably less energy in the field and greater proneness to injury—all factors that have led to inconsistency in scores and fewer innings of note. “The Australia half-century—his first since 2016!—was nothing …
Read More »CPL 2021: Kings hit back with exciting 5-run win as Pollard’s TKR tally 60 dot balls in second loss
So often the hero for Trinbago Knight Riders, Colin Munro could not buy a boundary on a difficult pitch at Warner Park in St Kitts on Sunday morning. And in the end, it cost the defending champions, who went under to lowly St Lucia Kings by five runs in Match …
Read More »Constitution of the Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (UFCTT)
The Unified Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago Constitution was adopted and ratified by an extraordinary general meeting of UFCTT Members on 15 August 2021. It was researched and prepared and drafted by Osmond O Downer for the UFCTT. Article 1 Name and Affiliation: i.This Association shall be called the …
Read More »Dear Editor: T&T needs ‘learn to swim’ drive; it can be a matter of life or death for island nation
“[…] Successive governments have collectively spent close to a billion dollars in aquatics over the last decade, however, no focus has been placed on getting our citizens to swim—even though we live in a country that is surrounded by water. “Swimming is definitely a handy life-saving skill…” The following Letter …
Read More »CPL 2021: Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin power TKR to six-wkt win over Jason Holder’s Royals
Despite their modest 122 on the board, Jason Holder’s Barbados looked like they were in with a chance of avoiding a second successive defeat in the 2021 CPL. For all of eight overs into the second innings. But the combination of the small size of St Kitts Warner Park ground …
Read More »T2021 W/C: Hope, Hetmyer, Walsh are in Persaud’s WI dream team but Simmons out starting XI
“[…] My opening batsmen will be Evin Lewis and Shai Hope. I say with utmost confidence that no one will argue with my selection of Lewis to lead the charge. The left-handed opener has the proven capability to destroy any bowling attack that he may be faced with. “The right-handed …
Read More »CPL 2021: Vice-captain Pooran bests skipper Pollard as Warriors stop TKR winning streak
The Trinbago Knight Riders, led by West Indies white ball captain Kieron Pollard, proved unbeatable throughout the 2020 season, winning all 12 of their Caribbean Premier League games. In the opening encounter of the 2021 season on Thursday at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, astutely …
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