Former West Indies white ball captains Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran showed off their power-hitting to excellent effect in The Hundred in England. But good tings, as another former West Indies captain might say, come in trees. So is it too much to expect current West Indies white ball captain Rovman …
Read More »Theobald names T&T Boys U-14 team; Tobago’s Ball Blasters and City FC claim nine picks
Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-14 coach Densill Theobald selected a 20-member squad today which will represent the two-island republic at the CFU U-14 Boys Series from 15 to 25 August. The Boys competition, like the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship League B, will be staged in Trinidad and Tobago. Theobald’s …
Read More »Best: Inside protean heads; how lack of flexibility cost South Africa a T20 World Cup
June 29, the T20 World Cup final. David Miller, the finisher who came in at #6, has just given his hand away. Unnecessarily. Kagiso Rabada can win the coveted trophy for South Africa. True, he’s batting at #10. But cometh the hour, cometh the batsman. Even a #10 can get …
Read More »T&T U15 Girls edged 1-0 by Dominican Republic in Concacaf semis
The Trinidad and Tobago Girls National Under-15 team missed out on a place in the Concacaf Championship League B finals today, after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Dominican Republic at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. A late Kaylee Lainez freekick decided the outcome of the match, just …
Read More »T&T Girls U-15s thump Grenada to advance to Concacaf League B semis
Trinidad and Tobago will face the Dominican Republic in the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship League B semifinal round after closing their Group C assignments with a comprehensive 5-0 rout of Grenada at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain today. The young Women Soca Warriors and Dominican Republic square …
Read More »Eve’s exit clause, Boyce’s mysterious appointment and a ‘ghost’ youth team
Outgoing Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve had another 17 months left on his contract with the Soca Warriors when he was sacked by the new Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) executive, led by president Kieron Edwards. However, crucially, there was a termination clause. …
Read More »T&T Girls U-15 and HP teams get matching 1-0 wins on Concacaf MD2
Trinidad and Tobago teams picked up matching wins on the second match day of the 2024 Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championship today, with both outfits within touching distance of semifinal berths in League B. The Trinidad and Tobago Girls National Under-15 team edged Curaçao 1-0 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in …
Read More »T&T Girls U-15 and High Performance teams held goalless by Antigua and USVI
Trinidad and Tobago football fans endured 140 minutes with no goals and few clear scoring opportunities, as their Girls National Under-15 and High Performance teams kicked off their respective campaigns in League B of the Concacaf Girls Under-15 Championships today at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo. Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »TTFA appoints King as caretaker coach; ex-assistant will lead Warriors into Nations League
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has appointed Derek King as “caretaker coach” of the Men’s National Senior Team. King, 44, replaces his former boss, Angus Eve, and will have the responsibility of leading the Soca Warriors at the start of their 2024-25 Concacaf Nations League journey. Trinidad and …
Read More »Boyce, Benedict’s and ex-Central coach, gets T&T U-20 post—two years before tournament
St Benedict’s College coach Randolph ‘Balo’ Boyce has been selected as the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach, in the second major appointment done by the Kieron Edwards-led Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). He replaces Brian Haynes, who led the young Soca Warriors to a first …
Read More »WI name Warrican and Bryan Charles in Test squad to exploit Trinidad and Guyana pitches
Trinidad and Tobago spinner Bryan Charles, 29, is in line to make his Test debut against South Africa this month, after he was named in a 15-man squad to represent the West Indies today. West Indies face South Africa in the First Test at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad …
Read More »Best: Six-hitting team? Rutherford and Kohli showed how to bat properly in T20
A cricket match, a wise old scribe has written, is played in the minds of the opposing captains. Even in today’s changed world of T20 cricket? Hmmm…. Let’s see… For a full century after Australia’s 45-run victory over England at Melbourne in the first-ever Test match in 1877, the statement …
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