Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team assistant coach Reynold Carrington and captain Marvin Phillip confirmed that the Soca Warriors set out for a draw last night in Managua, as they picked over their 2-1 defeat to Nicaragua in their opening Concacaf Nations League assignment. The Warriors conceded from a …
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T&T fall 2-1 to Nicaragua in drab Nations League opener, disjointed Warriors struggle in Managua
Trinidad and Tobago will return empty-handed from a bizarre trip to Managua, as the Soca Warriors fell 2-1 to Nicaragua in the wee hours of this morning in their opening 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League fixture. There are still five group matches left in Group A of Concacaf’s second tier competition. …
Read More »Rain permits just 24 combined overs at three venues, as WI Championship nears conclusion
Guyana Harpy Eagles’ prolific opening batsman Tagenarine Chanderpaul faced just over 30% of the 140 legal balls delivered on Day Three of the West Indies Four-day Championship today. And is not out on three! As is his custom, Chanderpaul—scorer of 140 (off 434 balls) and 184 (off 425 balls) in …
Read More »PNM Women’s League describe Kamla’s ‘slave master name’ jab at Camille as ‘reprehensible’
UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar: “[…] Camille [Robinson-Regis], at least I have a name from my ancestors. Where you get yours from? Your name is that of a slave master…” PNM Women’s League: “[…] The Opposition Leader is neither a historian nor a geneticist. To deem Mrs Robinson-Regis’s name as …
Read More »Rovman, Shepherd miss Netherlands series due to ‘visa delays’, ready for Pakistan ODIs
Middle-order batsman Rovman Powell and allrounder Romario Shepherd will miss the West Indies’ entire One-day International (ODI) series away to the Netherlands ‘due to visa delays’, according to a press statement from Cricket West Indies (CWI). West Indies lead the three-match series 2-0 and the two teams play their final …
Read More »Pride nearer to successful defence as rain ruins Eagles’ and Hurricanes’ title chances
If the Trinidad and Tobago weather co-operates, current West Indies Regional Four-day Championship champions Barbados Pride should have an easy task to seal their 2022 defence. If, however, the weather does not co-operate, as was the case today, Kraigg Brathwaite’s Pride will walk away as 2022 champions without another ball …
Read More »King keeps it simple as Maroon Men romp to 5-wkt win and 2-0 series lead over Netherlands
In Game Two of the three-match ODI series against the Netherlands at the VRA Ground in Amstelveen today, Brandon King kept his head while other West Indian batsmen around him were losing theirs. The talented right-hander reaped multiple rewards: an unbeaten 91 to go with his 58 not out in …
Read More »Dear Editor: ‘Monkey business’ from politicians and police could turn anyone to crime!
“[…] I want to suggest that the ‘monkeypox’ virus, which seems to have us agog at the moment, originated in Parliament—for decades home to political baboons and chimps in our country. “Whatever the host, whether the strain is/has been PNM, UNC, COP, NAR or ONR, the infected behave the same …
Read More »Haiti announces withdrawal from Concacaf U-20 Championship; T&T get unexpected boost
Trinidad and Tobago’s bid to progress from the group stage of the Concacaf Men’s Under-20 Championship got an unexpected boost yesterday as the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) announced it has withdrawn from the competition. Trinidad and Tobago are scheduled to face Haiti in their opening match on 19 June at …
Read More »‘[Red Force] succumbed to pressure!’ Guyana enjoy opening day as T&T collapse to 203/9
The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force have some work ahead of them if they are to end the 2022 West Indies Championship on a winning note. Today, they closed Day One against the Guyana Harpy Eagles on a modest 203 for 9 at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain. Red …
Read More »Eve, Powder, Hackshaw among 10 no-shows as T&T face Nicaragua with 19-member squad
On Tuesday morning, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) announced 28 players who would represent the Men’s National Senior Team in the 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League. Of those 28, inexplicably, only 24 were booked to travel to Nicaragua for their opening game in Managua on Friday 3 June. Today, …
Read More »India, N/Zealand, Bangladesh in busy Caribbean summer; Imran Khan alters WI’s plans
Thirty days of classy cricket in all three formats from June to August! Two Tests, nine One-day Internationals and 11 T20Is! The Caribbean region is in for a long, hot summer of cricket in 2022 in what CWI CEO Johnny Grave called ‘the busiest year of cricket ever in the …
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