The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, or officially the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, is the representative cricket team of the country of

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...

. The Red Force takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the West Indies' Professional Cricket League (which includes the Regional Four Day Competition and the NAGICO Regional Super50) under the franchise name Trinidad and Tobago Red Force,Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes
with the best players selected for the West Indies team, which plays international cricket.

Team history

Teams from Trinidad played first-class cricket from 1869, when Trinidad took on

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for two matches, winning one and losing one. They also participated in the Inter-Colonial Tournament between

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, British Guiana (formerly Demerara), and themselves, playing in all 28 tournaments that were held between 1891–92 and 1938–39. From the late 1880s, Tobago was incorporated into the crown colony of Trinidad as a ward. After independence in 1962, the team changed its name to reflect the official name of the country, Trinidad and Tobago, and when the Shell Shield began in 1965–66 the team competed under the name of Trinidad and Tobago. They won their first title on their fourth outing, in 1969–70, and also won the next year's competition, but since then Trinidad and Tobago have only taken three titles in 35 seasons. During this time cricketers from Trinidad competed in the Beaumont Cup which had first class status. In one-day cricket, Trinidad and Tobago won four titles in eight seasons from 1989–90 to 1996–97, and also won the 2004–05 one-day title. T&T cricket team participated and were runners-up at the inaugural Champions' league T-20. The team stayed unbeaten until the finals.

Squad

Coaching staff

* Head coach: David Furlonge * Asst. Coach:

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* Batting coach: n/a * Bowling coach: n/a * Fielding coach: n/a * Manager: Sebastian Edwards * Mental conditioning coach: Adarayll John * Fitness trainer: Clinton Jeremiah * Head Physiotherapist: n/a * Masseur: n/a * Performance analyst: Amrit Jadoo

Notable players

The list of prominent cricketers who have represented Trinidad and Tobago includes: * Learie Constantine *

Herman Griffith Herman Clarence Griffith (1 December 1893 – 18 March 1980) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in their inaugural Test tour of England and was one of the leading bowlers on that tour. Griffith was born i ...

* Clifford Roach * Nelson Betancourt *

Jackie Grant George Copeland Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978), known as Jackie Grant, was a West Indian cricketer who captained the Test side from 1930 to 1935. He was later a missionary in South Africa and Rhodesia. Appointed to the Test captain ...

* Rolph Grant * Jeffrey Stollmeyer * Gerry Gomez * Andy Ganteaume *

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Simpson Guillen Simpson Clairmonte "Sammy" Guillen (24 September 1924 – 1 March 2013) was one of the few men to have played Test cricket for two countries. He played five Test matches for the West Indies and three for New Zealand in the 1950s, including N ...

* Joey Carew * Deryck Murray * Charlie Davis * Inshan Ali *

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* Bernard Julien * Larry Gomes * Gus Logie * Phil Simmons * David Williams * Ian Bishop *

Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing ...

* Roland Holder * Mervyn Dillon *

Dinanath Ramnarine Dinanath Ramnarine (born June 4, 1975) is a Trinidadian cricketer who retired in 2002. He was a leg-spin bowler who retired at an early age (28 years). He has a Test bowling average of around 30, taking 45 wickets in his 12 test matches, which is ...

* Daren Ganga * Ravi Rampaul *

Dave Mohammed Dave Mohammad (born 8 October 1979) is a former West Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler, and bats left-handed. Having played only three first-class matches for Trinidad and Tobago, Mohammad was called up to the West ...

* Dwayne Bravo *

Denesh Ramdin Denesh Ramdin (born 13 March 1985) is a Trinidadian cricketer who played internationally for the West Indies. He is a right-handed wicketkeeper- batsman. He retired from all forms of international cricket in July 2022. In July 2005, Ramdin ma ...

* Lendl Simmons * Kieron Pollard * Darren Bravo * Sunil Narine * Samuel Badree * Robin Singh * Jason Mohammed

Honours

* Regional Four Day Competition (5): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 (shared), 1984–85, 2005–06 * Domestic one-day competition (13): 1978–79, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–1996 (shared), 1996–1997, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2014–15, 2015–16,

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(3): 2011, 2012, 2013 * Stanford 20/20 (defunct) (1): 2008 * Trans-Atlantic Twenty20 Champions Cup ( Stanford Super Series) (defunct) (1): 2008 * Inter-Colonial Tournament (defunct) (12): 1901–02,

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, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22 (shared), 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39

Grounds

* Queen's Park Oval in

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* Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre * Brian Lara Cricket Academy near San Fernando * National Cricket Centre in Couva * Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI St Augustine * Shaw Park in Scarborough, Tobago

References

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