Hermat Gangapersad (born 19 June 1969) is a former

Trinidadian Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The country is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As a ...

cricketer who represented the Trinidad and Tobago national team in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a

wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...

. Gangapersad represented the West Indies under-19s at the 1988 Youth World Cup in Australia. He scored only 97 runs from eight innings, but recorded 15 dismissals while keeping wicket, second only to Australia's

Darren Berry Darren Shane Berry (born 10 December 1969) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who was known for his sharp skills as a wicketkeeper, first with South Australia and then Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and ING Cup domestic compe ...

overall. Gangapersad had made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago almost a year before the World Cup, playing a

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match against

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at the age of 17. He made semi-regular appearances at that level over the following seasons, but then migrated to the United States when he played cricket throughout the NY Tri- state areas His highest first-class score (and only half-century) was an innings of 50 runs made against the

Windward Islands french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth ...

in January 1993.Trinidad and Tobago v Windward Islands
Red Stripe Cup 1992/93 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2016.

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