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 smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. 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 The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies held between 1892-93 and 1938-39. Competing teams * Barbados * British Guiana * Trinidad In the early tournaments British Guiana were sometimes r ...

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

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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 The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian first-class cricket competition which regional sides competed for, the matches taking place over three days. History The competition began in 1925–26, when Rolland Beaumont, the South African Test player who ...

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: Kelvin Williams * 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 *

Clifford Roach Clifford Archibald Roach (13 March 1904 – 16 April 1988) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928. Two years later, he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches, followed two matches lat ...

Nelson Betancourt Nelson Betancourt ISO (4 June 1887 – 12 October 1947) was a cricketer, A Right Handed wicket keeper batsman. He was born in Trinidad and Tobago and died there. His career, at first glance, was a long one spanning the years 1905 to 1930 but in ...

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 captaincy ...

* Rolph Grant *

Jeffrey Stollmeyer Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (11 March 1921 – 10 September 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer who played as an opening batsman. He played 32 Test matches for the West Indies, captaining 13 of these. He was also a senator. Cricket career ...

* Gerry Gomez * Andy Ganteaume * Sonny Ramadhin * Simpson Guillen *

Joey Carew Michael Conrad "Joey" Carew (15 September 1937 – 8 January 2011) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1963 to 1972. An opening batsman and off-spin bowler Carew's sole Test century came against New Zealand at Eden Park in ...

* Deryck Murray * Charlie Davis * Inshan Ali * Raphick Jumadeen * Bernard Julien * Larry Gomes * Gus Logie *

Phil Simmons Philip Verant Simmons (born 18 April 1963) is a Trinidadian cricket coach and former cricketer who was an all-rounder played as an opening batsman, a medium-fast bowler and a slip fielder. He is the current coach of the West Indies cricket ...

* David Williams * Ian Bishop * Brian Lara * 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 Ravindranath Rampaul (born 15 October 1984) is a Trinidadian cricketer. Rampaul has played for Trinidad and Tobago in domestic cricket, in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and in English County cricket for Surrey and De ...

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 In ...

* 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 made b ...

* Lendl Simmons * Kieron Pollard *

Darren Bravo Darren Michael Bravo (born 6 February 1989) is a Trinidadian Cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. A left-handed batsman, his batting style has drawn comparisons with Brian Lara. Bravo is the younger half brother of fel ...

Sunil Narine Sunil Philip Narine (born 26 May 1988) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays internationally for the West Indies. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2011 and Test match debut in June 2012. Primarily an off-spin bowler, h ...

Samuel Badree Samuel Badree (born 8 March 1981) is a former Trinidadian cricketer and cricket coach who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-arm leg-spin bowler. Badree made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, b ...

* 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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Caribbean T20 The Caribbean Twenty20 was an annual tournament Twenty20 cricket tournament in the West Indies that was held four times from 2010 to 2013. The top performing domestic team qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament. It was replaced by ...

(3): 2011, 2012, 2013 *

Stanford 20/20 The Stanford 20/20 was a short-lived cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and then again in the sam ...

(defunct) (1):

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* Trans-Atlantic Twenty20 Champions Cup ( Stanford Super Series) (defunct) (1):

(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 Guaracara Park is a cricket and football ground owned and operated by Trinidad and Tobago's state enterprise that primarily deals with the refining of crude petroleum, Petrotrin. It is located within the confines of their oil refinery at Pointe ...

in Pointe-à-Pierre *

Brian Lara Cricket Academy The Brian Lara Cricket Academy is a multi-purpose stadium in Tarouba, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, that was completed and inaugurated in 2017. It will be used mostly for cricket matches. It is located in ...

near San Fernando * National Cricket Centre in Couva * Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI St Augustine *

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in Scarborough, Tobago

References

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