The Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The team competes under the franchise name, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the Cricket West Indies' Professional Cricket League which comprises both the Regional Four Day Competition and the Regional Super50 . Jamaica Franchise at home against Leeward Islands Hurricanes Trinidad has also won a sum of 13 regional one day titles, which is the most in the history of West Indies cricket.
The most prominent T&T cricketers include Jeffrey Stollmeyer, Sonny Ramadhin, Deryck Murray, Charlie Davis, Larry Gomes, Rangy Nanan, Gus Logie, Ian Bishop, Brian Lara, Mervyn Dillon, Daren Ganga, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin and Samuel Badree.
Team history
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.
Trinidad and Tobago won four one day titles in eight seasons from 1989–90 to 1996–97 and another four in six seasons from 2004–05 to 2009-10. As well they won consecutive titles in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons with yet another title in the 2020-21 season. Such said Trinidad have won the most regional one day championships, being 13 with one shared and 12 outright titles.
T&T also featured in and were runners-up at the inaugural Champions' league T-20. The Trinbagonians eventually won a total of 3 Caribbean T20 championships.
Squad
| First Class Captain |
| Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50 |
| Left-handed |
| List A Captain |
| Played for West Indies Emerging team in Super50 |
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
- Learie Constantine
- Herman Griffith
- Clifford Roach
- Nelson Betancourt
- Jackie Grant
- Rolph Grant
- Jeffrey Stollmeyer
- Gerry Gomez
- Andy Ganteaume
- Sonny Ramadhin
- Simpson Guillen
- Joey Carew
- Deryck Murray
- Charlie Davis
- Inshan Ali
- Raphick Jumadeen
- Bernard Julien
- Larry Gomes
- Gus Logie
- Phil Simmons
- David Williams
- Ian Bishop
- Brian Lara
- Roland Holder
- Mervyn Dillon
- Dinanath Ramnarine
- Daren Ganga
- Ravi Rampaul
- Dave Mohammed
- Dwayne Bravo
- Denesh Ramdin
- Lendl Simmons
- Kieron Pollard
- Darren Bravo
- Sunil Narine
- Samuel Badree
- Robin Singh
- Jason Mohammed
- Jayden Seales
- Evin Lewis
- Nicholas Pooran
Honours
- Regional Four Day Competition (5): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 (shared), 1984–85, 2005–06
- WICB Cup (15): 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, 2020–21, 2023–24
- Caribbean T20 (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, 1903–04, 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 Port of Spain
- Brian Lara Cricket Academy near San Fernando
- Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Diego Martin
- National Cricket Centre in Couva
- Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI St Augustine
- Shaw Park in Scarborough, Tobago
- Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre
See also
- Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team
- List of international cricketers from Trinidad and Tobago
- List of calypso songs about cricket
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