The Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team 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, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

. The team competes under the franchise name, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the

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' Professional Cricket League which comprises both the Regional Four Day Competition and the

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.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 Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely renowned as one of the greatest Batting (cricket), batsmen of all time. He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest in ...

Mervyn Dillon Mervyn Dillon (born 5 June 1974), is a former West Indies cricket team, West Indian cricketer who featured as a fast bowler. He emerged at the twilight of both Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose's careers. Dillon soon became the Windies' new bow ...

, Daren Ganga, Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Bravo,

Denesh Ramdin Denesh Ramdin (born 13 March 1985) is a former Trinidadian cricketer who played as a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman. Ramdin formerly captained the West Indies, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Trinidad and Tobago and the Combined Campuses and Colleg ...

and Samuel Badree.

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, first class cricket competition in the West Indian cricket team, West Indies held between 1892–93 and 1938-39. Competing teams * Barbados national cricket team, Barbados * Guya ...

between

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(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. 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

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 * Nelson Betancourt *

Jackie Grant George Copeland "Jackie" Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978) was a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies cricket team, West Indies in Test cricket between 1930 and 1935. He was later a missionary in South Africa and Rhodesia. ...

* 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 Philip Verant Simmons (born 18 April 1963) is a Trinidadian cricket coach and former player who is currently a coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team. He played international cricket for the West Indies from 1987 to 1999 as an openin ...

* David Williams * Ian Bishop *

* Roland Holder *

* Dinanath Ramnarine * Daren Ganga * Ravi Rampaul * Dave Mohammed * Dwayne Bravo *

* Lendl Simmons * Kieron Pollard *

Darren Bravo Darren Michael Bravo (born 6 February 1989) is a Trinidadian cricketer who has played 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 ...

* Sunil Narine * Samuel Badree * Robin Singh * Jason Mohammed * Jayden Seales *

Evin Lewis Evin Earl Lewis (born 27 December 1991) is a Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian cricket who used to also play for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies as a left-handed opening batsman. At most featuring in limited-overs internationals, he's ...

Nicholas Pooran Nicholas Pooran (; born 2 October 1995) was a Trinidadian cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team in limited overs formats till 2024 and served as the team's captain. He also competes domestically for Trinidad and Tobago national c ...

Honours

* Regional Four Day Competition (5): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 (shared), 1984–85, 2005–06 * Domestic one-day competition (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):

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

(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 The Queen's Park Oval is a sports stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, used mostly for cricket matches. It opened in 1896. Privately owned by the Queen's Park Cricket Club, it is currently the second largest capacity cricket ground in ...

Port of Spain Port of Spain ( ; Trinidadian and Tobagonian English, Trinidadian English: ''Port ah Spain'' ) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient dail ...

* Brian Lara Cricket Academy near San Fernando * Diego Martin Sporting Complex in

Diego Martin Diego Martin () is a town and is the urban commercial center and capital of the Diego Martin region in Trinidad and Tobago. Its location in the region is just on the south eastern border, west of the capital city of Port of Spain and east of the ...

* National Cricket Centre in

Couva Couva is a town in west-central Trinidad, south of Port of Spain and Chaguanas and north of San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando and Point Fortin. It is the capital and main urban centre of Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, and the Greate ...

* Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground at UWI

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* Shaw Park in Scarborough, Tobago * Guaracara Park in

Pointe-à-Pierre Pointe-à-Pierre ( ) is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest (and now, only) oil refinery which used to be run by Petrotrin, the state-ow ...

References

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