Wednesday’s special general meeting of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) executive to move a motion of no confidence against treasurer Kiswah Chaitoo is still on.
This was confirmed by TTCB president Azim Bassarath on Tuesday.
The meeting is being held to move a motion of no confidence against Chaitoo after he discovered, in December 2023, and brought to the attention of the board, an alleged misappropriation of TTCB funds to the estimated tune of $500k.
According to earlier reports, the misappropriation of funds took place for around five years, and led to an employee resigning. Additionally, it was also revealed that it was common practice for blank cheques to be available in case situations arose where money was immediately required. This has since stopped.
ANTICIPATION is building for the June 1-29 International Cricket Council T20 World Cup, to be hosted in the West Indies and USA.
Six venues – Guyana, Barbados, Antigua, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago – in the Caribbean play host to the majority of games while three cities in the US – Florida, Dallas, New York – will also be utilised.
Just as the hype is building around the region, Caribbean stadia are being refurbished and further developed to better facilitate a tsunami of international cricketers, staff, fans and media.
In Trinidad, the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba is set to host five matches, including the second semi-final.
Currently, construction work is being done at the venue to provide a more comfortable atmosphere for visiting and home fans and media. Likewise, the welcomed renovation is also being done at the other venues.
Windward Islands Volcanoes remained the only unbeaten side after the third round of matches in the West Indies Championship wrapped up last weekend.
They thrashed Combined Campuses and Colleges by eight wickets at Chedwin Park in Jamaica on Saturday to log their third win in as many matches and move to 62.2 points.
Volcanoes beat Jamaica Scorpions by nine wickets in their opening game at Sabina Park in Jamaica before also whipping Barbados Pride by nine wickets at the same venue in the second round.
Volcanoes’ success has been shaped so far by their lethal bowling attack, which has been spearheaded by fast bowlers Ryan John (15 wickets) and Shamar Springer (14), with support from rookie leg-spinner Daren Cyrus (10).
West Indies and Barbados Pride captain Kraigg Brathwaite has commended both his team and the Jamaica Scorpions for a hard-fought match in the recently concluded West Indies Championship third-round clash which ended on Saturday at Sabina Park.
Brathwaite’s team came away with a four-wicket win late on Saturday’s final day, and the contest was one of the few matches that went the distance in the first phase of the competition.
“I am very happy to see the game going all four days. This is the sort of competition you want, as it will make our players better,” said Brathwaite.
Previously, neither the Jamaica Scorpions nor the Barbados Pride had taken their games into the fourth day. The Scorpions lost to the Windward Islands Volcanoes and beat the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) inside three days, while the Pride took care of the CCC and lost to the Volcanoes on the third day of those fixtures.
The best women’s cricketers in the West Indies will be back in action as Cricket West Indies (CWI) returns to St. Kitts for the hosting of the CG United Super50 Cup and the T20 Blaze regional tournaments.
The CG United Super50 Cup matches will be played at three venues – Warner Park, the Conaree Cricket Centre, and St. Paul’s Sports Complex from 4 to 25 March with the 50 over matches starting at 10 am local time.
The T20 Blaze will feature five full days of entertainment for the fans from 17 to 25 March at Warner Park. There will be three matches per day – starting at 10am, 2:30 pm and 7 pm (under lights).
Barbados are the defending champions in both the CG United Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze. The other teams are the Trinidad & Tobago Red Force Divas, Guyana, Jamaica, Windward Islands and hosts Leeward Islands.
The Tournament starts a busy year for the West Indies Women, which see them play all their international matches away, starting with Pakistan in April, Sri Lanka in June, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October, finishing with a tour of India in December.
