Message Board Archives

For once the players will take a back seat today and all attention will be focussed on the fans, as the main interest will be to see how many show up at the Queen’s Park Oval to support the hurricane relief match between the T&T Red Force and the Caribbean All Star XI.

When the umpires call play at 7.30pm in the star-studded T20 clash, the best T20 players in the region will display their skill in front of the fans, all in an effort to raise money for their Caribbean brothers and sisters who have been devastated by the effects of Hurricane Maria.

Dominica and Barbuda are flattened and the money raised will be going towards an effort to bring the people there back to their feet.\

LEFT-ARM spinner Sulieman Benn is looking forward to doing battle against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force today at the Queen’s Park Oval, St Clair.

The 36-year-old will be in action for the Regional XI which is being skippered by Darren Sammy of St Lucia. Play bowls off at 7.30 pm and tickets for the match – which can be purchased at NLCB (National Lotteries Control Board) booths or the Box Office at the Queen’s Park Oval – will cost $100.

“It is always nice to play against a good team. The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force has selected a really good team and playing them at home will be challenging. For the cause I hope the match is very entertaining and I hope we have a good go at it,” said Benn upon his arrival in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Regional XI have seven players in their squad that are World T20 Champions. Hard-hitting opening batsmen Dwayne Smith and Johnson Charles are complimented by experienced bowlers Jerome Taylor and Ashley Nurse who Benn believes can engineer a win over the Red Force.

Carib Brewery Limited will be donating 100 percent of the profits from the Cricket Hurricane Relief Charity T20 cricket match scheduled for 7pm on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain.

Local Organising Committee member for the Charity T20 match Colin Murray said of Carib’s donation:

“This is a very admirable gesture by Carib Brewery to contribute to the relief effort. Their donation will go a long way in assisting our Caribbean brothers and sisters in the recover effort from the recent spate of hurricanes. I am delighted to see Carib Brewery is leading from the front and hopefully other corporate entities will join the effort. We have assembled two very good teams and we expect a good game of cricket for a worthy cause.”