The visitors threatened to not take the field in protest of not being satisfied with conditions at the Cascadia Hotel in St. Anns where the team is housed. The Leewards through manager Wilden Cornwall wrote the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) owners of the T&T Red Force franchise complaining about the accommodations at the hotel.
On arrival at the hotel on Tuesday, Cornwall then wrote to the Leewards board the next day saying, “We arrived in Trinidad yesterday but regrettably I am not happy with the conditions of the Cascadia Hotel. The overall condition of the hotel is not welcoming, the food is not palatable, the water is rusty. I am sure that you will understand the challenges and make every effort to relocate the team to another hotel. In this way it will create a win-win situation for all.”
Meanwhile, president of the TTCB, Azim Bassarath responded to the situation saying, “From before, and since the arrival of the Leeward Islands team, the TTCB and the Hotel have been doing everything within our power to ensure the comfort of the team. The hotel has worked with the Team Manager to allay any concerns that he might have but Mr. Cornwall seems bent on a certain course of action (seemingly even before arrival).
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