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PRESIDENT of the TT Cricket Board (TTCB) Azim Bassarath has told CNC3 there was no improprierty in the appointment of Imran Jan as assistant coach of the TT Red Force.

Bassarath said Jan’s appointment, in October 2017, was a collective decision by the entire executive of the board, and owing to his extensive experience.

According to a CNC3 report last night, a PriceWaterHouseCoopers audit revealed former Sport Company director Jan attempted to approve funding for the TTCB beyond his limit.

Jan was appointed assistant coach for the Red Force in October 2017. The audit report said Jan leaked confidential SporTT documents to Bassarath which revealed the amount of money the TTCB would receive from SporTT. Jan was fired from SporTT in November 2017 shortly after the completion of a forensic audit.

Audit Finds conflict of Interest
Attempts to favor T&TCB
Individual gets fired from SPORTT
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THE TT Cricket Board (TTCB) said it will be looking for answers as to why the Red Force continue to perform poorly in the West Indies Four-Day Championships, saying in-depth analysis needs to take place and it must be done quickly.

After finishing last in the 2017/2018 four-day tournament, the Red Force have lost back-to-back matches to start the 2018/2019 campaign on the wrong foot.

Red Force lost by 76 runs to the Windward Islands Volcanoes in its opening match, at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, before falling to a crushing 245-run defeat to Leeward Islands Hurricanes at the same venue.

TTCB Chief Operations Officer (COO) Dudnath Ramkessoon said questions need to be asked after the performance of the team in the last match.

"To be dismissed yesterday (Monday) for under 100, one has to question why the players not really settling down and batting – because it is really the batting that is letting us down a bit," Ramkessoon said.

For­mer West In­dies open­ing bats­man Phi­lo Wal­lace said that the en­tire man­age­ment and back­room staff team should be re­viewed fol­low­ing the Red Force team's em­bar­rass­ing loss against the Lee­wards Is­lands Hur­ri­cane in the West In­dies Four-day Cham­pi­onship match at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my in Tarou­ba, San Fer­nan­do on Mon­day.

The Hur­ri­canes de­feat­ed T&T Red Force by 246 runs, the hosts sixth suc­ces­sive de­feat since last sea­son. An irate Wal­lace who was com­men­tat­ing on the match for Crick­et360 said: “This dis­play is di­a­bol­i­cal and em­bar­rass­ing for the peo­ple of T&T. I have been here for the last four days look­ing at the game and I have been here com­men­tat­ing since last sea­son and see­ing their very poor per­for­mances. When I played against T&T back in the day the team was a fight­ing team. A team that was re­spect­ed in the Caribbean and now it pains me to see what it has be­come.”