UWI’s Katwaroo relishes opportunity
World Universities T20, a CPL stepping stone –
NATIONAL player Stephen Katwaroo has made it clear that players need more competitions like the inaugural UWI World Universities T20 Cricket Tournament starting today if local cricket is to remain sustainable.
Katwaroo, a well-travelled wicketkeeper/batsman, will be part of the UWI team that will be competing against Regional Super 50 champions Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC), Tertiary Sport Association of TT (TSATT), Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University from England, and the USA Combined Universities. He indicated that the international flair from Oxford and the exposure players can get outside of the domestic season is priceless, especially with so many youngsters hoping for a dream call-up to the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
“This tournament is something new and it’s really good because it gives local and regional players a chance to show what we can do. It’s competitive, offers us good experience but more importantly, it provides a chance to play more cricket,” Katwaroo said. “In Trinidad and the West Indies, we don’t play enough cricket and then you wonder why more teams on the international level are doing better. They have more experience.
The TTCB needs to do something about it so when domestic cricket ends in May, we have matches to play for the rest of the year. We play less and to have this kind of competition before National League cricket starts is a great plan,” the Alescon Comets player added. He divulged that this approach would also benefit national players when regional West Indian cricket starts at the end of every year.
Katwaroo, a well-travelled wicketkeeper/batsman, will be part of the UWI team that will be competing against Regional Super 50 champions Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC), Tertiary Sport Association of TT (TSATT), Oxford Marylebone Cricket Club University from England, and the USA Combined Universities. He indicated that the international flair from Oxford and the exposure players can get outside of the domestic season is priceless, especially with so many youngsters hoping for a dream call-up to the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
“This tournament is something new and it’s really good because it gives local and regional players a chance to show what we can do. It’s competitive, offers us good experience but more importantly, it provides a chance to play more cricket,” Katwaroo said. “In Trinidad and the West Indies, we don’t play enough cricket and then you wonder why more teams on the international level are doing better. They have more experience.
The TTCB needs to do something about it so when domestic cricket ends in May, we have matches to play for the rest of the year. We play less and to have this kind of competition before National League cricket starts is a great plan,” the Alescon Comets player added. He divulged that this approach would also benefit national players when regional West Indian cricket starts at the end of every year.
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