Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath has called for the Red Force team to be bestowed with a national award.

Bassarath’s advocacy comes on the heels of the team winning the West Indies Professional Championship for the first time since 2006, breaking a 20-year drought. T&T defeated the Guyana Harpy Eagles by 141 runs on the fourth day of the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday.

It is only the sixth time T&T has won the regional four-day title, with previous wins in 1969-1970, 1970-1971, 1975-76 (shared with Barbados), 1984-85, and 2005-06, making T&T only the fourth most successful team by titles won, behind Barbados (23), Guyana (13) and Jamaica (12). There has been much more success in the regional 50-over tournament, where T&T leads the way with a record 14 wins, followed by Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana, each with 9 titles.

Bassarath calls for a national award for Red Force team - Trinidad Guardian