On the heels of the national cricket team’s departure at 6 pm today to battle Barbados in their second match of the Regional 4-day tournament, the national selectors have announced that fast bowler Ravi Rampaul has suffered a shoulder injury which has forced him out of the team.
Rampaul is currently receiving treatment for the injury and has been replaced by inform batsman Marlon Barclay. T&T are already without the services of allrounder Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Kevon Cooper who are all currently participating in the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League T20.
Opening batsman Lendl Simmons is also recovering from a knee injury which he picked up in the match against the CCC. Years gone by when T&T national cricket teams left for neighbouring Barbados, not much was expected, however these days that country is a favorite stomping ground for T&T. Last week, T&T opened their campaign with victory over the Combined Campuses Colleges (CCC) at Cave Hill. They were on a bye for the last round and now face Barbados in their den from Thursday. Manager of the team Omar Khan said the players were confident and looking to keep up with Jamaica by winning the clash outright. “Jamaica have now gone ahead with two wins from their two matches. We got a win in our first match and we will be going hard at the Bajans to ensure we keep the pressure on Jamaica.”
Khan said he was very happy with the performances over the weekend in the domestic cricket league. “It was good to see the guys get runs and take wickets and this would give them confidence going into the clash. Skipper Denesh Ramdin had a century for T&TEC, Jason Mohammed was also among the runs and Justin Guillen scored a century for Queen’s Park
Denesh Ramdin (captain), Lendl Simmons, Adrian Barath, Justin Guillen, Darren Bravo, Jason Mohammed, Imran Khan, Rayad Emrit, Sunil Narine, Shannon Gabriel, Marlon Barclay, Atiba Allert and Yannick Cariah.
The officials are: Omar Khan (Manager), Kelvin Williams (Coach).
