The Trinidad and To­ba­go Crick­et Board (TTCB) is await­ing word from the West In­dies Crick­et Board (WICB) as to whether they would stage the re­gion­al T20 crick­et se­ries in this coun­try. This is the word from pres­i­dent of the TTCB Deryck Mur­ray. The for­mer top West In­dies crick­eter said his board has ap­proached the WICB to stage the re­gion­al tour­na­ment in T&T and would still get in enough time to host the re­gion­al First Class se­ries.

Ac­cord­ing to Mur­ray :"We have sent in a pro­pos­al to the WICB to stage the re­gion­al T20 crick­et se­ries in Trinidad and To­ba­go from De­cem­ber 27 this year. We have sent in dates that would see the tour­na­ment con­clud­ed by Jan­u­ary 10, 2010 and this would give them enough time to stage the re­gion­al First Class se­ries from the mid­dle and Jan­u­ary. "We are still await­ing word from them as to whether this would hap­pen. There have been dis­cus­sions at the board lev­el in­to stag­ing a re­gion­al T20 se­ries and they have agreed to do such. I guess they would have to en­ter in­to talks with prospec­tive spon­sors and would be look­ing at the fea­si­bil­i­ty of stag­ing the tour­na­ment here.

"Who­ev­er is the spon­sor would be the key in de­ter­min­ing where the tour­na­ment is played. If for ex­am­ple they get a spon­sor from Ja­maica then the tour­na­ment might most like­ly be played across there. If they get one from Amer­i­ca, they may want it up there, so we just have to wait and see what hap­pens. "The WICB will be host­ing a board meet­ing on No­vem­ber 8 and from this meet­ing we are hop­ing to get an an­swer to our pro­pos­al." The win­ners of the re­gion­al T20 tour­na­ment will go for­ward to play in the lu­cra­tive IPL Cham­pi­ons league.