The national selectors have made one change to the Trinidad and Tobago four-day squad for their Round Seven regional match against Barbados starting tomorrow, at the Queen's Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.
Queen's Park Cricket Club batsman Akeal Hosein has been called up to replace Yannick Ottley in the team which is hoping to score back to back victories against Barbados following their Super50 win yesterday.
The T&T boys are currently joint third in the standings with the Barbadians and whoever has the better game this week, will take firm ownership of third position and will battle the second place team, mote likely the Windwards in the semi-finals.
Currently Jamaica lead the standings with maximum 48 points from four matches. They still have two matches to go and it will be difficult for any of the teams to surpass them. The Windwards are second with 48 points as well but has just one game remaining.
Meanwhile, the stage is set for Final Four of Super 50 series. The Final Four of the tournament will be played under the lights at Kensington Oval in Barbados. Trinidad & Tobago face Combined Campuses & Colleges on Thursday, April 18, while Jamaica meet Windward Islands the following day. The Grand Final will be played on Sunday, April 21. First ball in all matches is 2:30 pm.
T&T beat long-standing sporting rivals Barbados to top the table after the preliminary round with an unbeaten record of six victories and 25 points, Jamaica had a last-ball victory over Guyana to finish in second spot on 23 points, and Windwards beat Leeward Islands to finish third on 12 points.
CCC had a bye in the final round and had to wait know their fate. They ended on 10 points, the same as Barbados, but qualified having beaten the Barbadians in the head-to-head contest.
Guyana ended sixth on eight points while the Leewards placed seventh with four points.
T&T TEAM: Adrian Barath, Lendl Simmons, Akeal Hosein, Jason Mohammed, Denesh Ramdin (Captain), Imran Khan, Yannic Cariah, Rayad Emrit, Amit Jaggernauth, Kjorn Ottley, Shannon Gabriel, Marlon Richards and Kavesh Kantasingh.]
standings
Regional First Class
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied Draw Aban Pts
Jamaica 4 4 0 0 0 0 48
Windward Is 5 4 1 0 0 0 48
Barbados 5 3 2 0 0 0 36
T&T 5 3 2 0 0 0 36
Guyana 5 1 3 0 1 0 18
CCC 5 1 4 0 0 0 12
Leeward Is 5 0 4 0 1 0 7
Regional Super50
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR
T&T 6 6 0 0 0 25 +0.774
Jamaica 6 5 1 0 0 23 +0.760
Windward Is 6 3 3 0 0 12 -0.419
CCC 6 2 4 0 0 10 -0.055
Barbados 6 2 4 0 0 10 -0.013
Guyana 6 2 4 0 0 8 -0.339
Leeward Is 6 1 5 0 0 4 -0.650