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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Dillon: I didn't get TTCB November letter

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Vinode Mamchan - Senior Sports Reporter
1935 days ago
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Head coach of the T&T Red Force Mervyn Dil­lon said yes­ter­day that he did not re­ceive a let­ter from the T&T Crick­et Board (TTCB) stat­ing that they were go­ing to ad­ver­tise the head coach po­si­tion at the end of his con­tract which ex­pires on April 30.

The for­mer West In­dies fast bowler said the board is with­in its rights to ad­ver­tise the po­si­tion and he will reap­ply but it took him by sur­prise.

Dil­lon told Guardian Me­dia Sports that the on­ly let­ter he re­ceived from the TTCB about his coach­ing tenure was one dat­ed Sep­tem­ber 20, 2019, which stat­ed that he was re­tained for the new sea­son. How­ev­er, the TTCB is in­sist­ing that a let­ter was giv­en to the coach in No­vem­ber.

"I am not say­ing that the let­ter is not there at the Crick­et Board but what I am say­ing is that I nev­er re­ceived this let­ter that the board is speak­ing about that was sent to me in No­vem­ber. I am ask­ing my­self what sense it would make if the board gives me a let­ter in Sep­tem­ber ap­point­ing me and then give me an­oth­er one in No­vem­ber," said Dil­lon.

Guardian Me­dia Sports has seen the let­ter ad­dressed to Dil­lon and dat­ed Sep­tem­ber 20 and signed by the gen­er­al sec­re­tary of the board Su­ru­j­dath Ma­habir. In it, Ma­habir in­formed him that he was be­ing reap­point­ed for the 2019-2020 sea­son.

That sea­son comes to an end on April 30 and the board has now de­cid­ed to ad­ver­tise the post of head coach. The board on Fri­day stat­ed that Dil­lon was in­formed via a let­ter in No­vem­ber that when his tenure ends they will be ad­ver­tis­ing the po­si­tion of the head coach and he is wel­come to ap­ply.

Dil­lon said: "I told Dud­nath Ram­keesoon from the TTCB that to get the re­quired im­prove­ment and to take the team in the first di­rec­tion I would need at least a two-year con­tract. He said that I just got the job and the board want­ed to look at me and at the end of the pe­ri­od they will dis­cuss the sit­u­a­tion. I be­lieved that the board would have met with me to dis­cuss giv­ing me a two-year con­tract be­cause the team has been do­ing well."

Red Force fin­ished sec­ond to Bar­ba­dos in the West In­dies Cham­pi­onships which was called off with two rounds of match­es to go due to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic. It was the best fin­ish by the Red Force since 2014 when it came sec­ond to Bar­ba­dos.

Dil­lon said, "I made a call to Ram­keesoon re­mind­ing him of our con­ver­sa­tion and he said to me he can't re­call. As I said be­fore the board can ad­ver­tise the po­si­tion, it's their right and I am go­ing to ap­ply for the post. The team has per­formed well and I am hop­ing that this weighs in my favour be­cause I will reap­ply for the po­si­tion."


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