Vin­ode Mam­chan

T&T fans will not see any of the match­es in the Tri-na­tion se­ries in­volv­ing the West In­dies, Aus­tralia and South Africa but lo­cal fans will still get an op­por­tu­ni­ty to see the South Africans be­fore the tour­na­ment gets un­der­way.

The South African crick­et team will ar­rive in Trinidad on Fri­day, June 27 and will play the West In­dies 'A' team in their on­ly warm-up match at the Queen's Park Oval two days lat­er.

The Aus­tralians and the West In­di­ans will al­ready be in Guyana for the start of the Tri-na­tion se­ries and the South Africans will use Trinidad to get them­selves ready for ac­tion. The Tri-na­tion se­ries will bowl of on June 3 with the West In­dies com­ing up against South Africa at the Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um in Guyana. Three match­es will be played there, be­fore the teams move to St. Kitts for an­oth­er three and then fi­nal­ly to Bar­ba­dos where three match­es will take place, as well as the fi­nals.

Mean­while, the West In­dies Crick­et Board (WICB) is ex­pect­ed to re­lease the names of the play­ers who have been cho­sen for the Tri-na­tions lat­er to­day and the play­ers will go in­to camp on Thurs­day in Bar­ba­dos.

Last week, the WICB re­moved Sir Curt­ly Am­brose as bowl­ing con­sul­tant and re­placed him with Rod­dy Es­t­wick. Am­brose was quot­ed as say­ing that he held a dis­cus­sion with head coach Phil Sim­mons, who told him that he want­ed a more tech­ni­cal coach and Es­t­wick fit­ted the bill. The leg­endary Am­brose said he did not see his sack­ing com­ing and was tak­en by sur­prise when Sim­mons told him.

Fix­tures

June

Fri 3 West In­dies vs South Africa � Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um, Guyana

Sun 5 West In­dies vs Aus­tralia � Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um

Tue 7 Aus­tralia vs South Africa � Guyana Na­tion­al Sta­di­um

Sat 11 South Africa vs Aus­tralia � Warn­er Park, St. Kitts

Mon 13 West In­dies vs Aus­tralia � Warn­er Park

Wed 15 West In­dies vs South Africa � Warn­er Park

Sun19 Aus­tralia vs South Africa � Kens­ing­ton Oval, Bar­ba­dos

Tue 21 West In­dies vs Aus­tralia � Kens­ing­ton Oval

Fri 24 West In­dies vs South Africa � Kens­ing­ton Oval

Sun 26 The Fi­nal � Kens­ing­ton Oval