Defending Cricket West Indies (CWI) CG Super50 Cup champions, T&T Red Force, will bowl off their preparations for the 2025 edition with the best available talent in a four-team tournament starting next Saturday (October 4).
Matches will be played at the National Cricket Centre (NCC) in Balmain, Couva and the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Tarouba, San Fernando, starting at 9.30 am.
The tournament will continue on consecutive Wednesdays (October 8 and 15) and the final is slated for October 18, which will be a day/night fixture starting at 1.30 pm.
Selected to captain the respective 14-man squads are wicketkeeper/batsman Joshua da Silva (Scarlet Blazers), spinner Bryan Charles (Cocrico Warriors), allrounder Tion Webster (Steelpan Titans), and batsman Andrew Rambaran (Soca Strikers).
Red Force Coach Reyad Emrit is confident that the four-team tournament will provide the best opportunity for the cricketers to stake their claim and maintain T&T’s regional superiority in the limited-overs format.
Top Red Force batsman in this year’s regional four-day tournament, Jason Mohammed, heads the list of available players who will turn out for the Cocrico Warriors.
Also, in that line-up are Tobagonian allrounder Joshua James, Kjorn Ottley, Christian Thurton, Ricky Jaipaul and young talent Brendon Boodoo.
Mikkel Govia stands out for the Scarlet Blazers, which is boosted by Dejourn Charles, Vikash Mohan, Justin Gangoo, and Aadian Racha.
The Soca Strikers will have at its disposal exciting opening batsman Cephas Cooper, the experience of Yannic Cariah and Terrance Hinds, and Isaiah Rajah.
Kamil Pooran is slated to head the batting for the Steelpan Titans along with Jyd Goolie and Mark Deyal, complemented by an attack led by Kyle Ramdoo and allrounder Anderson Mahase.
The four-team tournament has been organised by the TTCB as major preparation for the CG Super50 Cup after Premier League clubs agreed to forego the Sunday League 50-Overs competition earlier this season because of inclement weather.
Instead, the four-team tournament was proposed, which will give the top cricketers an excellent opportunity to address the national selectors.
The CG Super50 Cup is tentatively scheduled for T&T from November 15 to December 14.
TEAMS
SOCA STRIKERS: Andrew Rambaran (captain), Cephas Cooper, Leonardo Julien, Akeel Mohammed, Isaiah Rajah, Yannic Cariah, Terrance Hinds, Damion Joachim, Avinash Mahabirsingh, Abdul-Raheem Toppin, Shaaron Lewis, Videsh Sookhai, Aneal Rooplal, Jacen Agard.
Manager: Adrian Ali; Coach: Keston Harrypersad
COCRICO WARRIORS: Bryan Charles (Capt,), Kjorn Ottley, Shatrughan Rambaran, Christian Thurton, Jason Mohammed, Brendon Boodoo, Antonio Gomez, Joshua James, Trevon James, Chadeon Raymond, Ricky Jaipaul, Matthew Patrick, Justin Joseph, Aaron Bankay.
Manager: Frank Simmons; Coach: Earnil Ryan
SCARLET BLAZERS: Joshua Da Silva (captain), Dejourn Charles, Vikash Mohan, Kirstan Kallicharan, Daniel Williams, Mikkeal Govia, Justyn Gangoo, Aadian Racha, Justin Manick, Shiva Sankar, Joshua Davis, Justin Jagessar, Jerve Cummings, Jovan Ali.
Manager: Kent Ghisyawan; Coach: Nisar Mohammed
STEELPAN TITANS: Tion Webster (captain), Kamil Pooran, Rajeev Ramnath, Kyle Ramdoo, Mark Deyal, Jyd Goolie, Anderson Mahase, Jeese Bootan, Sameer Ali, Abdur-Rahman Juman, Camillo Carimbocas, Aamir Ali, Jean-Phillipe Beharry, Rivaldo Ramlogan
Manager: Sgt. Sheahan Panchu; Coach: Gibran Mohammed
Fixtures (Start time 9.30 am)
October 4
Soca Strikers vs Cocrico Warriors, NCC
Scarlet Blazers vs Steelpan Titans, BLCA
October 8
Soca Strikers vs Steelpan Titans, NCC
Cocrico Warriors vs Scarlet Blazers, BLCA
October 15
Steelpan Titans vs Cocrico Warriors, NCC
Scarlet Blazers vs Soca Strikers, BLCA
October 18 (Start tme 1.30 pm)
1st place vs 2nd place, BLCA
