Manager of the Trinidad & Tobago KFC Cup cricket team, Omar Khan, said that as defending champions, the team have everything to play for.
Speaking with Stabroek Sport at the GCC ground Bourda shortly before the start of a training session, Khan said that the team was young and very talented ,adding that all they needed to do was to concentrate on getting the basics right.
Asked which team, if any, he saw as a threat, Khan said that while Guyana might be formidable playing at home, in one-day cricket any team could win on their day, once they get the basics right. Even one of the weaker teams, such as the Combined Universities could spring surprises, he posited.
Meanwhile, the men from the Land of the Hummingbird were peeved over what they perceived as shabby treatment.
Khan complained that they had been scheduled to practise at the Enmore Community Centre ground on Sunday. However, on arrival there, a limited-overs final was in progress. Then on arrival at the Bourda sward, they were told that they couldn’t practise on the wicket. This moved Khan to complain bitterly to Stabroek Sport, that if West Indian players were treated in such manner in the region, how then could they be expected to perform at their best when representing the Caribbean.
So peeved were the visitors that one Senior West Indies player was overheard saying that they should just pack up and return to Trinidad.
When contacted for a comment, GCC president, Harold Dhanraj, explained that after the first- division match between GCC and Police Sports Club had ended, the ground had been ordered closed.
The Trinidad players then arrived and, without permission, took to the field. Dhanraj also complained about the attitude of the T&T manager which, he said, had left much to be desired. The matter was however amicably settled and the players were eventually allowed to use the wicket.
