PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Deryck Murray is calling on the national cricket team to refocus, as they departed last night for the President’s Cup in Guyana.
The national team arrived home at Monday night from India, where they finished second in the Airtel Champions League, losing to Australian champions New South Wales Blues in the final.
They spent yesterday relaxing with family and friends before jetting off at 9:50 pm for Georgetown, where they will begin their defence of the WICB President’s Cup against Jamaica today.
Murray said the players need to regroup quickly and go again.
“The players need to refocus and get over the euphoria of their great tour to India. However, they need to keep that momentum gained up there to help them in the President’s Cup,” the TTCB president said.
“They need to come down to earth and start focusing on this new format of the game and the new conditions they would face in Guyana,” Murray added.
The former West Indies wicket-keeper added that although jet lag from the long flight would affect the players, he was confident that they can overcome that obstacle in time for the opening match.
“The jet lag would affect the players but as athletes they would have ways to combat it. What they would have needed to do is sleep on the plane from the moment they left India. Also they would have been required to drink a lot of water to keep themselves hydrated and do certain exercises to avoid muscle stiffness.”
T&T SQUAD – Daren Ganga (captain), Adrian Barath, William Perkins, Lendl Simmons, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Keiron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Dave Mohammed, Navin Stewart, Sherwin Ganga, Samuel Badree, Imran Khan.
