PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) is demanding answers after The Red Force crashed to their second straight defeat of the WICB Professional Cricket League at Queen’s Park oval on Monday.
Red Force suffered an innings and ten-run loss to leaders Guyana Jaguars despite a responsible half-century from Akeal Hosein in the fourth round of competition.
TTCB president Azim Bassarath says T&T’s losing trend cannot continue and that an executive meeting has been called to discuss the problem.
“I want to let you know that I and my executive are not happy with the performance of the team,” said Bassarath.
“We have an executive meeting on Tuesday and I am hoping to discuss the matter.”
Starting the final day needing 294 to make the visitors bat again, T&T were dismissed for 234, in the lead up to the scheduled tea time.
The left-handed Hosein carried the fight for the hosts with 64 while Nicholas Pooran made a dashing 47.
Bassarath says every member of the team is expected to attend the executive meeting being convened.
“We are going to meet with the management of the team and try and get every single player involved in that meeting, so we can find out what is going wrong with our national senior team,” he said.
“We have never performed this badly for the past seven or eight years and I think that it is time that we take the bull by the horn and do what is necessary to ensure that we get the best out of our players.”
Jaguars remain at the top of the standings on 57 points while T&T, meanwhile, gained one point to be on 24 overall.
