Trinidad and Tobago cricket team
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The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago
.
The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies team
, which plays international cricket. Though a team represented T&T in the 1998 Commonwealth Games
. Trinidad and Tobago have won the Regional Four Day Competition five times and the WICB Cup ten times. They are the current Caribbean Twenty20
champions.
Teams from Trinidad played first-class cricket from 1869, when Trinidad took on Demerara
for two matches, winning one and losing one. They also participated in the Inter-Colonial Tournament
between Barbados, British Guiana (formerly Demerara), and themselves, playing in all 28 tournaments that were held between 1891-92 and 1938-39. From the late 1880s, Tobago was incorporated into the crown colony of Trinidad as a ward.
After independence in 1962, the team changed its name to reflect the official name of the country, Trinidad and Tobago, and when the Shell Shield began in 1965-66 the team competed under the name of Trinidad and Tobago. They won their first title on their fourth outing, in 1969-70, and also won the next year's competition, but since then Trinidad and Tobago have only taken three titles in 35 seasons. During this time cricketers from Trinidad competed in the Beaumont Cup
which had first class status.
In one-day cricket, Trinidad and Tobago won four titles in eight seasons from 1989-90 to 1996-97, and also won the 2004-05 one-day title.
T&T cricket team participated and were runners-up at the inaugural Champions' league T-20.The team was the most popular and entertaining team of the competition and stayed unbeaten until the finals.
Source: T20 squad , List A squad , First-class squad
The list of prominent cricketers who have represented Trinidad and Tobago includes:
Ian Bishop Learie Constantine
Mervyn Dillon
Larry Gomes
Brian Lara
Gus Logie
Deryck Murray
Sonny Ramadhin
Jeffrey Stollmeyer Nyron Asgarali
Wes Hall
Kelvin Williams
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
.
The team takes part in inter-regional cricket competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Regional Four Day Competition and the WICB Cup, with the best players selected for the West Indies team
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
, which plays international cricket. Though a team represented T&T in the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Cricket was included in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia. This was the first—and, to date, only—time cricket has been played at a Commonwealth Games. Matches were played over 50 overs, and had List A status, although they were not full One Day Internationals...
. Trinidad and Tobago have won the Regional Four Day Competition five times and the WICB Cup ten times. They are the current Caribbean Twenty20
Caribbean Twenty20
The Caribbean Twenty20 is an annual tournament Twenty20 cricket tournament in the West Indies. The inaugural series was held in 2010. The top performing domestic team qualifies for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.- History :...
champions.
Team history
Demerara cricket team
Demerara cricket team played first class cricket in the Jones Cup, later the Guystac Trophy, and came from the former British colony of Demerara, which is now a county of Guyana, formerly British Guiana...
for two matches, winning one and losing one. They also participated in the Inter-Colonial Tournament
Inter-Colonial Tournament
The Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies before World War II.- Competing teams :* Barbados* British Guiana* Trinidad...
between Barbados, British Guiana (formerly Demerara), and themselves, playing in all 28 tournaments that were held between 1891-92 and 1938-39. From the late 1880s, Tobago was incorporated into the crown colony of Trinidad as a ward.
After independence in 1962, the team changed its name to reflect the official name of the country, Trinidad and Tobago, and when the Shell Shield began in 1965-66 the team competed under the name of Trinidad and Tobago. They won their first title on their fourth outing, in 1969-70, and also won the next year's competition, but since then Trinidad and Tobago have only taken three titles in 35 seasons. During this time cricketers from Trinidad competed in the Beaumont Cup
Beaumont Cup
The Beaumont Cup was a Trinidadian First-class cricket cup which regional sides competed for, with the matches taking place over three days.- History :...
which had first class status.
In one-day cricket, Trinidad and Tobago won four titles in eight seasons from 1989-90 to 1996-97, and also won the 2004-05 one-day title.
T&T cricket team participated and were runners-up at the inaugural Champions' league T-20.The team was the most popular and entertaining team of the competition and stayed unbeaten until the finals.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| 1 | Daren Ganga Daren Ganga Daren Ganga is a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19 year old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A... |
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14 January 1979 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| 15 | Adrian Barath Adrian Barath Adrian Boris Barath is a West Indian cricketer. A right-hand batsman for Trinidad and Tobago, Barath made his Test debut in November 2009, becoming the youngest West Indian to score a century.-Career:... |
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14 April 1990 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| 37 | Runako Morton Runako Morton Runako Shakur Morton is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler.A lively, often unpredictable character, Morton was expelled from the West Indian cricketing Academy in July 2001 for bad behaviour but continued to play for the Leeward Islands in the... |
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22 July 1978 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 46 | Darren Bravo Darren Bravo Darren Michael Bravo is a West Indian cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Trinidad and Tobago and has appeared for the West Indies cricket team in One Day International cricket. A left-handed batsman,is slow, focused and determined... |
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6 February 1989 (age 22) | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| ? | Justin Guillen Justin Guillen Justin Christopher Guillen is a West Indian cricketer who plays for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team. He made his debut for the side in the 2008 Stanford Super Series, and has since played over fifteen first-class matches. In May 2010, he was selected to play for the West Indies... |
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2 January 1986 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| ? | Aneil Kanhai | |
12 April 1982 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| All-rounders | ||||||
| ? | Richard Kelly Richard Kelly (cricketer) Richard Alexander Kelly, born 19 February 1984 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer. He plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago. He is known for his hard hitting and accurate swing bowling. He was named the best allrounder in the West Indies after his performances in the... |
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19 February 1984 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 3 | Jason Mohammed Jason Mohammed Jason Nazimuddin Mohammed, born 23 September 1986 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for Trinidad and Tobago.-References:... |
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23 September 1986 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| 5 | Sherwin Ganga Sherwin Ganga Sherwin Ganga is a cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. An offspin bowling allrounder, Ganga debuted in 2003/04 and is the brother of Daren Ganga.-External links:*... |
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13 February 1982 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| 47 | Dwayne Bravo Dwayne Bravo Dwayne James John Bravo is a West Indian cricketer. A right-handed pace bowler, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport.... |
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7 October 1983 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 51 | Rayad Emrit Rayad Emrit Rayad Ryan Emrit is a West Indian cricketer. He is an allrounder who is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast seamer. He was the pro at Westhoughton Cricket club for the 2006 season.He represents Trinidad in the West Indian domestic cricket and on January 12th was named in the 14-member... |
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8 March 1981 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 54 | Lendl Simmons Lendl Simmons Lendl Mark Platter Simmons is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler and a part-time wicket-keeper.... |
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25 January 1985 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 55 | Kieron Pollard Kieron Pollard Kieron Adrian Pollard is an international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. An aggressive all-rounder, Pollard provides medium-fast pace bowling and big-hitting from the middle-order. After shining during the 2009 Champions League Twenty20, he was signed by both the Southern Redbacks and... |
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12 May 1987 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 80 | Denesh Ramdin Denesh Ramdin Denesh Ramdin is a West Indian cricketer of Indian descent. He is a right-handed batsman who generally occupies the position of wicketkeeper.He is seen by selectors and fans as a replacement in terms of playing style for Jeff Dujon... |
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13 March 1985 (age 26) | Right-handed | — | Captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 7 | Samuel Badree | |
9 March 1981 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of... |
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| 14 | Ravi Rampaul Ravi Rampaul Ravindranath Rampaul is a West Indian cricketer. He is the first quick bowler of Indian descent to represent West Indies at international level, playing Tests, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals... |
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15 October 1984 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 20 | Kevon Cooper | |
2 February 1989 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| 24 | Sunil Narine Sunil Narine Sunil Philip Narine, born 26 May 1988 in Trinidad, is a West Indian cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He has since appeared in first-class cricket for Trinidad and Tobago.-References:... |
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26 May 1988 (age 23) | Left-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| 31 | Dave Mohammed Dave Mohammed Dave Mohammed is a West Indian cricketer. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and bats left-handed.Having played only three first-class matches, he was called up to the squad for the third Test against South Africa in March 2001, but did not make his Test debut until January 2004, again against... |
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8 October 1979 (age 32) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman Left-arm unorthodox spin Left-arm unorthodox spin, or chinaman, is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket using the hand wrist. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use a wrist hand action to spin the ball which turns from off to leg side of the cricket pitch... |
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| ? | Amit Jaggernauth Amit Jaggernauth Amit Sheldon Jaggernauth is a West Indian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago. He is primarily an off spin bowler. He mainly plays first-class cricket, having made only two List A cricket appearances for Trinidad and Tobago to date... |
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16 November 1983 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| ? | Imran Khan | |
6 December 1984 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of... |
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| ? | Atiba Allert | |
27 June 1981 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| ? | Shannon Gabriel | |
28 April 1988 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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Source: T20 squad , List A squad , First-class squad
Notable players
Ian Bishop Learie Constantine
Learie Constantine
Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine MBE was a West Indian cricketer who played 18 Test matches before the Second World War. He took West Indies' first wicket in Test cricket and was the team's leading all-rounder and opening bowler for the entirety of his career...
Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon
Mervyn Dillon in Mission Village, Toco, Trinidad and Tobago, is a West Indian cricketer. He has played 38 in Tests and taken 131 wickets. He has also played 108 One Day Internationals from 1997-2004. At one stage, after the bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose retired from...
Larry Gomes
Larry Gomes
Hilary Angelo Gomes is a former West Indian cricketer.He toured England with the West Indian Schoolboys team in 1967 and he made his first-class debut as a left-handed batsman for Trinidad and Tobogo versus the New Zealanders in 1971/72. He joined Middlesex in 1972 and played between 1973 and 1976...
Brian Lara
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
Gus Logie
Gus Logie
Augustine Lawrence Logie is a former West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer and is currently an international cricket coach....
Deryck Murray
Deryck Murray
Deryck Lance Murray is a former West Indies cricketer. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Murray kept wicket to the potent West Indian fast bowling attacks of the 1970s ; his efficient glovework effected 189 Test dismissals and greatly enhanced the potency of the bowling attack.Murray...
Sonny Ramadhin
Sonny Ramadhin
Sonny Ramadhin was a West Indian cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951.- Biography and career :...
Jeffrey Stollmeyer Nyron Asgarali
Nyron Asgarali
Nyron Sultan Asgarali was a former West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1957....
Wes Hall
Wes Hall
Wesley Winfield Hall is a Barbadian former cricketer and politician. A tall, strong and powerfully built man, Hall was a genuine fast bowler and despite his very long run up, he was renowned for his ability to bowl long spells. Hall played 48 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1969...
Kelvin Williams
Kelvin Williams
Kelvin Claudius Williams is a former cricketer and current head coach of Trinidad and Tobago, a team he represented throughout his playing career.-References:...
Honours
- Regional Four Day Competition (5): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76 (shared), 1984–85, 2005–062005-06 West Indian cricket seasonThe 2005–06 West Indian cricket season includes all domestic cricket matches played by senior teams with first class status in the West Indies between October 2005 and March 2006, and also the international feats of the West Indies team, who is not scheduled to play any home games during this...
- Domestic one-day competition (10): 1978–79, 1980–81, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995–1996 (shared), 1996–1997, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010
- Caribbean Twenty20Caribbean Twenty20The Caribbean Twenty20 is an annual tournament Twenty20 cricket tournament in the West Indies. The inaugural series was held in 2010. The top performing domestic team qualifies for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.- History :...
(1): 2010–11
- Inter-Colonial TournamentInter-Colonial TournamentThe Inter-Colonial Tournament was the main first class cricket competition in the West Indies before World War II.- Competing teams :* Barbados* British Guiana* Trinidad...
(defunct) (12): 1901–02, 1903–04, 1907–08, 1909–10, 1921–22 (shared), 1924–25, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39
- Stanford 20/20Stanford 20/20The Stanford 20/20 Tournament was a cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda and the same place the year after...
(defunct) (1): 2008 - Trans-Atlantic Twenty20 Champions Cup (Stanford Super SeriesStanford Super SeriesThe Stanford Super Series were a series of Twenty20 cricket matches, sponsored by Sir Allen Stanford. The main game of the Series matched the English national cricket team against an all-star team from the Caribbean, called the Stanford Superstars....
) (defunct) (1): 2008
Grounds
- Queen's Park OvalQueen's Park OvalQueen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is currently the largest capacity cricket ground in the West Indies and has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean. It also hosted a number of matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is privately owned by the...
in Port of SpainPort of SpainPort of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
with 143 first-class games
- Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-PierrePointe-à-PierrePointe-à-Pierre is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. It is most famous as the site of the country's largest oil refinery which is run by Petrotrin, the state-owned oil company....
with 41 games.
- National Cricket Centre at CouvaCouvaCouva is a town in west-central Trinidad, south of Chaguanas and north of Claxton Bay and San Fernando. The Greater Couva area includes the Point Lisas Industrial Estate and the Port of Point Lisas. Couva's southern boundary is at the town of California, and to the north Couva stretches to McBean...
with one game.
- Shaw Park at Scarborough, TobagoScarborough, TobagoScarborough, Tobago is the largest town in Tobago, one of the two main islands of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Its population is around 17,000, almost one-third of the population of the island. The town is dominated by Fort King George, an 18th century fortification named after King George...
with one game.
See also
- Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team
- List of international cricketers from Trinidad and Tobago