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President’s Cup regional one-day cricket
By Sean Devers
Trinidad and Tobago had to settle for one point after their second round regional one-day president’s Cup cricket match against Canada was washed out at the Uitvlugt ground yesterday without a ball being bowled.
Persistent overnight rain which continued for most of yesterday morning on the West Coast Demerara venue resulted in Umpires Clancy Mack and Clyde Duncan calling off the contest just after lunch, which was taken at noon.
The one point gained by both teams ensured Canada, who lost their opening match to the Leeward Islands on Thursday at Everest, got off the mark on the points table.
Trinidad and Tobago moved to seven points from two games after they took two bonus points in their win against the Leeward Islands on Friday in their opening game at Bourda.
With eight championships under their belt in regional one-day cricket, T&T, who last won the title last year in St Vincent, would be very disappointed with the adverse weather since they were expected to get past Canada with bonus points at a ground which was expected to assist their style of cricket.
With seven West Indies players in their line-up, (defending Stanford 20/20 regional champions and losing finalist to Jamaica in the last KFC Cup 50-overs tournament) the team from the twin Island Republic is regarded as favorites in this year’s competition and yesterday’s results could hurt their chances of finishing the preliminary stage of the nine team competition as the top team on the points table.
The lack of adequate covers resulted in seepage onto the pitch but even if the track had not been affected by the rain, the soggy outfield and the lack of covers for the bowler’s run-up would have prevented action yesterday after rain pounded the ground from as early as 03:00hrs yesterday.
Canada, who first played in a West Indies One-Day tournament in 1996, would have been hoping for an improved performance from their first game after looking far from a team which has One-Day International status and which played in the last ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies last year.
The players are scheduled to attend a seminar this morning organized by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to discuss drugs in the sport.
The competition resumes tomorrow with Canada facing defending champions Jamaica at Bourda, Trinidad and Tobago facing the USA at Enmore and Barbados battling the Leeward Islands at Uitvlugt. Each game starts at 09:00hrs and admission is $500.
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