Until the toss, decisions about mowing, sweeping watering, and covering the pitch are entirely the responsibility of the ground authority. This does not mean that either umpire has no interest until the toss. Not only do they have a responsibility to check the creases and wickets but they are the sole judges of the fitness...Read More
As Trinidad and Tobago move towards the goal of fully vaccinating its population against Covid-19, the North Zone Cricket Council of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, in its own way, helped make this a reality. On Wednesday 21 July, members of the Council were at the mass vaccination site at the Paddock, Queen’s Park...Read More
As part of their efforts to provide young cricketers with more opportunity to develop their skills, the North Zone of the PowerGen SSCL organized age-group knockout tournaments yearly at the end of the conventional league competitions. The very nature of these games led to many exciting and competitive battles, but there were occasions that individual...Read More
Stafanie Taylor will lead the Cricket West Indies Women’s Senior team in the three T20I and five ODIs series against Pakistan starting June 30. Taylor will have veteran spinner Anisa Mohammed as her deputy. A West Indies Women “A” team was also selected to play in a historic series against a Pakistan “A” team commencing...Read More
Daren Sammy, the former West Indies captain, has been appointed to the post of independent non-member director of Cricket West Indies (CWI). The appointment took place at a meeting of the CWI Board held last Thursday 17 June 2021. CWI stated that Sammy’s appointment is in keeping with two of the fundamental principles which have guided the cricket organisation’s improvement strategy over the...Read More
In this episode, we feature a young treasure – Joshua Da Silva, as we continue to recognize and acknowledge some of our outstanding cricketers through a video series called “North Zone Treasures”. This series is sponsored by: National Lotteries Control Board On his first full tours in which he played against New Zealand and Bangladesh,...Read More
In the 2016 SSCL North Zone cricket season, Queen’s Royal College (QRC) had themselves quite a formidable group indeed. With a mix of established older players and exciting younger prospects, the ‘Royalians’ were making waves, particularly in the U-16 division, where the ever-reliable Navin Bidassie, in his final season at this age level, was leading...Read More
In this edition of “How’s That” we will be looking at the wicket. When looking at the wicket the umpires should always check that : The wickets are aligned end to end and parallel to each other.The stumps are of the correct shape and are correctly placed , with the back edge of the marking...Read More
Trinidad and Tobago’s LaDonna Williams, CWI’s Digital Manager along with Amanda Reifer, a senior sports administrator from Barbados, have been named among 40 women from 29 ICC Member countries to be mentored as part of the ICC 100% Cricket Future Leaders Programme. The Programme is designed to support emerging female talent in cricket and forms part...Read More
North Zone Secondary school’s cricket has predominantly been highlighted by famous names from colleges such as Fatima, St. Mary’s and QRC. The cricket program at Tranquillity Secondary, however, can claim its fair share of talented players, some of whom have gone on to International super stardom like D.J. Bravo and Kieron Pollard. In 2016, the...Read More
