Police opening batsman Brandon Ramdial was named North Zone Cricket Council “Cricketer of the Year” at the zone’s 40th annual awards function on Sunday July 9, held at the Auditorium Restaurant and Lounge, Government Campus Plaza, Port-of-Spain. The hard-hitting right-hander smacked 853 runs for the season and took two wickets for the Police team that...Read More

WELCOME BACK, SSCL. Three years is a long time by any measuring standard. Since 2020’s Covid-enforced abandonment of the SSCL season, our Nation’s talented youngsters have been starved of the game they love. Now, with all necessary permissions granted and guidelines for sanitation measures in place, schools’ cricket is back with a bang. The 2023...Read More

HERE WE GO It has been three long years since the dust last settled upon the cricket uniforms of the Nation’s secondary school students. Covid-19 and its after-effects put paid to many efforts to have sporting activities in that time. Now, however, excitement is rife as the 2023 season of the Secondary Schools’ Cricket League...Read More

Jeremy Solozano, the Trinidad and Tobago left-handed opening batsman, is set to make his Test debut, after being selected to the 15 member squad to tour Sri Lanka from November 6 to December 4. The announcement came via a press release from Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday, November 4. Solozano impressed the selectors during...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

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

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

When the ‘Saints’ of CIC and the ‘Royalians’ of QRC stand across from each other on the field of play, more often than not they create moments that are simply unforgettable. On March 11th, 2016, the U-14 cricket teams of both schools faced off on QRC’s turf in a game that would provide the onlookers...Read More

While the 2015 series of articles saw established players being highlighted, the new editions of Memorable Moments will feature performances by players who were just taking their first major steps into school’s cricket at the Secondary level. One such young star shone particularly brightly for East Mucurapo Secondary as he took the junior divisions of...Read More