Angostura Classic on this weekend at cricket centre

The inaugural Angostura limited-overs cricket classic will be staged this weekend at the National Cricket Centre, Balmain Village, Couva.

It is a series of  three one-day matches between North and South teams involving 35 players called to trials for the upcoming regional Red Stripe Bowl competition. This was revealed yesterday by Alloy Lequay, president and chief executive officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB). The teams will be vying for a trophy in addition to prize money. The organisers hope that the one-dayers will assume the importance given to the Pizza Hut Gerry Gomez Classic , the annual curtain-raiser of the new cricket season. The first two 50-over matches in the Angostura series will be played this weekend at the NCC, to be followed by the third and final next Saturday.  Giselle Laronde-West and Brenda Awai, representing the sponsors Angostura will meet the players before the start of the match on Saturday. The matches are all carded to get on the way at 9.30 am. Meanwhile Lequay, second vice-president of the TTCB, Dudnath Ramkeesoon, national coaching director Baldath Mahabir and senior team manager Omar Khan were to meet last night at the NCC to finalise details of the tournament. The national selectors comprising Anthony Gray, Ian Bishop, Roland Sampath and Ramkeessoon will release the teams soon.