Cable Company helps women’s cricket

The Cable Company of Trinidad and Tobago (CCTT) are sponsors of the 2003 domestic Women’s Cricket League. The competition will benefit from a $150,000 gift. This was revealed by vice-president of the West Indies Women’s Cricket Federation (WWCF) Joycelyn Opadeyi at a media conference at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

The domestic league, comprising six teams, gets going on April 27. Roberta Reverend, of CCTT, said her company is very pleased to be associated with the Women’s Cricket League.  “Sport is normally associated with improving self-esteem, personal development and achievement. CCTT believe that our young women deserve to be given similar opportunities to succeed in sport and associated scholarships that are more readily available to young men in our nation,” Reverend said. “We congratulate the young women on their decision to participate in these matches and wish them good judgment and reflexes in future,” she said.

Meanwhile, the visiting Sri Lankan women’s team will play three matches during their tour of the Caribbean starting on March 15.  Coach of the regional team Ann Browne said that the Sri Lankans will play a warm-up match against Trinidad and Tobago at Clarke Road, Penal, followed by two fixtures against the West Indies on March 16 at the National Cricket Centre (NCC) and March 18 at the Queen’s Park Oval. Four Trinidad and Tobago players are on the West Indies team — Stephanie Power, Nelly Williams, Shane De Silva and Brenda Solozano-Rodney.  The Sri Lankans are carded to play six matches in the Caribbean, according to Browne. ”The West Indies team need to play good cricket against the Sri Lankans who have already qualified for the World Cup in South Africa in 2005,” she said. After placing ninth at the 1997 World Cup in India, the West Indies must now play a qualifying tournament in the Netherlands in July to get into the World Cup.