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Trinidad & Tobago

Port of Spain's Brian Lara holds the highest Test score and most Test runs

The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The team does not take part in any international competitions (the 1998 Commonwealth Games tournament being an exception), but rather in inter-regional competitions in the Caribbean, such as the Carib Beer Cup and the KFC Cup, and the best players may be selected for the West Indies team, who plays international cricket. Trinidad and Tobago have won five first-class titles, and are holders of the title after beating Barbados in the final match to catch up with their 12-point lead, and seven one-day titles. The four first-class titles are the fewest by any of the main three island country teams, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad/Tobago, and of all the six teams only the Windward Islands having fewer (with nil). The list of prominent cricketers who have represented Trinidad and Tobago includes Ian Bishop, Learie Constantine, Mervyn Dillon, Larry Gomes, Wes Hall, Brian Lara, Gus Logie, Deryck Murray, Sonny Ramadhin and Jeffrey Stollmeyer.

Teams from Trinidad played first-class cricket from 1869, when Trinidad took on Demerara for two matches, winning one and losing one. They also participated in the Inter-Colonial Tournament between Barbados, British Guiana (formerly Demerara), and themselves, playing in all 28 tournaments that were held between 1891-92 and 1938-39. It should be noted that from the late 1880s, Tobago was incorporated into the crown colony of Trinidad as a ward.

After independence in 1962, the team changed its name to reflect the official name of the country, Trinidad and Tobago, and when the Shell Shield began in 1965-66 the team competed under the name of Trinidad and Tobago. They won their first title on their fourth outing, in 1969-70, and also won the next year's competition, but since then Trinidad and Tobago have only taken three titles in 35 seasons. During this time cricketers from Trinidad competed in the Beaumont Cup which had first class status.

In one-day cricket, Trinidad and Tobago won four titles in eight seasons from 1989-90 to 1996-97, and also won the 2004-05 one-day title.

Learie Constantine, Trinidad all-rounder

• Domestic first-class competition winners: 1969-70, 1970-71, 1975-76 (shared), 1984-85, 2005-06
• Inter-Colonial Tournament (between Barbados, British Guiana and Trinidad only): 1901-02, 1903-04, 1907-08, 1909-10, 1921-22 (shared), 1924-25, 1925-26, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1938-39
• Domestic one-day competition winners: 1978-79, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1999-2000

Traditionally, cricket in Trinidad and Tobago has been limited to two grounds - the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain with 143 first-class games and the Guaracara Park in Pointe-à-Pierre with 41 games. However, for the last two years the team has played one game each season in the National Cricket Centre at Couva and Shaw Park at Scarborough, Tobago.

• Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team

• Cricinfo
• CricketArchive
• 2005-06 KFC Cup Squad from Cricinfo
• Trinidad & Tobago Cricket - Info from West Indies Cricket Board