00:00The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League is currently in progress with
00:03fans having a whale of a time. Soon the party heads to Trinidad with a new face
00:07expected to have a blast while interviewing the crowds. She's none other
00:11than the dynamic Whitney Husbands who's a well-known media broadcaster from the
00:14twin island country. Husbands took part in a CPL talent search competition and
00:18succeeded with flying colors to make the cut. So what does it mean to husbands to
00:22be making a CPL debut as an entertainer? I am super excited because I'm given the
00:27opportunity to showcase not just Trinidad and Tobago but the TKR in their
00:32element home and I am just excited to be in a different space where before I
00:39would have been sitting on any stands taking in some of the games and screaming
00:43six and four no I'm like actually a part of CPL so it's a great moment for me.
00:50Husbands is involved with both radio and TV and can be seen weekly on TV sixes
00:55beyond the tape which touches on crime in the twin island country. Soon she's
01:00going to be seen the world over when moving from person to person with mic in
01:03hand during the biggest party in sport. Speaking of which Husbands has great
01:08admiration for sports journalist Alex Jordan who's doing CPL television
01:12commentary at the moment. Now Alex Jordan I think she first of all is a
01:17dynamic woman. You cannot miss her in any space and she is so diverse in the way
01:23in which she presents but I know she holds sports very close to her heart
01:26especially cricket and you could see that with the information that she gives.
01:30Now I am not heavily involved in cricket like she is but it is a part of me as a
01:35part of my culture because growing up I played cricket home to be exact where my
01:41my cousins and my neighbors will come and play and out to bat and out to bowl I
01:44know the basics of the game but to see a female in her element it is also
01:48inspiring because I never know where I could end up after this I really don't
01:51know. While husbands may be experienced in this field having done so for two
01:56decades and counting she's only human. So does she have any butterflies ahead of
02:01the Trinidad leg of the CPL? Yes a lot of butterflies because again it is a avenue
02:08that I've never done before and I'm not sure what to expect but I am going in
02:13with an open mind getting ready to embrace everything and I'm ready to
02:17While in her teens Whitney's school teacher realized the now 37 year old
02:22broadcaster was made for media. Husbands can now look back and laugh at the times
02:27when she was ridiculed at school for her voice. In school I used to be heckled and
02:31they used to call me man voice because of the tone of my voice and how husky it was
02:34and but he saw something else and with that my parents just said okay and my
02:39dad went to school with Edison Carr and that is where it all began. Husbands will
02:44be involved in all five matches during the Trinidad leg of the CPL with the
02:48first one on September 18th at the Queens Park Oval.
02:51Vinod Nahwani, TF6 Sport
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