00:00Former West Indies cricketer Samuel Badry signing his way towards another cricket development venture,
00:06this time with the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:09He was presented with a symbolic shirt by Ian Prashad, Senior Manager of Sport and Recreation at UTT, to mark the occasion.
00:17They say it reflects an alignment of community upliftment, youth development and the transforming power of sport.
00:24They added UTT is committed to developing the intellect of the whole person, including discipline, resilience and teamwork.
00:31They believe sport plays a role in talent identification and shared values.
00:36We are making sport, and in this case cricket, accessible to our young boys and girls.
00:43And we have satellite centres as well, so this would be the major hub of our activities.
00:49What we are trying to do now is to get our most talented athletes across the country to come to this facility,
00:56those who are talented, and try to take them to the next level.
00:59The academy will also be targeting boys and girls ages 5 to 15.
01:04Our commitment is to design a state-of-the-art cricket facility.
01:10We've said three pitches, we might expand to four if we get the approval.
01:14I've already approached corporate train on Tobago, so we are well on our way to securing the finances to get this done.
01:21Sergeant Dufour, TV's Export.
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