00:00It took the Red Force 20 years to end their title drought in the West Indies Regional
00:04Four-Day Championship. Prior to that, it took 21 years and they have only managed two titles
00:09in the last four decades for a country that has produced a number of talented players at
00:15regional and international level. But head coach Riyad Emrit has no intention of waiting another
00:2020 years. Hopefully we can continue this trend and don't have to wait another 20 years.
00:27For me, we just want to change equality in Toronto and Tobago Cricket. Trust the process,
00:32the most important thing, it's going to be tough. A lot of people don't agree with what we are doing
00:36and that's fine. You don't agree, it won't be around Toronto and Tobago Cricket, but that's just how it's
00:40going to be moving forward. We might not, we will win, but you know as long as equality change
00:45and we get to produce international cricketers, I'm happy. And the former TNT Allrounder isn't
00:50afraid to rustle some feathers to achieve his goal. A lot of people might not like
00:55what I have to say, but you know, I have to say it, you know, please allow us to use
01:01the
01:01Brian Lara facility. It's a sporting facility. We need that facility to be, if we really want us to be,
01:08the professional team that you want us to be. These guys here, they work hard, they train hard.
01:13It's sometimes, you know, we leave the center and it's so much other things that we want to do,
01:18what, because we are, we are crammed, so we could only use so much of that space. It's, you know,
01:24these guys could, could do so much better. Now that they've broken the glass ceiling again,
01:28TTCB President Azim Basarash is calling for due recognition for their achievement.
01:33We stand before a Trinidad and Tobago Red Force team made up entirely of Trinidad and Tobago nationals,
01:41sons of our soil, who have now restored regional cricket supremacy to this country after 20 years.
01:49Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, I respectfully, and I repeat respectfully, called upon the government
01:57and the relevant authorities to extend similar courtesies and recognition to this Red Force team.
02:05Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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