Cricket chief praises Central Zone

PRESIDENT of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), Deryck Murray has praised the Central Zone for the “magnificent presentation function which they organised for the season.”

Addressing the gathering on Sunday morning at Presentation College, Chaguanas, he said: “This is a magnificent effort and it is a great privilege to be here to share in your success. It is a tribute to your leadership skills,” he added. Central Zone Chairman, Mishri Lutchmedial, he said must be highly commended for his administrative skills.

“We are here to serve cricket and to ensure that the game is played in as fair a manner that is possible,” said Murray.

“We must understand fully when we celebrate the success of a national team. It is an outpouring of goodwill towards national success,” he said.

Murray said that the success of cricket in the region was the support given by many organisations including the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago.

He said the recognition given in the last Independence Awards to Cricket Board CEO Forbes Persad and Darren Ganga (captain of the national team) was an honour that was bestowed to the TTCB and cricket at large in Trinidad and Tobago.

“It is a sign to demonstrate how strong cricket is in Trinidad and Tobago,” he added.

He pointed out that the TTCB had been able to organise a series of developmental programmes and the success rate is evidenced by performances at the regonal level in recent months.

He congratulated all sponsors of the various competitions and said that “without your help all will be lost.”

Murray said that “we have a beautiful country and we need to strengthen it by our willingness to co-operate and make a meaningful contribution towards progress.”

“When we do that then we would be making a meaningful contribution towards development,” he added.

Carol Charles Austin, CEO of the Sports Company of TT, said: “We must unite to celebrate the success of Trinidad and Tobago.”

“We must be properly focussed to achieve success,” she added.

T&T Newsday