Greenidge to work at T&T cricket academy

OUTSTANDING FORMER West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge will be lending his experience to the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board’s (TTCB) Cricket Academy which was launched on Friday.

This was revealed by programme director William Wallace at the official launch of the second edition of the Under-23 Academy at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain, Couva.

Greenidge, a former chairman of West Indies selectors, played 108 Tests and 128 One-Day Internationals for the regional side in an outstanding career spanning 17 years.

He will be supported by Clem Hercules, Debideen Mannick and Julian Fontaine in the academy which will run for a ten-week-period on weekends.

“The TTCB is mandated to oversee cricket in Trinidad and Tobago at all levels and to contribute to realising the full potential of all players,” Wallace explained.

“To this end we cannot over emphasise the role of the Board in contributing to the final product – the cricketer.

“We see the need to design a programme to walk with a group of players to the next level.”

Nineteen players have been invited to the academy and will be lectured on topics such as public image, health and wellness and physical fitness.

Promising all-rounder Yannic Cariah, one of the leading players in this year’s West Indies Under-19 tournament, has been named among the invitees.

He is currently a member of a 20-member West Indies training squad which is preparing for the ICC Youth World Cup in New next year.

CMC