No court to hear Trinidad's complaint (20 October 1998)

20 October 1998

No court to hear Trinidad's complaint

The Barbados Nation

They kept their promise and turned up.

But Trinidad and Tobago's intended action to file an injunction to stop the Red Stripe Bowl final from going ahead came to nothing yesterday.

Upset over a decision to reverse the result of Saturday's rain-affected semifinal against the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago retained the services of top Jamaican lawyer, Howard Hamilton, QC.

It was a bank holiday, Heroes Day, in Jamaica yesterday and with no court in session, Hamilton had difficulties in finding a magistrate.

Hours after the Jamaica Cricket Association made its decision on Sunday, Trinidad and Tobago manager Rangie Nanan handed in an official protest.

"We said in our protest letter that we were going to turn up here this morning and this we have done," Nanan said.

"We did send in an official protest letter and believe, up to this moment, neither the Jamaica nor West Indies board has acknowledged that they have received our letter."

Trinidad and Tobago, like the Leewards and Guyana, went through physical preparations at the Kaiser Sports Club, but minutes after the 9:30 a.m. start, they boarded their bus and headed back to their hotel.

"The players are very disappointed. We are hurt because we were so prepared to play the final," Nanan said.

Source :: The Barbados Nation (https://www.nationnews.com/)