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Red Force pacer Shannon Gabriel in action at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy earlier in the tournament. – Lincoln Holder

Trinidad and Tobago Red Force coach David Furlonge is urging his bowlers to stick to the plan in the CG United Super50 Cup final as the Red Force clash with Jamaica Scorpions in what is expected to be a batting-friendly wicket at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua on Saturday. The match bowls off at 2 pm.

Furlonge, describing the mood in the camp, said, “The fellas are in good spirits. We just had a nice practice session.”

He said a meeting was planned for Friday night and one item on the agenda was discussing ways to contain the Scorpions batsmen.

“Later on today (Friday) we will go through the Jamaica batting line-up. We are just waiting on some information from the analyst…and see how best we could plan and prepare for their batters. The semi-final wickets over here have been very batsman-friendly, so bowlers just have to be consistent, stick with the plan that we go out with.”

Red Force fast bowler Shannon Gabriel has been making life difficult for batsmen, grabbing 4/43 in ten overs in the semi-finals.

Scorpions skipper Rovman Powell has been in scintillating form, scoring a century in the semi-finals.

Powell’s hundred led Scorpions into the final with a three-wicket win over Guyana Harpy Eagles in semi-final two at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursday.

Powell struck 105 not out off 92 deliveries as Scorpions got to 322/7 in 48.1 overs after Harpy Eagles scored 318/7 in 50 overs. Powell’s innings included seven fours and three sixes.

Furlonge is satisfied with the effort of the Red Force batsmen during the tournament.

“The batting has been good, and as I said, the wicket here is batsmen-friendly, so we hope that the batsmen can be consistent and maintain their form.”

On Wednesday, in semi-final one, Pooran slammed five fours and eight sixes in his innings of 111 off 82 balls to guide Red Force to a competitive 312/6 in 50 overs against Barbados Pride at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Opener Amir Jangoo found form, hitting 81 off 114 balls, and the experienced Darren Bravo struck 54 off 65 deliveries.

Pride responded with 302/8 as Red Force escaped with a ten-run win.

Pooran’s century came just days after he cracked an unbeaten 99 off 71 balls in the group phase of the tournament against Windward Islands Volcanoes at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba.

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LESS than 24 hours after international Grammy award-winning Afrobeats singer Burna Boy confirmed he will be in Trinidad on December 16, online VIP and General tickets were sold out.

Trinidad was added to Burna Boy’s stadium concert World Damini Tour website a week ago.

On Thursday Burna Boy posted a picture on Instagram with the words: “Trinidad 16/12.”

He captioned it “Finally!” The post has received over 61,000 likes and almost 2,000 comments.

A week earlier, an Instagram post by Barbados-based organisers Twisted Entertainment said he would be performing in Trinidad, Antigua and Jamaica on December 16, 17 and 18 respectively.

Twisted Entertainment is an entertainment and promotions company formed by young entrepreneurs from different Caribbean countries with experience in promoting, staging and planning events.

This is Burna Boy’s second visit to the country, after he was featured at the closing night of the Tobago Music Art and Cultural Festival on October 27. Despite heavy thundershowers, he delivered a riveting performance at the Plymouth Recreational Grounds just after 1 am.

Two days later he thanked Tobago for hosting him in another Instagram post: “In the middle of a thunderstorm, Tobago, you all were unbelievable.”

He first visited Barbados in July and then St Maarten, Tobago, Dominica and Curacao.

Over the past four months, Burna Boy hasperformed before thousands throughout the Caribbean.

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Communications professional, Evon Benjamin, now heads up BumbleBee Agency as general manager.

The full-service digital marketing and advertising agency is strategically positioning itself to grow its business and expand its services with Benjamin at the helm.

With over 15 years’ of experience in integrated marketing communications, Benjamin is expected to revamp the business.

Garth Walker, Chairman of BumbleBee Agency, has welcomed the new hire, saying that Benjamin has extensive local and international experience in business development, destination marketing, project management, brand marketing and event management.

“Evon is a welcomed addition to the BumbleBee team and will serve to properly direct and position the business for more growth. He has been charged with realigning objectives, creating and implementing effective strategy and expanding services to better serve corporate Jamaica,” explained Walker.

According to Benjamin, the company will utilise the most up-to-date technologies to enable brands to effectively connect with their target audiences.

“I believe in collaboration, cooperation and accountability. I support growth, development and success by providing effective and timely communications strategies, maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders at all levels and enhancing the reputation and goodwill of the organisation,” he added.

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The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, in an effort to promote a cohesive family environment will host ‘The man, his family and friends’ scavenger hunt in observance of International Men’s Day 2022 on Saturday, November 19, 2022.

The fun-filled event at the Seawall Bandstand is expected to raise awareness on gender roles, shared responsibilities, gender-based violence and other male-related matters.

The activity is open to the general public and must have teams consisting of a minimum of four members but no more than eight members.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud said, “As we celebrate International Men’s Day on Saturday and the world turns it’s attention to celebrating the accomplishments of our men folk in various spheres including as integral part of family and communities. We are also conscious of the need to advance awareness programmes so that more attention can be directed to issues such as fatherhood, shared responsibilities, gender-based violence, addressing social ills including how men deal with conflict, anger management and other empowerment issues, if necessary. How they relate to expectations and stress in their lives, toxic masculinity and many more of these issues.”

Minister Persaud added, “The very creative scavenger hunt, put together by the Ministry for both awareness and participation of men, their families and friends, brings to the forefront, the need for men to have their family bonds and commitments very integral in their lives and by doing this event, it also allows them to learn about the Ministry’s initiatives and programmes that offer support and education. It also affords them an activity that they can do with their family so we look forward to the men coming out in their numbers to participate in the scavenger hunt. We will also be launching another initiative that focuses on men so we are inviting the entire country to come out and support.”

The top three teams will each be treated to dinner at one of the leading restaurants in the country.

The action gets underway from 08.00 hours and registration can be done at https://forms.gle/R4cnFybfzVvqd97r9

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