Date Posted: July 22, 2008.
 The
players and management of the Stanford 20/20 Tournament 2008
winning Trinidad and Tobago team were presented with
exquisite championship rings this evening.
At a gala ceremony at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port of
Spain each member was presented with a personalized gold and
diamond ring for their triumph in this year's Stanford 20/20
Tournament.
"Trinidad and Tobago delivered an outstanding performance in
2006 when they were narrowly beaten in Guyana in one of the
most exciting cricket matches of all time. The teamwork and
dedication demonstrated in the 2008 Stanford 20/20
Tournament earned them these rings which I am delighted to
present to them this evening as a mark of their exceptional
performance," Sir Allen Stanford, originator of the Stanford
20/20 Tournament said.
The stunning rings are made of 10k gold and feature twenty
2pt diamonds. Each diamond represents one of the twenty
teams that participated in the glittering single elimination
tournament which has revived tremendous interest in cricket
in the Caribbean since its inception in 2006.
Each ring reads 'Stanford 20/20
Champions' on the top, carries the Stanford 20/20 2008 logo
along with a replica image of the Stanford 20/20 Trophy and
is engraved with each recipient's name on the inside.
In the final of the multimillion dollar regional tournament,
played on January 24 at the Stanford Cricket Ground in
Antigua, Trinidad and Tobago beat Jamaica by nine wickets to
win the top prize 0of US$1m and the title of regional 20/20
champions.
Full Trinidad and Tobago squad who were
presented with Stanford 20/20 championship rings:
Daren Ganga (captain), Samuel
Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Browne, Mervyn Dillon, Rayad
Emrit, Sherwin Ganga, Richard Kelly, Ahmed Mohammed,
Dave Mohammed, Jason Mohammed, William Perkins, Kieron
Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Lendl Simmons, David Williams
(coach), Kelvin Williams (coach), Omar Khan (manager),
Gerald Garcia (fitness trainer).
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