Sampath regains position on Trinidad Cricket Council

By Stan Walker

Former Trinidad national cricketer Roland Sampath has regained his position on the country’s Central Zonal Cricket Council, it was learnt recently. Sampath, who has been coaching youngsters in Hartford, Connecticut, during the summer for the past three years, was voted in as vice-chairman of the Zone at the elections held last month.
The ambidextrous all-rounder, who also plays for the Sportsmen’s Athletic Club in the Connecticut Cricket League, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Trinidadian National Senior and Youth Selection Committee, and by extension, The West Indies Cricket team.

Sampath, who works with The West Indian Foundation’s youth program in Hartford during the summer, last year was instrumental in the launching and coordinating of a program through the Cricket Hall of Fame which introduced the game to some 75 youngsters (boys and girls). The West Indian Foundation launched its program some years ago in a bid to help keep this aspect of West Indian culture alive in these parts. Its biggest success so far was the hosting of an under 15 Trinidadian youth team, which came to Hartford and engaged in games with the local youths.