Premier One club, Clarke Road United, is in full celebratory mode due to the selection of Mark Deyal on the West Indies “A” team on its historic tour to Nepal.
A quality all-rounder, Deyal made his senior T&T debut in 2015 as a member of Clarke Road Utd, and after moving around the cricket circuit for a while, he realigned with the Clarke Rd outfit, that now sees him as the only Trinbagonian on the West Indies “A” team to Nepal. Deyal has been having a very successful club season, with huge half centuries, an unbeaten century against Central Sports and twenty wickets to his name. He amassed 405 runs in six League games. He has also enjoyed stints in the CPL and other franchises on the global landscape.
Though his unsponsored community team is facing numerous challenges, it has been able to continue its successes for over four decades. In 2024, the club can boast of international star Nicholas Pooran as its marquee player, with a number of other talented cricketers in its line-up.
Captain Yannick Ottley, Red Force opening batter Vikash Mohan, WI Academy player Joshua James, CCC Marooners representative Shatrughan Rambaran and Barbadian opening batter Shian Brathwaite have all represented the club over the past year and partook in the recently-concluded Regional Four-Day tournament.
The club, which prides itself on talent identification and development, also has a number of promising young cricketers within its ranks, including Anderson Mahase, Shiva Sankar, Olando James, Christiano Ramnanan and Jonathon Williams.
Historically, the success list at the rural community club is long, including names such as Mukesh Persad, Gregory Mahabir, Sherwin Ganga, Adrian Barath, Anderson Phillip, Jyd Goolie, Kyle Hope, Kyle Mayers, Odean Smith and Obed McCoy to name a few. The club wishes Mark Deyal all success on the tour to Nepal.