Crick­et West In­dies (CWI) Pres­i­dent, Dr. Kishore Shal­low has con­grat­u­lat­ed Vice Pres­i­dent*8 and for­mer West In­dies spin­ner and dou­ble T20 World Cup win­ner Samuel Badree on their re­mark­able achieve­ment of re­ceiv­ing the pres­ti­gious Hum­ming­bird Medal (HBM) Gold Award at the 2023 Na­tion­al Awards of Trinidad & To­ba­go. The awards cer­e­mo­ny took place on Sun­day 24 Sep­tem­ber, at the his­toric Pres­i­dent’s House in St Ann’s, Port-of-Spain.

The Hum­ming­bird Medal Gold Award is one of Trinidad & To­ba­go’s high­est hon­ors, recog­nis­ing ex­cep­tion­al con­tri­bu­tions and achieve­ments in var­i­ous fields. Vice Pres­i­dent Bas­sarath’s and Badree’s out­stand­ing ded­i­ca­tion and con­tri­bu­tions to the sport of crick­et have earned them this well-de­served recog­ni­tion in the high­est grade of the HBM.

Pres­i­dent Shal­low ex­pressed his pride in Vice Pres­i­dent Bas­sarath’s ac­com­plish­ments, say­ing, “I am de­light­ed to con­grat­u­late Vice Pres­i­dent Az­im Bas­sarath on re­ceiv­ing the Hum­ming­bird Medal Gold award. His com­mit­ment to crick­et and his tire­less ef­forts in pro­mot­ing the sport have been in­stru­men­tal in our pur­suit of ex­cel­lence at CWI. This recog­ni­tion is a tes­ta­ment to his un­wa­ver­ing pas­sion and ded­i­ca­tion to the game not on­ly in Trinidad & To­ba­go but at a re­gion­al lev­el.”

Pres­i­dent Shal­low fur­ther added, “Samuel Badree has etched his name on the pages of his­to­ry as a mem­ber of the vic­to­ri­ous T20 World Cup squads in 2012 and 2016. No doubt, he con­tin­ues to make an in­valu­able con­tri­bu­tion to the sport through his acad­e­my, coach­ing, and com­men­tary, in­spir­ing a new gen­er­a­tion of play­ers.”