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The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Australian squad's equipment last May in Trinidad has finally been clarified, according to the Trinidad Express.
Trinidad police, acting on a tip-off, discovered some of the 35 missing items in a local taxi-driver's car and house last weekend, and it has been revealed that the culprit was planning to make a bob or two out of the stolen stash as well.
The thief was planning to use the pads, bats, gloves and sun-glasses as prizes for a cricket tournament he was in the process of organizing in Couva, central Trinidad. Claiming to be the cricket coach of the Metal Industries Company in nearby Macoya, and wearing an official Australian yellow t-shirt to boot, he approached the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) and said he wanted to co-ordinate a tournament between the two organisations.
To pull the wool further over the NESC official's eyes, he gave them two white cricket balls, claiming they were a gift from the Australian squad, before showing off the rest of the stolen gear which he had in his car, again saying it was given to him, this time by Matthew Hayden.
He then offered the equipment as prizes for the tournament, with a generous cut of the gate money in return.
It has since emerged that the crook was hired by the Australian team as part of their retinue, and that he stole the goods while they were temporarily under his supervision at the Hilton in Trinidad. Trinidad police then questioned everyone who had responsibility for the equipment, and after they searched his car and house and found some of the missing items, they duly arrested him.
However, he was released two days later after the police said that they could not proceed with the charges without a formal complaint from the Australian Cricket Board.However, Stephen Bernard, the Australian manager, contacted Trinidad-based BWIA airlines to say he would be sending them a list of the stolen items by the end of the week, which will then to be forwarded to the police.
Trinidad police, acting on a tip-off, discovered some of the 35 missing items in a local taxi-driver's car and house last weekend, and it has been revealed that the culprit was planning to make a bob or two out of the stolen stash as well.
The thief was planning to use the pads, bats, gloves and sun-glasses as prizes for a cricket tournament he was in the process of organizing in Couva, central Trinidad. Claiming to be the cricket coach of the Metal Industries Company in nearby Macoya, and wearing an official Australian yellow t-shirt to boot, he approached the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) and said he wanted to co-ordinate a tournament between the two organisations.
To pull the wool further over the NESC official's eyes, he gave them two white cricket balls, claiming they were a gift from the Australian squad, before showing off the rest of the stolen gear which he had in his car, again saying it was given to him, this time by Matthew Hayden.
He then offered the equipment as prizes for the tournament, with a generous cut of the gate money in return.
It has since emerged that the crook was hired by the Australian team as part of their retinue, and that he stole the goods while they were temporarily under his supervision at the Hilton in Trinidad. Trinidad police then questioned everyone who had responsibility for the equipment, and after they searched his car and house and found some of the missing items, they duly arrested him.
However, he was released two days later after the police said that they could not proceed with the charges without a formal complaint from the Australian Cricket Board.However, Stephen Bernard, the Australian manager, contacted Trinidad-based BWIA airlines to say he would be sending them a list of the stolen items by the end of the week, which will then to be forwarded to the police.
