CRICKET-T20-Bassarath questions Riley's T20 World Cup final claim.

Azim Bassarath has also raised doubt over the claim by Barbados Cricket Association president, Conde Riley, that Kensington Oval has been already awarded next year's Twenty20 World Cup final by the International Cricket Council.

The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president and Cricket West Indies vice-president said he was unaware of where Riley would have derived such information, pointing out that the ICC was not expected to announce the venue allocation of matches until next month.

Riley recently claimed to be in possession of documentation from cricket's world governing body, confirming Barbados would host the final of the June 4-30 showpiece.

Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president, Azim Bassarath

'I haven't seen any documentation of that nature. I don't know if they (ICC) would've sent anything to the Barbados Cricket Association - they will deal directly with Cricket West Indies,' Bassarath said in an interview on i95.5 FM here.

'So I'm not sure if he saw a document or he would've come across something saying that, but we're not aware.

'And I know for a fact that decision has not been made as yet, and the reports that we've had from the ICC and from our people that represent Cricket West Indies at ICC, is that some time in November that decision will be made.'

He added: 'I don't know where that document emerged from or if that document at all is in existence, referring to that final being played in Barbados.'

Bassarath comments come after CWI president Dr Kyshore Shallow also...

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