Jermaine Lannaman, Star Writer

West Indies batting great Gordon Greenidge believes the staging of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 will help to reduce insularity in the West Indies team.

Greenidge, who has been appointed the coach of Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, said with players set to represent countries other than their birth it should force them to behave more like professionals.

"I think insularity will really take a back seat now as players will now have to go out there and represent the territory for which they were selected to play and simply have to do their best," said Greenidge.

"What it will actually show itself to be is not so much in the playing (of cricket), but as it relates to expected behaviour patterns in professional players," he added.

Greenidge formed a formidable opening partnership with Desmond Haynes during the 1980s and 1990s.

Those teams, however, are often said to have been riddled with insularity, and had it not been for the successes of the team, incidents would have been more pronounced.

The CPL will see each of the six franchises sporting players from the countries with Jamaica Tallawahs having on its roster Trinidadian fast bowler, Ravi Rampaul.

Other Jamaicans that have been offshored to other teams include Marlon Samuels and Sheldon Cotterrell (Antigua Hawbills), and Krishmar Santokie (Guyana Amazon Warriors).

The CPL will get going with the Kieron Pollard-led Barbados Tridents opposing Darren Sammy's St Lucia Zouks at Kensington Oval on Tuesday, July 30.