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Windies & England arrive, ready for Digicel one-day contest
Members of the West Indies team enjoying some light refreshments after their arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday morning. (Franklin Wilson Photo)
By Franklin Wilson
A confident West Indies squad, delighted with their recent winning form touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Timehri yesterday at around 11:25hrs ready for this weekend’s first and second Digicel One Day Internationals against the visiting England team.
The English team touched down about two hours before the Caribbean side along with the umpires.
On hand to meet the teams were Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony, British High Commissioner to Guyana Fraser Wheeler, Director of Sport Neil Kumar, Digicel’s Marketing Manager Donovan Whyte, Digicel’s Head of Customer Care Jacqueline Jones, Guyana Cricket Board President Chetram Singh and Secretary Anand Sanasie, among others.
The English after spending a few moments with the dignitaries in the VIP Lounge departed for their team hotel and is expected to host a press conference sometime today.
The Caribbean side, upbeat following their success in the test series and the one off twenty20 game in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday last, will be going all out to win the 5-match ODI series, the first two matches slated for the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Friday and Sunday.
Ramnaresh Sarwan, who copped the man-of-the-series (Test) and was man-of-the-match in the twenty20 game, offered comments to the local media at the airport and stated that the players are all positive following their successes to date and will not be letting up but will be aiming to keep the momentum going, which is important.
Members of the West Indies team enjoying some light refreshments after their arrival at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday morning. (Franklin Wilson Photo)
Commenting on his fine form, Sarwan noted that the hard work he has been putting in is beginning to pay the required dividends.
“I’ve done a lot of work with CJ who has been helping me in the gym to lose a bit of weight. But I think that one of the things that has worked for me throughout the series is that my shot selection has been much better than before.”
The right handed batsman said he is delighted to be back home and is looking forward to the series.
Coach John Dyson in brief comments stated that the players are all happy and has been showing good form and that the results are coming their way.
“It’s the reward you gain and you earn by lots of hard practice and hard work and that’s what the players put in.”
Dyson stated that they are hoping to maintain excellent form while acknowledging that they have been able to put pressure on England with the twenty20 victory and are endeavoring to maintain the ability to continue in a similar vain.
“It’s going to be very difficult and we expect to have a very tough contest in the one day series.
Hopefully if we get all the basics right and continue with the good form, we’ll earn a good result in the series.”
Meanwhile, the English will hold a press brief at the Pegasus Hotel this morning from 9:30.
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