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Assad Fudadin delighted with West Indies ‘A’ call up for England
Assad Fudadin
National middle order batsman Assad Fudadin has described his late call up to the West Indies ‘A’ team as a pleasant surprise and an opportunity that he would take full advantage of in an effort to fulfill his desire to play Test cricket.
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club left handed batsman flew out of Guyana on Friday and is eager to perform well and cement himself in the team for future tours. Fudadin, who has represented the West Indies at the Under-15 and 19 levels, was determined to score quite heavily and one of his main goals was to register his first century at the first class level.
The talented left hander over the last several weeks has been working overtime on his physical fitness and mental aspect of his game. He has been training twice per day at the Area ‘H’ Ground with club mate – West Indies ODI player Royston Crandon and has described himself physically and mentally prepared for the tour to England.
He is quite accustomed to playing in the English conditions having played three years in the Leagues and knows what to expect from the pitches in the early summer.
Fudadin who was born on the January 8, 1985 to Mohamed and Zorina Fudadin of Rose Hall Town joined the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club at the tender age of eleven years and has gone on to represent Berbice and Guyana at both the junior and senior levels with great success. He represented the West Indies at the Cost Cutter Under-15 World Cup in 2000 and was the Man-of-the-finals when the team won the tournament at the historic Lords Cricket Ground with a match winning 55 versus Pakistan.
In 2004 he also represented the region at the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka after performing well for the National Under-19 team with both bat and ball. Fudadin in 2009 was appointed captain of the Berbice Senior team and led from the front as his team captured both the One and Four Day Inter County titles.
In the 2010 Regional First Class season he was the only Guyanese batsman to score over 300 runs to add to the 400 plus runs he scored in the 2009 season. He has a top score of 94 at the First class level versus the Combined Campuses and Colleges and has several 50’s at this level. Fudadin admitted his frustration at converting his fifties into centuries at the Regional level but expressed his confidence that several are not too far away.
With the West Indies middle order batting a bit fragile recently, Fudadin was aware that a good performance for the West Indies ‘A’ can open doors for him at the highest level as it did recently for Darren Bravo.
He credits his membership of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club for all his achievements on the cricket field as the management and members of the club have always inspired {Players} to greater heights.
Fudadin stated that being a member of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club teaches the importance of discipline, hard work, commitment and to never give up when seeking fulfillment of their dreams. He made special mention of the positive impact that Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster played in shaping his career along with his entire family.
A grateful Fudadin also mentioned Carl Moore, Albert Smith, Ravindranauth Seeram, Roger Harper, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the role they played in his development over the years at the senior level.
He also praised Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Mangar of Gizmos & Gadgets for the sponsorship of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club First Division Team as the sponsorship allowed him and his teammates to concentrate and play the game of cricket in a relaxed and competitive environment.
Fudadin who will return home in July disclosed that he was determined to play a major role in the improvement in Guyana’s cricket as the current status was way below the expected standards.
A keen follower of the game’s rich history and tradition, Fudadin was quite aware of what the game of cricket meant to the Caribbean people and the rich legacy left by cricketing greats like Sir Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd, George Headley, Vivian Richards and his idol, Brian Lara.
He was confident that after the ‘A’ Team’s tour is over in July, he would be one step closer to becoming the first Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club player and 14th Berbician to play Test cricket.
With a smile on his face, Fudadin disclosed that it would be fulfillment of a childhood dream and reward for the countless hours he spent each week working on his game.
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