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Hard work and belief in God helps Fudadin through tough times
By Sean Devers in Trinidad
In association with Stag Beer,
Noble House Seafood & Cascadia Hotel
Assad Fudadin, the talented 30-year-old Guyanese left-hander has been through some tough times during his 
cricket career in recent times but on Sunday at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad he reached his first century since his 103 for West Indies ‘A’ against Sri Lanka ‘A’ in October 2014 in Sri Lanka.
Fudadin, a devoted Muslim, proves that tough times don’t last for long but tough people do.
When the Berbician, who has played three Tests for the West Indies, bent to the ground to pay homage to the Almighty after he had magnificently cover driven Marlon Richards for four to reach his fifth three-figure score, all his recent hard work was beginning to pay off.
“It feels good to get a hundred after so long. Alhamdulillah…. without God nothing is possible,” said Fudadin, who explained that ‘Alhamdulillah’ means ‘all praise is for God’.
Fudadin who played Test cricket in 2012, attributed to his success in Trinidad to hard work, perseverance, patience and believing in himself and in God.
“I have been working hard on my game. I was batting well for a long time but not spending enough time at the crease to build big scores. I never doubted my ability to bat. It was not a technical problem but more of a mental one,” Fudadin said.
Fudadin struggled to get a starts in this season’s tournament with scores of 4 & 0 in the first round, 5 in the second round and nine in first innings of the third round before finding some form and confidence in the second innings against Barbados when he made 42.
“I did not spend much time at the crease in my previous innings in this tournament because I did not manage too many runs. In addition to Perseverance, patience and self belief, having a supporting family helps. My wife (Akeema) and friends are always there for me.”
Fudadin, who plays for City team GNIC in addition his Berbice Club Rose Hall Youth & Sports Club, says it was much easier to bat on the pitch at the Oval than the ones at Providence in Guyana.
Assad Fudadin batting against the Red Force during his 5th First-Class century.
”You could trust the bounce here (Oval) so you could score much freer than you could in Guyana where you had to be watchful of the low bounce and that helped here,” revealed Fudadin who has played at the highest level against England in England and New Zealand in the West Indies.
“When I began this competition my goal was 1,000 runs and five centuries. With six matches so I still believe that is possible but the way we (Jaguars) are beating teams by an innings will make that goal harder,” Fudadin said with a chuckle.
“But I can’t do it on my own it has to be the will of God,” Fudadin quickly added.
The opening batsman feels that the Guyana Jaguars have been successful in PCL cricket because the team has been well prepared and playing consistent cricket. He said the ability to adapt to different situations and conditions has also helped.
Fudadin could be considered unfortunate not to be selected for the West Indies after the selectors taught he was good enough to be sent as a replacement for the Test series in South Africa before he broke his finger and could not play.
Since then he was overlooked for both the English and Australia home series and the one in Sri Lanka without being given a fair chance.
But he says if it’s God’s will he get back into the Regional side once again but to do so he knows he has to make consistent big scores which he intends to do.
It is said that if you feed your faith your doubt will starve to death and for Assad Badyr Fudadin, a devoted Father of a seven year-old son, that’s how he lives his life.
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