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After good Super50 with the bat Barnwell looks ahead to a possible 4-day selection
By Sean Devers in Trinidad
At 32, Christopher Barnwell seems more mentally settled, more responsible, more confident and talks about God and family.
Chris Barnwell’s 351 runs were the most for the Jaguars & the 6th highest in the Tournament.
His 351 runs scored in this year’s Regional Super50 makes him the sixth highest run-scorer in the tournament. His aggregate included three fifties with a highest score of 89, an average of 43.87 and a strike rate of 99.71.
A very good, if not outstanding performance for the Guyana Jaguars, who failed to qualify for today’s semi-finals which sees West Indies Emerging Players opposing Barbados at the Queen’s Park Oval.
The DCC right-handed batting All-rounder spoke about his performance in this tournament in which he was the leading run-scorer for his team.
“I’m not satisfied with the performance, because I could have scored a lot more runs. I was guilty of playing a few rash shots. But I will still give thanks for the little God bless me with in the tournament,” said Barnwell, whose highest score in this format is an unbeaten 99 scored last year.
“Yea I am disappointed not getting the century, but at the same time nothing happens before its time, so I just have to trust the process,” said Barnwell, who has 10 fifties and 30 wickets from 59 games in 50-overs cricket.
He revealed that his main goal was to perform and help his team to win the tournament.
With the knowledge that leaders Red Force had beaten West Indies Emerging Players by 10 wickets, the Jaguars just had to beat last placed USA to clinch the last semi-final spot but in the end the USA secured an eight-run win to sink Guyana’s hopes of winning its first 50-over title since 2005.
Speaking about that must-win game, Barnwell said, “A few things went wrong in the bowling department. We didn’t stick to our strength and in the batting department, our set batters kept getting out after we got a decent start…… plus we did not play that last over too well,” said Barnwell.
Barnwell feels Guyana could do better in the 50-overs format if the players demonstrate a more positive approach. “We have to be a bit sharper in the field, we also need to be more mentally tough, have to be hungry to win,” opined Barnwell, who has also played six T20 Internationals for the West Indies between April 2011 and July 2013.
When asked about his limited bowling opportunities in this tournament, Barnwell, who has three five-wicket hauls in First-Class cricket, explained that due to the make-up of the team there were many bowling options so there was no need for him to bowl much.
Often referred to as a ‘local cricket bully’Barnwell has been guilty of not reproducing his domestic form at the Regional level in the early part of his career. So what has changed?
“I have a more relaxed mind……I’m more focus. For the past two seasons I have change my mind-set, I just want to be positive,” disclosed Barnwell, who has a century and 10 fifties from his 53 First-Class games.
Barnwell, who turns 33 on January 6, is the son of former National Footballer Chris Barnwell and nephew of former Guyana Footballer Dion Barnwell and is a very good Footballer himself.
But the Sportsman who grew up in Queenstown, Georgetown, gravitated to cricket because of his uncle, the late Guyana and West Indies ‘B’ team opener Andrew Lyght.
Now that this tournament is done, Barnwell, who was first selected for Guyana in November 2008, plans to take a few days break before resuming training to give himself a chance of getting into the four-day team.
“Of course I plan to enjoy the Christmas season with my family,” Barnwell added.
Asked about his chances being selected for the West Indies, Barnwell, who also played for the Windies ‘A’ team said, “Once I have life I have hope, just want to put in more matching performance and give myself a good chance. I have no plans at the moment for CPL which is far from now, so I just want to focus on what’s in front of me next, and that’s preparing for the four-day tournament,” Barnwell concluded.
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