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THE FORM of first-choice West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin is a worry for chairman of the selectors Clyde Butts.
“I also have a concern with Ramdin at the moment, but there is no doubt in my mind that he is still the best wicketkeeper that we have in the Caribbean at the moment,” Butts said.
“Yes, he hasn’t done well with the bat, but remember, he has been doing decently behind the stumps, and if you speak to him, I’m sure he’s going to say that he has not been the best in his wicketkeeping…”
“I think one of the things that you have to consider as well, is what kind of cricket is being played at the moment. Do we take somebody from out of the blue to bring them into a Test match?” asked Butts….
The chairman said Jamaican-born Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton is in England playing with the West Indies “A” team.
“From all reports, he has been keeping very well. Yet again, he hasn’t been doing well with the bat.
“But I think you will probably see things start happening after the Test series, because I think it is hard to bring somebody in just to play in a Test match at the moment where there isn’t cricket going on to know what’s happening with that player,” he contended…
“Personally, I think Carlton Baugh has been a good performer at regional cricket. He has been there over the years and we have given him a chance,” Butts said of the diminutive right-hander, who averages 36.11, with 11 centuries, in first-class cricket.
“I think the last chance he had was when we took him to New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates and he was very disappointing to us.
“I mean, it is not that you get out or you do things but how you approach the game,” Butts said…
“Yes, Patrick Browne, I think, over the years has done well for Barbados . . . When he played for West Indies, he did reasonably well, but I think there were some concerns, more or less, about his fitness and things like that when he was playing.
“He went off the boil a little. I mean he’s not even in the Barbados team at the moment, but I want you to know that we, as selectors, consider everybody in the Caribbean that is playing cricket to be available to play for West Indies,” Butts said.
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Great article.
Keep Ramdin. Let him play as much cricket as possible. He’s a responsible person he’ll find form.
Agreed, Ramdin may bee the best ‘keeper at this time in the WI. But, with the bat, he stinks. Do you need some to be excellent in the field and not contribute runs on a frequent basis? I say not. This is the case with Ramdin.
There should be a special, even mandated program for at least three keepers who are “at the the top of their keeping” Then let them bat, and bat, and bat, and bat… until thy kingdom come. Practice makes perfect. They may not become perfect, but will dsefinitely be more skillful with the bat. Lack of playing in big matches in the WI accounts for players not being able to perform aat the highest level. So instal a program where simulated high level games are played. Contract about 30 plaayers. Let trhem play, play, and play. They must get better. Other countries have cricket training programs and they are doing well. Why shouldn’t we?
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