Windies arrive in Trinidad for Sunday's Digicel T20
27/02/10
The West Indies boys are back on home soil following their tour of the Australia which ended earlier this week. The Windies arrived in Trinidad on Thursday and will now turn their attention to the Digicel Series against Zimbabwe. The players were accompanied by new Head Coach Ottis Gibson. The first match of the series will be the one-off Digicel T20 International at the Queen’s Park Oval on Sunday at 2 pm (1 pm Jamaica Time).
“It is good to get here and be with the team. We are all looking forward to Sunday’s match as well as the upcoming matches in the series against Zimbabwe. Several players have just returned from the tour of Australia and we will be the using the next few days as part of the proper build-up to the upcoming matches. We will look at all areas of our game as we aim to get off to a good start in this series,” Gibson said.
“It’s an exciting day for me to be sitting as head coach of West Indies cricket. I have always dreamed of making a contribution to West Indies cricket and now I have the opportunity to so just that. I will be trying to motivate the players to get the best out of their ability. As a player I didn’t think I was blessed with loads of ability, but what I was able to do was work hard. I believe I got the most of my ability. I want the players to believe in their ability and work hard to improve with every opportunity.”
The Windies will have a training session on Saturday morning at the Queen’s Park Oval ahead of the match.
Team: Denesh Ramdin (Captain), Adrian Barath, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Andre Fletcher, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Dwayne Smith.
