BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - CRICKET WEST INDIES has announced that former middle order batsman, Ramnaresh Sarwan has join its technical staff ahead of the Tri-series involving Ireland and Bangladesh as well as the 2019 World Cup.
In confirming the invitation to join the squad, the retinal body indicated that the 38-year-old Guyanese would spend the remainder of the week working with the players, especially the batsmen, in helping them to fortify their game.
Sarwan said he joined the staff to act as a mentor to the players, stating that he would try his best to assist them with technical shortcomings.
He noted that he would work where he thinks the players could improve and to offer as much help to the head coach, Floyd Reifer, and his coaching staff.
“I am very excited to be here. When I received the call from Jimmy I was very overwhelmed at being asked to assist West Indies cricket again. I am really grateful for the opportunity and I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge with the players, even though it will just be a few days, and hoping it will help them in some way or other.”
New Interim Coach, Floyd Reifer welcomed the move, describing the addition as “beautiful” having Sarwan available to work with the batsman, as all roads lead to the World Cup.
“It was very important to have him here,” he said. “Sarwan was a player that was outstanding for West Indies. A very good batsman! A very good ‘finisher’ in limited-overs matches. We thought that a guy like Sarwan, coming into the camp with us whilst planning for the World Cup, would bring a wealth of knowledge.
“We are hoping he can help the batsmen get a better understanding of how to finish games, the mindset, how to approach batting first, how to approach batting last, so we thought that kind of knowledge was very important to share. He fitted in very well. He did a lot of talking and a lot of work with the batsmen.”
The regional side will first travel to Ireland for the Tri-series in early May before going to England and Wales for the World Cup.
