Sarwan plays down prospect of featuring in Windies XI against England – Cricket News Update
West Indian batsman, Ramnaresh Sarwan, who boasts a Test average of 40.01, recent spoke about his national side’s tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, and denied talks about him joining the Playing XI against the Poms for the 3-Test series, scheduled to begin from May 17, 2012,
at Lord’s.
After giving a tough fight to the visiting Aussies, the West Indian side is now geared up to face the English, in England, for a 3-match Test competition. However, the Windies, going up against the Poms, will miss the services of Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 are currently engaged in the Indian Premier League, Sarwan has been contracted with the English County, Leicestershire, and intends to play the full season with them.
Injuries and other issues have kept the right-hander away from the game since last July, when he played against the touring Indian side and now that he is playing again, he wishes to give it his best.
“I do still have ambition of playing for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, but at the moment I'm not thinking about that. They have a tour here but I've signed a contract to play a full season so I don't know … For me, I just want to concentrate on playing cricket. I was out
for about eight months and I didn't play any cricket, so I think this is an opportunity for me to find my feet and try and score as many runs as I can,” said the 31-year-old, who scored an impressive 105 last month, for his County side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807.
Chris Gayle, another player who has been missing from the national side due to issues with the board, is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, and has had some very impressive, match-winning knocks. The big-hitter was also contracted
with a County side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843, due to play in the upcoming Friends Life T20 tournament, but gave up on his obligations in favour of featuring in his national side.
While the West Indians had the home advantage against the touring Australians, their visit to England will be a tougher experience, in light of the adjustments they will need to make on foreign soil.
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