Sarwan & Gayle Tour Diaries
We wanted to finish it in 20 overs
Denesh Ramdin
Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013
Denesh Ramdin
After we bowled our 24 overs (reduced from 50 due to rain) against the England Lions in the first warm up game and we had a brief ten minutes change over, I was very surprised when Chris Gayle said that I would be opening the batting with him. I really thought he was just joking around. But he was serious and I was really happy.
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Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
25-Feb-2013
Chris Gayle
The Test series has now come to an end. One-day and Twenty20 cricket starts on Thursday with a warm-up game against England Lions.
Even though we lost the Test series there were a few positives which we can look at and take into the ODI series.
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Coming out of the last Test match at Old Trafford, although we lost, there were a lot of positives that we could take from that match
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
Denesh Ramdin
Coming out of the last Test match at Old Trafford, although we lost, there were a lot of positives that we could take from that match.
Full postBad weather looms over Chester-le-Street
Chris Gayle
Andrew Miller
25-Feb-2013
Chris Gayle
The final Test is upon us now. I am looking forward to it even though the conditions here in Durham are not the best at the moment and not much cricket is expected for the first two days.
There is an expectation of showers and even thunderstorms but those things are out of our control and we have to remain focussed on cricket.
Full postIt Is Now Up To Who Wants It More
Denesh Ramdin
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Denesh Ramdin
The first day of this Test match was one of the better days on tour thus far. The bowlers bowled well and we probably surprised most folks by being able to contain the English batsmen especially in the second session of the day after they batted well in the first session and were cruising at lunch time.
There is no doubt that Fidel Edwards' pace shook them up. Fidel came into this game and brought a different package, he had a lot of the English batsmen playing tentatively. He hurried their strokeplay with pace but also bowled with some amount of control as well.
Full postIt's Action Time Now
It is now two days of build up left to the third Test match against England here in Manchester and the guys are all looking forward to Thursday.
Chris Gayle
25-Feb-2013
Chris Gayle
It is now two days of build up left to the third Test match against England here in Manchester and the guys are all looking forward to Thursday.
It was a decent practice game against the MCC XI at the Racecourse Ground in Durham. A couple of the guys got decent scores with Runako Morton leading the way and getting his first double century and hopefully he can carry that form into the Test match.
Full postIt's an impressive stadium
Chris Gayle
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
Chris Gayle
It's four more days to go to the opening ceremony and we are improving as we go along with our preparations.
We had a good practice game against Kenya on Monday at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium and some of the guys got a feel for the new venue and a hit in the middle.
Full postMuch hard work to be done
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
25-Feb-2013
Ramnaresh Sarwan
I have to start by saying it was remiss of me not to send congratulations in my last diary to the West Indies Players Association for the wonderful Annual Awards Ceremony in Barbados. I am happy for the president Mr. Dinanath Ramnarine and obviously for winning the One Day player of the year award as well.
Full postTeam in high spirits during camp
Chris Gayle
Ramnaresh Sarwan
25-Feb-2013
Chris Gayle
As everyone is aware, we have a pre-World Cup camp going on in Jamaica and it has been pretty good so far. Everything is going smoothly and everyone in the camp is having a good time. The team management has done a very good job so far in terms of the preparation and all has gone well.
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