The Surfer

Bravo, here comes the hot-stepper

Peter English
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Dwayne Bravo opens his shoulders on his way to 36, West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Trinidad, April 10, 2008

DigicelCricket.com

Dwayne Bravo made a rock-star entry into the West Indies-Australia series, landing in Jamaica on a private plane which was apparently arranged by his IPL team, AAP reports.

Bravo's appearance was restricted to a brief - albeit colourful - cameo as he arrived in designer clothes and Calvin Klein shoes, looking a million dollars, before retreating to the team hotel to try and escape any lingering jet-lag. The rumour he had been flown in via private jet after staying on to play for the Mumbai Indians on Sunday began to spread like wildfire around Sabina Park, with Sarwan eventually confirming the report.

"We actually knew it a couple of days ago," Ramnaresh Sarwan said. "He first mentioned it to me when I was in India, so I found it funny that he did actually want to come back on it.”

Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo