West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has inspired debutant Mikyle Louis to place deny limits on his ambitions forward of dealing with England at Lord’s.
Louis, a 23-year-old batsman, will transform the primary cricketer from his house island of St Kitts to constitute the West Indies of their 96 years in Check cricket when the form opener at Lord’s begins on Wednesday.
He joins a in large part newbie supremacy form the place Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge have simply 9 caps among them.
However Brathwaite, very a lot the senior participant within the facet forward of his ninetieth Check, steered his team-mates to steer clear of being over-awed on the ‘Home of Cricket’.
“Mikyle is a nice guy, a very joyful spirit. I know he’ll do extremely well, playing international cricket for many years,” Brathwaite, 31, advised a pre-match press convention at Lord’s on Tuesday as he introduced his facet.
“My advice to all the younger boys in the group, like Mikyle making his debut, is don’t just expect to play for West Indies, expect to be the first to score 30 hundreds.”
That mark has in truth been completed through two West Indies greats in Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul however Brathwaite added: “You’ve got to think big, you know. Don’t think too small.
“I think they’re young and exciting. The more games they play the better. They have a lot of talent and we are fully 100 per cent behind them.”
Mikyle Louis of the West Indies throughout a nets classes at Lord’s Cricket Farmland on July 08, 2024 in London, England.
Mikyle Louis of the West Indies throughout a nets classes at Lord’s Cricket Farmland on July 08, 2024 in London, England.
Brathwaite’s predecessor as skipper Jason Holder will bat at six on his comeback to the facet upcoming virtually a 12 months out of Check cricket, day left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie supplies a distinction to a future assault that includes the thrilling Shamar Joseph.
Guyana fast Joseph made his identify with a superb efficiency towards Australia in January, taking 7-68 with a damaged footing to scouse borrow an disenchanted win in Brisbane.
“It was a big positive for us, to get a win, because it shows we could get the job done,” stated Brathwaite. “The key for us as a group is to do it consistently.
“We could take a lot of stuff from that game both as batsmen, because we have some guys doing well, some important partnerships.
“Then the bowlers were outstanding. Shamar was the star, but pretty much all the bowlers, produced a very, very good effort and we caught well as well. “
He added: “We’ve got to look forward to this (match), then the other (two) Test matches this series. We’ve just got to believe in ourselves.”