Walsh urges coaches to stress fundamentals to young cricketers

LEGENDARY West Indian fast-bowler Ambassador Courtney Walsh yesterday outlined that the importance of the Cricket Clinics and Camps is to ensure that youngsters know the basics of the game which will lend itself to their development in the sport.

"One of the areas that we work on is to ensure that they have the basics, because once they have the basics to work from, then they can always improvise and improve on the game in technique... but without the basics, then nothing is going to happen for them," he said.

Speaking at a media briefing to launch the Supreme Ventures/Courtney Walsh Cricket Clinics at the Courtleigh Hotel, the former West Indies captain added that the programme has over the years produced some bright prospects such as John Campbell who is currently a member of the national senior cricket team and Ramaal Lewis, who has captained the regional team at the Under-15 and Under-19 levels.

"We have worked with a number of youngsters in partnership with the JCA to ensure that those names are kept on the radar and this clinic won't be any different. We went out and did some scouting of our own and we have about 60 names so far that we can start working with immediately.