Pooran eyes Red Force return
Monday, February 8 2016
ATTACKING BATS MAN Nicholas Pooran is anxious to resume his First Class career after making a full recovery from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident last year.
The 20-year-old was preparing to turn out for Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the 2015 Regional Super50 when he was involved in a car crash while returning home from training in January.
He sustained leg and knee injuries which kept him out of action for a protracted period but has worked his way back steadily and played his first competitive match last Sunday for Queen’s Park Cricket Club in the domestic 50-overs competition.
“I really thought I could have played in the [Regional Super50] but I didn’t get the chance to prove myself,†he said.
“I didn’t have many trial games and that was a bit unfortunate so now I guess it’s back to club cricket and when I make runs hopefully everything goes good and I get picked in one of the four-day games.†He added: “The next step will be CPL, I’m looking forward to that.†Pooran has played just three First Class games but has already shown sparks of promise with a half-century against Jamaica Scorpions and 47 against Guyana Jaguars which came in his last innings.
The former West Indies Under- 19 player said his return to cricket had been a gradual one but after initial struggles, he now felt back to his old self.
“I started back playing some wind ball cricket … with some T20, T10, minor league cricket,†he noted.
“It was good for me, I still had my batting intact. Nothing had changed. It’s just the keeping was a bit difficult at the start but now I’m back to keeping as normal.†Pooran said his time away from the game was a trying experience but pointed out he had come to appreciate cricket even more as a result. “I have to thank God for life because it was a difficult period for me. Every day I looked at cricket, I kept missing it more and more and when I started back playing. I was really eager to start back playing,†he said.
“At a point in time I wanted to rush to play but that wasn’t good for me. Every time I saw cricket I missed it a lot. I would be sitting down and watching other players batting, bowling, keeping or whatever and I would say, ‘I know I can do better than that. I can do this and I can do that’.†Pooran came to the fore when he lashed a superb hundred for West Indies at the Under-19 World Cup two years ago against Australia.
Monday, February 8 2016
ATTACKING BATS MAN Nicholas Pooran is anxious to resume his First Class career after making a full recovery from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident last year.
The 20-year-old was preparing to turn out for Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the 2015 Regional Super50 when he was involved in a car crash while returning home from training in January.
He sustained leg and knee injuries which kept him out of action for a protracted period but has worked his way back steadily and played his first competitive match last Sunday for Queen’s Park Cricket Club in the domestic 50-overs competition.
“I really thought I could have played in the [Regional Super50] but I didn’t get the chance to prove myself,†he said.
“I didn’t have many trial games and that was a bit unfortunate so now I guess it’s back to club cricket and when I make runs hopefully everything goes good and I get picked in one of the four-day games.†He added: “The next step will be CPL, I’m looking forward to that.†Pooran has played just three First Class games but has already shown sparks of promise with a half-century against Jamaica Scorpions and 47 against Guyana Jaguars which came in his last innings.
The former West Indies Under- 19 player said his return to cricket had been a gradual one but after initial struggles, he now felt back to his old self.
“I started back playing some wind ball cricket … with some T20, T10, minor league cricket,†he noted.
“It was good for me, I still had my batting intact. Nothing had changed. It’s just the keeping was a bit difficult at the start but now I’m back to keeping as normal.†Pooran said his time away from the game was a trying experience but pointed out he had come to appreciate cricket even more as a result. “I have to thank God for life because it was a difficult period for me. Every day I looked at cricket, I kept missing it more and more and when I started back playing. I was really eager to start back playing,†he said.
“At a point in time I wanted to rush to play but that wasn’t good for me. Every time I saw cricket I missed it a lot. I would be sitting down and watching other players batting, bowling, keeping or whatever and I would say, ‘I know I can do better than that. I can do this and I can do that’.†Pooran came to the fore when he lashed a superb hundred for West Indies at the Under-19 World Cup two years ago against Australia.