Jamaica Scorpions stand-in captain Marquino Mindley says he’s desirous to step onto the sphere to guide his staff into battle towards reigning champions Guyana Harpy Eagles within the fourth-round regional first-class match at Sabina Park.
The four-day cricket contest is scheduled to start at 10:00am on Wednesday.
Mindley, the staff’s tempo bowling chief, was thrust into the position after common Scorpions captain John Campbell was sidelined as a result of a groin pressure. It’s the 30-year-old Mindley’s first alternative to skipper the Scorpions.
“It’s a brand new problem, and I’m simply trying ahead to it. I’ve all the time been among the many leaders within the staff and I used to be named captain of the quick bowling unit. There’s not a lot distinction — it’s the same position and the identical every little thing going ahead,” he instructed the Jamaica Observer.
Jamaica Scorpions head coach Robert Haynes instructed the Observer that Mindley has the staff’s full help.
“Mindley, who has an enormous quantity of expertise, goes to captain the facet, and he has the help of the gamers,” Haynes mentioned.
After one win and two losses, the Scorpions are fifth within the league desk with 32.6 factors, whereas the Harpy Eagles are prime with 57.6.
Trinidad and Tobago Crimson Pressure (55.4) are in second spot, adopted by third-placed Leeward Islands Hurricanes (50.8), fourth-placed Barbados Satisfaction (50), sixth-placed Windward Islands Volcanoes (16.8), seventh-placed positioned Mixed Campuses and Faculties (15.2) and last-placed West Indies Academy (12.6).
Mindley mentioned the Scorpions are optimistic they will bounce again from the losses which each got here after they opened the season with a victory over the Volcanoes.
“We misplaced these two video games and the blokes are disenchanted about these, however going into this recreation their confidence is up. We have now our plans, so it’s simply to stay to these plans longer and, hopefully, we are able to come out victorious on this recreation,” he mentioned.
“Guyana are excellent on this format, however we have now [high] high quality gamers in our group. As I mentioned, it’s only for our gamers to stay to the method and the outcomes will observe,” the Jamaican tempo bowler famous.
Mindley’s lone Check match for West Indies got here in late 2022 on the tour of Australia however harm restricted his participation to solely two overs.
As he appears to be like to stake his declare for a return to the Check match enviornment, he has began the four-day season in good kind, taking eight wickets, together with a better of 4-44, at a mean of 18.12.
“I’m one who trusts the method and I’m all the time attempting to do the best issues. I do know that when I proceed to do the best issues and the chance comes I simply should seize it with each arms,” he mentioned.
—Sanjay Myers
