Jamaica Scorpions Head Coach Robert Haynes showered reward on wrist-spin bowler Tamarie Redwood whilst he cautioned that {the teenager} nonetheless has so much to be taught.
Redwood, 18, made a sensational top quality cricket debut final week, claiming 7-72 within the second innings because the Scorpions overpowered hosts Windward Islands Volcanoes by 178 runs within the regional four-day match at Arnos Vale in St Vincent.
The efficiency triggered an episode of nostalgia for the 60-year-old Haynes — himself a former wrist spinner — primarily based on his first-class debut within the early Nineteen Eighties.
“Redwood bowled exceptionally properly,” the coach instructed the Jamaica Observer after victory was wrapped up on Saturday’s last day.
“It jogged my memory of once I made my debut for Jamaica towards Guyana — I acquired six wickets within the first innings. Redwood, coming right here and getting seven wickets within the second innings… all credit score to the younger man.”
Haynes famous there’s a lot scope for development, significantly, in Redwood’s relative inconsistency in line and size.
“He has the potential to go additional — he’s solely 18, he’s nonetheless younger and nonetheless studying. The sky’s the restrict as a result of Redwood spins the ball so much and he has a googly (supply that turns in direction of the right-hand batsman) which he additionally spins very properly, so what we’re engaged on now could be principally his management.
“He was at a spin-bowling camp in Antigua a few weeks in the past and so they stated he spins the ball so much however he has some points to kind out. So, though he’s so gifted, there’s nonetheless quite a lot of work to be executed. I’ve instructed him that it’s quite a lot of work, he should make quite a lot of sacrifices, it’s not simple… however when he’s on music he’s a match winner,” he defined.
Haynes stated it was a “nice group effort” from the Scorpions after they made scores of 337 and 277-7 declared and bowled out the Volcanoes for 195 and 241.
Out-of-favour West Indies Take a look at batsman Jermaine Blackwood was excellent with scores of 109 and 75, whereas Captain John Campbell cracked 79 within the first innings. Wicketkeeper/batsman Daniel Beckford, one other participant on first-class debut, contributed composed knocks of 39 and 50 not out.
Half-time medium pacer Blackwood and seam bowler Odean Smith took three wickets every within the first innings to derail the Volcanoes. Excelsior Excessive schoolboy Redwood, who went wicketless within the first innings, stole the present within the second as the house group’s batsmen failed to deal with the flip and bounce that he acquired from the sporting floor.
“The batting unit did very properly, getting 337 runs and I believe what was necessary was the great partnerships. There was a really splendid century by Blackwood. The partnership between Blackwood and younger Beckford, who’s enjoying his first sport for Jamaica, was distinctive within the first innings.
“Once we bowled within the second innings we caught to the duty and when the captain launched Redwood he got here out on high. He bowled a few dangerous balls, a few full tosses which have been dispatched for 4, however I’ve all the time stated that when you will have a leg spinner who’s a giant spinner of the ball, as soon as he’s capable of pitch 4 out of six deliveries [in the right areas] it’s going to create issues. The captain believed in him, the group believed in him… the help behind him was super and he got here out on high,” Haynes stated.
The Scorpions are subsequent set to face hosts Leeward Islands Hurricanes within the second spherical, beginning Wednesday.
— Sanjay Myers
