BRIDGETOWN–Dogged by in­con­sis­ten­cy with the bat through­out his ca­reer, De­nesh Ramdin is hop­ing to put his dodgy form be­hind him and make a fresh start for next month's ICC Cham­pi­ons Tro­phy in Eng­land and Wales.The first choice West In­dies glove­man av­er­ages a wretched 20.52 in one-day­ers af­ter 97 match­es and eight years of in­ter­na­tion­al ex­pe­ri­ence.

Com­ing out of the just con­clud­ed re­gion­al first class sea­son, how­ev­er, Ramdin said he has done some re­me­di­al work with West In­dies as­sis­tant coach To­by Rad­ford and was now look­ing for­ward to turn­ing around his for­tunes on the field."There were some mis­takes I was mak­ing with my tech­nique but I've rec­ti­fied that. I've looked over some footage and then the last few days I've been work­ing with To­by so hope­ful­ly come Eng­land I will do well there," Ramdin said.

"I know the ball does a bit there so you have to get it right. There will be a lot more pres­sure on you. You have to try and score quick­ly. It's key to get a start and the guys who are in, I have to get them on strike and if not, I am the guy to bat through the in­nings down the or­der."

De­spite his ex­pe­ri­ence, Ramdin will be look­ing to prove him­self on the up­com­ing tour af­ter be­ing dropped last year and on­ly get­ting a re­call for Zim­bab­we's tour of the Caribbean last Feb­ru­ary. (CMC)