Off spin bowler Namir Suepaul of Moosai Sports Club, who has dreams of playing for West Indies and in the Indian Premier League (IPL) one day, recently ended a successful stint at Finchley's Cricket Club in England where he grabbed a staggering 36 wickets in nine matches.
Suepaul's best figures came against Acton Cricket Club (CC) when he took six wickets for nine runs in 13 overs which included six maidens.
The former St Mary's College and El Dorado East Secondary student who started playing cork ball cricket at 16, also recorded five-wicket hauls against Shepherds Bush CC, Hornsey and Teddington. The spin bowler adapted to the cool English conditions well.
"I was given the correct clothing to play in so it was not difficult," he said.
The lower order right-handed batsman, who has been playing for Moosai for the past three years but only broke into the first team last season, knows he has to improve on his batting.
Suepaul has aspirations of playing at the highest level and prefers the One-Day format.
He said: "My favourite (format) to look at is T20, but my favourite to play is One-Day cricket. I like to bat, but obviously my bowling is what I have been doing better in for the past two years, so if I am bowling well I don't want to bowl just four overs, I would like to get a good spell of 10 overs."
The Arima native would like to follow in the footsteps of other T&T cricketers such as Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and mystery spinner Sunil Narine who have all made a name for themselves in the IPL.
"I would love to play in the IPL one day, I like the enthusiasm each team shows," said Suepaul.
Suepaul admires Narine and former English spin bowler Graeme Swann and wants to combine their styles of bowling.
He said: "I like his (Swann) traditional English style to off spin bowling, I like his originality, why I look to Sunil Narine is because of his variations, so my aim is to blend both of them together."
Suepaul added that the experience he gained in England will allow him to adjust to the IPL and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
At Finchley he was surrounded by a diverse bunch of players from Sri Lanka, India and England. Players on IPL and CPL teams also hail from all corners of the world and Suepaul believes the adjustment will be easy.
His ultimate goal is to be a cricketer, but Suepaul also has dreams of opening his own business and just wants to be a good person.