Vin­ode Mam­chan

West In­dies and T&T wick­et­keep­er De­nesh Ramdin will get a chance to im­prove on his bat­ting, when he lines up with for­mer West In­dies bat­ting leg­end Gor­don Greenidge from next week. Ramdin was re­cent­ly blanked by the West In­dies Crick­et Board (WICB) when they award­ed cen­tral re­tain­er con­tracts and this was be­cause of his in­dif­fer­ent per­for­mances over the last year.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Crick­et Board (TTCB) then de­cid­ed to have him work with Greenidge to cor­rect his flaws and res­ur­rect his ca­reer. This was re­vealed by na­tion­al se­lec­tor Rangy Nanan. The for­mer Test spin­ner who is al­so on the ex­ec­u­tive of the Cli­co Preysal Club which Ramdin plays for lo­cal­ly said: "The TTCB has de­cid­ed to have Gor­don work with De­nesh be­cause they re­alise that he needs some as­sis­tance at this point in time and they don't want to for­sake him.

"He has tal­ent but some­thing is not go­ing right with his bat­ting and the board thinks that he can play much bet­ter than what we are see­ing at present." Al­so get­ting an op­por­tu­ni­ty to work with Greenidge will be na­tion­al and West In­dies open­er Lendl Sim­mons. The Mer­ry­boys play­er has fall­en out of favour with the West In­dies se­lec­tors this year and has been over­looked for a num­ber of se­ries. They have even blanked him for the de­vel­op­men­tal 'A' team tours. Sim­mons said the WICB kept him out be­cause they had prob­lems with his at­ti­tude but he has not got­ten an an­swer as to what he did wrong and when.