NORTH SOUND–Kraigg Brath­waite, the West In­dies open­er, says he is qui­et­ly con­fi­dent of do­ing well against Eng­land as the home team start­ed their prepa­ra­tions for the up­com­ing three-Test Se­ries.

The 22-year-old was speak­ing as the Windies start­ed their prepa­ra­tions at the Sir Vi­vian Richards Crick­et Ground on Mon­day.

The Bar­ba­dos bats­man has been in ter­rif­ic form scor­ing three cen­turies in the re­cent­ly con­clud­ed in­au­gur­al WICB Pro­fes­sion­al Crick­et League (PCL) and a hard fought cen­tu­ry against South Africa in the sec­ond Test at Port Eliz­a­beth last year.

"I am ob­vi­ous­ly look­ing for­ward to this home se­ries against Eng­land. Eng­land is a tough op­po­si­tion so you know you got to work hard," said Brath­waite, who scored three test cen­turies last year.

"And in terms of my form I am com­ing from first class crick­et feel­ing quite con­fi­dent and just keep be­liev­ing in my­self and car­ry that in­to this se­ries".

Brath­waite's re­cent cen­turies in­clude 102 and 112 against Guyana Jaguars and 106 against South Africa last year.

The West In­dies con­tin­ued their prepa­ra­tion with a full train­ing ses­sion at the Sir Vi­vian Richards Crick­et Ground on Tues­day morn­ing un­der the su­per­vi­sion of new head coach Phil Sim­mons, the for­mer West In­dies all­rounder.

"I think we had a good prac­tice ses­sions. All the guys en­joyed it," he said.

"The new coach seems pret­ty cool and re­lax and I en­joyed the first day work­ing with him. I thought it was a good day for the team."

The last time West In­dies and Eng­land played a test se­ries in the Caribbean, the re­gion­al side emerged vic­to­ri­ous one-nil.

"It would be phe­nom­e­nal (win­ning the se­ries)," said Brath­waite.

"Ob­vi­ous­ly the team is a lit­tle bit young but we have some good ex­pe­ri­enced guys and com­ing out on top would mean a lot for the re­gion and I be­lieve the guys can do it". (CMC)