By Neto Baptiste The coach of the Antigua and Barbuda senior men’s cricket team, Pernel Watley, said he will recommend to the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA) that the core of the squad that competed in the Leeward Islands Cricket Board (LICB) Three Day Tournament is offered specialised training.…
Watley: Combined Schools programme serves a purpose
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Former player and coach of the Combined Schools cricket team,
Pernel Watley, disagrees with the argument that the programme, which is run by the Ministry of Sports, serves no purpose in its current format and that the team should be disbanded.
Watley, while speaking on the Good Morning Jojo Sports Show, said the unit gives young players who may not be able to get into their community teams and opportunity to get some competitive cricket under their belt.
“Some people think you shouldn’t have any Combined Schools and stuff like that but if you don’t have any Combined Schools and let be honest, you look around and you don’t see much people practicing so having the kids together at Factory gives them that opportunity to train and play. If they want to branch off to go to clubs, I have no problem with it,” he said.
Watley: Combined Schools targeting weak areas ahead of Super 40
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Coach of the Combined Schools cricket team
Pernel Watley said he has been placing emphasis on a number of weak areas as they fine tune preparations for the Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association’s (ABCA) Super 40 Competition slated to bowl off at various venues on Saturday.
Combined Schools will open their campaign against Bolans on Saturday, in Jennings, before travelling to All Saints Sunday where they will face the Pythons.
“We have been looking at the weaker areas and we try to get the guys to play a little one-tip [hit and run] in the practice just to find the gap and run short singles. We have also been [practicing] some yorkers because you know in maybe the last five or 10 overs the [batting team] trying to go hard, so we are trying to get the guys to bowl yorkers just to stop the runs scoring,” he said.