Digicel gives budding cricketers a moment to remember

Saturday April 8, 2017, is a day young cricketers of the Digicel Player Empowerment programme will never forget. On that sunny morning at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, Digicel gave 27 youth cricketers a chance to not only interact with current members of the West Indies 50-over team but also the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the routine preparation a professional cricketer endures during his playing days.

West Indies Strength and Conditioning Trainer, Ronald Rogers gave the players a tutorial sessions concentrating on their fitness while spin bowling consultant Rajindra Dhanraj conducted batting drills.

The enthusiastic bunch of young boys were also exposed to net sessions with the International players under the watchful eyes of batting West Indies batting coach Toby Radford and head Coach Stuart Law, who gave instructions on how to improve specific aspects of their game.

Digicel Communications Manager, Vidya Sanichara told this publication that “this activity is something we have been planning for a while and it is part of the West Indies in association with Digicel, giving back to the community and interacting with young players and it is something we will be doing region wide throughout all the territories cricket is played.”

She added that the company is committed to exposing cricketers from the grass root level.

West Indies top order batsman Keiran Powell was also on hand to give the players a confidence booster, stating that these are some of the first steps into becoming a professional cricketer.

Powell also presented tickets to the aspiring players for the remaining two One-Day Internationals between West Indies and Pakistan today and Tuesday at Providence.