West Indies Under-15 batsman Rambertab Ramnauth has described his tour to the United Kingdom as “a learning curve”. The left-handed opener, who is also eligible for selection to the West Indies Under-15 team in 2020, told this reporter that the conditions in England was unfamiliar and challenging.
Rampertab Ramnauth during his tour to the United Kingdom
“The ball swung more in England, and my high-score over there was 20”, Ramnauth explained. He added that the tour was filled with learning experiences wherein he was exposed to batting techniques; playing the ball late, and leaving the ball away from off-stump.
Having participated in a full overseas tour, Ramnauth, the Port Mourant Community Centre Cricket Club batsman, is now being regarded as a role model by his peers. Currently continuing his development at the Guyana Cricket Board/NSC Sports Organizer cricket camp, Ramnauth has said he is grateful for having been on this tour.
The prolific batsman has a career-best innings of 147, which came against Essequibo in an under-15 inter-county match played at Lusignan.
Batting for Berbice, He finished that tournament as the leading run-scorer, and that feat placed him on the radar for selection to represent Guyana.
Continuing his rich vein of form, Ramnauth finished among the runs in the Under-17 Inter-County Tournament, in which he played for the Select Under-15 team.
Playing for the Guyana Under-15 team, which placed second in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Tournament in Antigua, he smashed a superb 114 against Jamaica, immediately distinguishing himself in the first match he played.
And in another well-crafted innings, this time against Trinidad and Tobago in the finals of that tournament, he scored 92 runs.
His performance saw him finishing narrowly behind his Guyana and West Indies teammate Mavindra Dindyal, both of whom achieved the rare feat of playing inter-county cricket at all three levels in the same year.
As time progresses, Ramnauth will continue to develop as a batsman, and is certainly one for the future. (Brandon Corlette)
