Ronaldo Renee credits hard work for success at Under-19 tourney

“I worked hard, I learnt from my mistakes from last year”

By Akeem Greene

Talented Demerara Under-19 opening batsmen Ronaldo Renee has set his sights on having productive regional under-19 tournament once selected by Guyana after being the leading run-scorer in the recently concluded Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Hand-In-Hand Under-19 Inter-county three-day tournament.
The elegant right-handed batsman would attribute that success to the work he had put in before the tournament and learning from the mistakes of the past.
In an interview with Guyana Times Sport he stated, “I work hard, I learnt from my mistakes from last year, this is the third year I’m

playing for Demerara, so I really worked hard and it was a lot of patience, especially in the three-day, you got to have a lot of patience.”
Renee, who played for Guyana at the Under-17 level, amassed 331 runs from three matches in the 3-day format, with a top score of 165 not out, in which he shared whooping 293 for the first wicket with Raymond Perez.
More of conscious of his game now, Renee believes he needs to work on better strike rotation, stating, “I am looking to get singles, put the bad balls away and not soak up to many dot balls, basically better strike rotation.”
Though, 57 runs from three matches in the 50-over leg, does not speak to his immense ability, the young batsman believes he can adapt to the shorter format.
“Once you could play three-day, you should be able to play the shorter version; remember three-day is the hardest format to play in terms of ability so you have to be able to adapt,” he explained.
The Everest Cricket Club player revealed that his father is one of the main persons instrumental in his improvement over the years.
“My father, and also I am in a contract with Mr. Charles and the coach at Everest who have been working with me to improve my skills,” he said.
A developing skill of Renee is certainly his wicket keeping ability, and the critics sighted it is an area for improvement.
His main goal, once selected for the national team once more is make sure that the under-19 team wins the competition for three consecutive years.
“Well for us we looking to go and win the championship for Guyana, which is the main goal, but personally I want to go and get a lot of runs.” Renee said.