I'm hopeful that most of the players would have been honing their skills at home with practice sessions or playing in their domestic seasons. So it is just a matter of showing up and displaying their skills. |
It is always a blow to lose a person like Dwayne Smith who can strike the ball so well and is also worth something with the ball and in the field. |
We have got a lot of experience in players who have been lucky enough to play test cricket and have been around our first-class setup for sometime, and a lot of youngsters who are looking to create an impression. |
We want to try and get our mental game right. That is shortcoming in Barbados' cricket - the way we prepare ourselves mentally and our general attitude going into first-class games. |