Hooper: Don’t think Narine’s ban is a major concern for Warriors

Hooper: Don’t think Narine’s ban is a major concern

As the cricket world turns its attention to the bowling action of Sunil Narine, his coach at the Guyana Amazon Warriors is getting ready for the Caribbean Premier League where the West Indian spinner is set to be the fulcrum of their bowling attack. Carl Hooper, veteran of 102 Tests and 227 ODIs for the West Indies, will be leading the team when the tournament gets underway at the end of the June. When asked if he is worried that he will be without his star turn he said he remains hopeful that Narine will play a full part in the West Indies flagship domestic event.

“At this point in time I don’t think it is a major concern,” Hooper told me. “I get the feeling from all reports, this is what I have been reading, that hopefully he will be playing again before the IPL season is over. I understand that he took a test on the stock ball, which is the off spinner [in the last few days] and that gives me a lot of confidence.”

The readiness with which Narine underwent the testing suggests to Hooper that he thinks the problem is a minor one that can be easily rectified. “I am going to assume it is not something major that he feels can’t rectify almost immediately, hence the reason why he took the test again so quickly. So I remain optimistic that he will be playing again before the IPL season is out and then come and play for us at the CPL because he is a huge attraction to the crowd levels in the Caribbean and he is obviously one of the key members in our squad.”

Without Narine, the Amazon Warriors will still have the talents of Devendra Bishoo and Veerasammy Permaul in their squad, both of whom have played for the West Indies in the current Test series against England. The fact that the likes of Narine and Chris Gayle are not available for selection for these Tests has had an impact on the West Indies, something that Hooper says isn’t going to change any time soon.

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Sunil dont want any Guyananan $$

he seh to tell " allyuh"  he is a millionaire in TnT 

Bishoo and Permaul can colleck  !

It wont be a concern because the umpires in the Caribbean don't know much about illegal action and so he will be allowed to chuck his way to glory like he did for the Trinidad team in the odi competition last year.

Sunil Narine was allowed to pelt an over to Nicolas Pooran and embarrass the young man in last year's CPL.

Let's hope he doesn't get that chance to ruin another young man's career.

HAHAHAHAHA : Yeah , that was terrible : all 6 deliveries !  :-[