Hemraj ready for English conditions

FOURTEEN West Indies-A team players will showcase their talents when they participate in a Tri-Nation series with India and hosts England Lions, as Cricket West Indies (CWI) continues to place great emphasis on the A-team programme.

The tour, according to CWI, aims at giving players international experience and to ensure that “players have the best possible preparation along the pathway to becoming an elite athlete.

Guyanese Keemo Paul and Chandrapaul Hemraj are a part of the squad, which departed the Caribbean last week.

For Hemraj, the 24-year-old accepts that touring England and the conditions there are always problematic for batsmen. However, he told Chronicle Sport that he is definitely up for the challenge.

“It’s definitely would be challenging, I will try to adapt as quickly as possible, believe in myself, back my talent and ability to perform,” he said.

Hemraj was also one of four debutants called to the Windies-A team earlier in the year, where the Caribbean side comprehensively beat the England Lions. Unfortunately for Hemraj he was ruled out following a hamstring injury after the first game of the three-match series in Antigua.