Guyanese and West Indies batting star Ramnaresh Sarwan has vowed to win back his Test place after acknowledging that he nearly gave up the game eight months ago, according to a report today in The Royal Gazette Online of Bermuda.
Sarwan was dropped for the last Test against India because of a lack of form.
After being dropped, Sarwan flew to the US instead of staying behind and working on his game.
The report said that Sarwan has now revealed that he flew to the States to be by his sister’s bedside while she gave birth. He says now he wants his Test place back.
“I did actually (consider quitting),” said Sarwan, “probably as recently as eight months ago, because everything was getting frustrating, he told the Royal Gazette.
“You’re in a situation where you’re not sure what’s happening, whether it was for a good reason or a bad reason. I always felt I was walking a very thin line (with the Board), and obviously…I mean, it’s just a matter of how bad I want it now.
“Everything else is behind me, what happened in the past has stayed in the past, there’s nothing that will get in my way from here on in. I will put everything aside and show myself, and continue to be the old Ramnaresh Sarwan who first started his career in 2000”, he added
Sarwan was in Bermuda last week to help out with Digicel’s Summer Cricket Clinic. He told the newspaper he believes he has a lot of cricket left in him and is intent on proving himself in the Caribbean T20 tournament later this year.
