CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC- West Indies allrounder Andre Russell says strength training and late night cardio vascular exercises to u tube videos have formed important part of his training routines and are responsible for improvements in his bowling speed.
The 26-year-old Jamaican cricketer has improved his speed and accuracy with the ball, and showed good all-round form in the local league in South Africa recently.
Russell will suit up for West Indies against South Africa in the upcoming three-match T20 International Series which starts today.
“I have been doing a lot of strength work. I am always doing strength work but I have been having a lot of chat with experience guys who have been playing the game for a while just to strengthen the most important areas,” said Russell.
“I have been doing a lot of core work in my room like late nights .If I can’t sleep I just sacrifice the time to do all of those things”. Russell is one of four players on the West Indies T 20 squad who played in South Africa a little less than a month ago, in the domestic twenty-over tournament. The others are Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard and their presence along with captain Darren Sammy set the visitors up as the favourites against the Proteas.
