By Brandon Corlette
Kevin Sinclair’s career is reaching greater heights. Things have progressed for him from making the cut in the West Indies Emerging Players team that won the Regional Super50 tournament to playing first-class cricket for Guyana Jaguars, and now earning selection for the Guyana Amazon Warriors as the Emerging Player for the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League.
Excited to wear the Amazon Warriors armour in August, Sinclair disclosed that it feels good the way things are progressing. “Currently, in the Regional 4-Day team, I am not thinking too far ahead. When the time comes, I’ll just do the work and get things going in the T20 aspect,” he explained.
The 20-year-old all-rounder noted that ‘the biggest party in sport’, the CPL, is for the young players a developmental process that gives them the opportunity to talk to International T20 players. “As youngsters, the seniors always look over the youngsters, so you would expect them to show the young talent different things in terms of batting and bowling,” he explained.
Emerging from the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), and having played most of his cricket in the ancient county, Kevin Sinclair has shown great promise in regard to playing cricket. A humble lad who has been keeping things tight with the ball for the Guyana Jaguars in the Regional 4-Day tournament, Sinclair noted that he is currently working on leaving some deliveries outside the off-stump in the nets.
Sinclair has played nine ‘List A’ matches for the successful West Indies Emerging Players, where he announced himself to the globe with his unique acrobatic celebrations and bagging 13 wickets in the Super50 Cup. The off-spinning all-rounder had a stunning economy rate of 2.87 in the Super50 Cup, in presence of a lot of big bats.
Sinclair has said that he is not looking too far ahead, but when given his opportunity in the CPL, he would be aiming to register some strong performances with bat and ball. After his five first-class matches, Sinclair has taken nine wickets, and has a best bowling figure of 4-28. He has a first-class high-score of 43 and a List A top-score of 44. (Stats do not include match against Barbados Pride).
If Sinclair were to be fully nurtured and trained, he would certainly become a precious asset of the West Indies senior team.
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