Kevin Sinclair on Day 1 against England

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West Indies bowler Kevin Sinclair on Day 1 against England ending with 416 runs  18/07/2024  Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, Nottingham, UK

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00:00Can you just tell us the circumstances behind you getting the call-up and when you found

00:04out that you were going to be playing the game today?

00:08Good question.

00:09I got it pretty much late but yet still, you know what I mean, playing for the West Indies

00:16is something that I dreamed of and every time I get a chance to do that I do that with passion.

00:22So in my head I was a bit relaxed and, you know, whatever the captain and team requires

00:28of me I look to do that 100 per cent so it was a pretty good day but like I said it was

00:35a really good opportunity for me once again after playing my fourth test in Australia.

00:43And can you talk us through the chance you had to do the celebration in front of a full

00:47house?

00:48It seemed to go down pretty well here.

00:49Yeah, it's my third match celebration for my area where I'm from, in New Amsterdam on

00:55Guys Avenue.

00:56So whenever I get a wicket, you know what I mean, I just do it for my area where I'm

01:01from, yeah.

01:02When did you start doing that, when did you find you could go that far?

01:07It all started on the 10th day to the 8th, you know, just practising it over and over

01:11in the backlands where I'm from in New Amsterdam, Borbis.

01:16And how do you feel about the match situation?

01:19You got the 10 wickets in the day but maybe a couple of chances could have had them out

01:22a bit cheaper?

01:23Yeah, definitely we were guilty for that, putting down a few chances.

01:29Pope ended up getting off, you know, after being dropped.

01:32He played really good, he played really well, stuck out there and got 100 but yet still

01:38I think we did fairly well as a team and as a group to bowl him out once again.

01:43Even getting the wicket off Stokes there when he was looking to tee off, you know, so that

01:48was brilliant from us and I think we really did very well to bowl him out and get ourselves

01:53back in the game.

01:55Kevin, I just wonder whether you always get the somersault perfectly, do you always land

02:00it right or do you sometimes get it wrong?

02:04I didn't get that.

02:05When you do the backflip, do you always land it perfectly or do you sometimes land it in

02:10your head?

02:11No, no, no.

02:12Never did, never did.

02:13I perfected it pretty much, so I know what I'm doing.

02:17I know some fans, even Mr. Bishop, it scares him, yeah, that's a bit of that but yeah,

02:26I think, obviously it's just a trademark and I've perfected it over the years, yeah.

02:41Any questions on Zoom?

02:45Pretty easy, okay, thank you very much.

02:48Oh, no, Alan, oh, there we go, one more.

02:52Get the microphone, Alan.

02:54We do have a question, we have a question on Zoom, okay, go ahead, Brandon.

02:58Alright, Kevin, it's a pleasure, brother, to hear you.

03:02Just going over, what are you up to in terms of sports?

03:06How much are you looking forward to when you're in sport?

03:10Good question, Brandon.

03:13For me, whenever I get a chance with the bat, I just look to, you know, be out there a bit

03:19longer and look to score some runs for my team but having said that, you know, that

03:23is yet to come but I just want to remain focused and focus on my own game and whatever the

03:29team requires me to do, I just do it to the best of my ability.

03:33So, yeah, I'm just pretty focused in what I got to do when my chance comes with the

03:37bat.

03:39Alright, well done.

03:42Alan?

03:44Just wondering, Kevin, the decision to bat first, sorry, to bowl first, was that something

03:48that was discussed in the dressing room before and was everyone sort of happy with that call?

03:52It looked pretty good to bat out there.

03:54I think this keeper very much level-headed and was, you know, in control of his decision

04:00what he wanted to do.

04:02I think he was looking to put a little bit of pressure on them and use up the wicket

04:04a bit more.

04:07I think we strike early and then, you know, we let loose of the pressure.

04:11That's something that we did not want it.

04:15So, I think it was a good task to win and I think we just did the best we can today

04:21despite putting on a few chances like I mentioned earlier.

04:25And you're happy enough with them getting the score they got to?

04:27I didn't get that.

04:29You're happy enough with them getting to the score they got to?

04:32No, not really.

04:34I don't think we ever want to take 400.

04:36I think it was a little too many.

04:38But like I said, we bowl them out once again and I would say again, our bowling speaks volume.

04:46To bowl out a side like that with that quality, you know, I mean, a world-class batsman as well.

04:50So, I think if we take that any day, bowling them out once again.

04:56Okay, thank you very much.

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