00:00 He continues to work on his batting religiously since he wants to reach
00:04 foreign life. Having played for Naprima College where he made a name for himself
00:07 Cephas Cooper is hoping to get into Team Red Force. At the moment he's a part of
00:12 their training sessions and continues to do what is necessary.
00:16 I've been doing a lot of batting, extra work, a lot of specific work, just trying to improve on certain areas,
00:25 rotation and strike, better range hitting, so adding new things to my game to be a better batsman.
00:33 The team for the regional Super 50 is yet to be named and what would it mean to the 23 year old should he make the cut?
00:40 It will mean a lot, I mean representing your country is a dream, a goal for young cricketers to have
00:47 and to see that goal really come true, it will be very satisfying for me and for my family also
00:55 who have been supporting me throughout.
00:57 Being a part of the Team Red Force environment is something he cherishes, after all he can seek the advice of some of the more recognised members.
01:05 I think it's very good, me, Otley, Zion Bravo, we share ideas of ways to improve, how we're going to play certain bowlers,
01:15 things like that, so it has been really good, the team have been bonding really nice and I'm just looking forward to what the tournament brings.
01:24 Cooper has been focusing solely on his cricket and nothing else.
01:28 He jokingly says he's doing his masters in batting and speaks about his goals moving forward.
01:34 Well I'm a batsman so I just want to score as much runs for the team as possible, so I think that is my main goal,
01:41 that's my role and my responsibility as a player to score runs, so I just want to do that to the best of my ability.
01:46 The right handed batsman is attached to local side PowerGen in Pinal.
01:50 Speaking of which, Cooper is also grateful to the club for helping him with his game.
01:55 I think I had a fantastic season this year with Coach Gibran helping me a lot.
02:00 I think down PowerGen we have a fantastic system where players are able to express themselves,
02:07 so I think this season I scored the most runs in the league, I also scored a century in the T20s which was really well,
02:14 so yeah it was really well this season for me.
02:18 Cooper one day hopes to take part in the Caribbean Premier League and even go on to play international cricket for the West Indies.
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