00:00Despite TKR going into battle against the Barbados Royals tonight, Captain Pollard has
00:05an eye on the future of both West Indies and TNT cricket.
00:09The big hitting all-rounder had praise for TKR scouts and all involved in finding a talent
00:14such as Barbadian opener Shaqiri Parris.
00:16When you talk about his scores in Barbados, but not only Barbados, he played here in Trinidad
00:21as well for Victoria in the concluded local season as well.
00:27So again it's something that as a team we had looked at in terms of scouting and he
00:32coming onto the scene and getting an opportunity most of all, obviously they have to play five
00:36games and having a conversation and talking about just not playing because you have to
00:41play but giving us an opportunity to select you as a normal player when that time comes
00:45is exactly what he has done as an individual.
00:48So kudos must go to him as well, taking up the baton, the mantle to show that this is
00:52what I'm made of.
00:54With some of the West Indies stars nearing the end of their playing careers, Pollard
00:58pointed out the importance of the under-23 system.
01:01This under-23 is made for local guys and persons to get the opportunity to fly the flag.
01:08So for Paris and Nathan Edwards, they have shown us what they can do and hopefully in
01:15the future we can have more of those talents coming through because we need the next batches
01:21of the Dwayne Bravos, the Sulana Rynes, the Kieran Pollard, the Lendl Simmons and all
01:24these personals, the Ramdins from Trinidad as well.
01:27So a lot of work to be done.
01:29Another young player Pollard spoke highly of is TNT born but St Lucia Kings bowler Mikel
01:34Govia.
01:35Mikel, he's a talent, you've seen him, he's been in Queen's Park now, he's playing
01:39for Central Sports, he's been butting heads with a lot of our local icons, the Simmons
01:45and the Emirates and they tongue in Central Sports.
01:49Nathan, again as you know, we have a very, very good relationship so I know what he can
01:53do as an individual once he stays on the right track and obviously he cut my innings short
01:57for not in the last game but when you look at it, you've gotten a couple of opportunities
02:02where the first game didn't go too well for him but he did well when they played him
02:05in Guyana and a couple of other games so long may that continue for him.
02:08The sky is going to be the limit but you have to continue to work hard.
02:11The TNT captain admitted Govia is someone they had interest in selecting but were restricted
02:16due to an anomaly in the CPL rules.
02:19When you go back to the rules, obviously Mikel is under 23 but he was not in the list of
02:24under 23 players for us to select him so he had to be selected by another franchise so
02:29they selected him as a normal player whereas if he was in that list, we could have gotten
02:33him as well because you talk about the talent that he has so that's something in the rules
02:37that needs to be fixed as well because if you're under 23, you should be in that list.
02:42Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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