Durham Country Cricket Club

Brathwaite

Durhamccc.co.uk spoke to Ruel Brathwaite after he picked up three quick wickets before the close of play, taking his haul on day one to four.  He’s after that five-fer tomorrow!

“It was good to come back and take a couple of wickets at the end because they had posted a good total and it was good for us to come back, show a bit of fight and shift the momentum a bit.  

“It’s a good cricket wicket so there is a bit of movement, which can help, there aren’t any demons in the wicket, I wouldn’t say it’s batsman friendly but its a good cricket wicket, if you bowl well you get wickets and if you play well you score runs.  It’s a bit slow which gives the batsmen time to adjust but you have to be able to work with that.

“It would be great to get five-fer, if I do well, the team does well so it’s always good to be a bit selfish but obviously I want the other bowlers to do well too.

“I’m coming back to full fitness and I couldn’t really have asked for more in my first game back last week, I got seven then and four this game so far.  I think competition for places is helpful to be honest, we’ve got a few good, fast bowlers around and you need to be on the ball because the other guys are looking for places.”

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