The confidence is high

First, I’d like to thank all the guys for going out there for the Twenty20 match and giving me the support as captain. We went out there and did what we had to do to win. Our goal was to restrict England to under 140 runs and we succeeded. The players really pulled their weight on the field. Fidel and Baker did a very good job at the start with the ball. As you know with Twenty20, you have to change your bowlers regularly and I think I did a good job with that.

Sarwan again played very well; he went out there and took his chances. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to make it to the end, I think together with Simmons he forged a good partnership which helped the team to victory.

After winning the Test Series and now the Twenty20, our confidence is high and we are ready to go into the ODI Series.

Chris being back for the Digicel ODIs is a good start for us. Miller and Powell are also back, so we have a good team going into the first one-dayer in Guyana. We just have to go in and pick up all the wickets with the new ball and our batsmen just need to get as many runs as possible and hopefully we can win both ODIs in Guyana and put England under some more pressure in Barbados.

England won’t go down without a fight. They play with a lot of passion and pride and some of their key players will be back, like Flintoff. We can’t take anything for granted.

I am hoping the Guyanese people will come out and support the team, especially their homegrown players, Chanderpaul and Sarwan. We hope to have two good games in Guyana and enjoy ourselves and make our fans proud.

That’s all for now but stay tuned as I, and some of the other West Indies cricketers, keep you up to date on the Digicel Series 2009 through our diaries.