Brian Lara joins West Indies group as efficiency mentor

Former West Indies batting star and captain Brian Lara has agreed to affix the West Indies groups and academy as a ‘efficiency mentor,’ Cricket West Indies (CWI) introduced on Thursday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 27, 2023 10:11 IST

Former skipper Brian Lara takes up new West Indies position (India Today Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Cricket West Indies (CWI) has roped Brian Lara as a efficiency mentor to work with the West Indies worldwide groups throughout codecs in addition to the board’s academy. Lara’s new job can be to “assist the various head coaches in providing players with tactical advice and improving their game sense,” based on CWI.

Lara performed 131 Tests for West Indies, averaging 52.88 and making 11,953 runs. He additionally scored 10,405 runs in One Day Internationals. With his unbeaten 400 in opposition to England in Antigua in 2004, he holds the report for the very best Test innings rating. Lara will collaborate with Jimmy Adams, the CWI’s Director of Cricket, on main event technique and planning.

“Having spent time with the players and coaches in Australia and in discussions with CWI, I really believe that I can help the players with their mental approach to the game and with their tactics to be more successful,” Lara stated.

“I’m looking forward to joining the group in Zimbabwe and the opportunity to work with other West Indies teams later in the year,” he added.

Adams stated that Lara would supply “invaluable guidance and advice to our players and coaches. We are confident that Brian will help to improve our high-performance mindset and strategic culture which will bring us more success on the field across all formats. Everyone is excited to have Brian involved in supporting our players.”

Lara can be with the West Indies Test squad in Zimbabwe forward of the primary Test, which begins subsequent week in Bulawayo. The 52-year-old was not too long ago a part of a three-person panel that reviewed West Indies’ early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup.

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Jan 27, 2023