PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Purple Pressure head coach Rayad Emrit needs his staff to stay centered as they head right into a three-week break from this 12 months’s West Indies Championship.
The unbeaten Purple Pressure have gained two and drawn one match after three rounds and presently occupy the second place on 55.5 factors, simply behind leaders and defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles, who’ve 57.6 factors.
Whereas Emrit is happy together with his staff’s efficiency within the event so far, he has cautioned them about changing into complacent forward of their fourth-round match in opposition to the bottom-of-the-table West Indies Academy on March 5.
“It’s good to be the place we’re at this event place. We’re doing many good issues persistently, and that’s the principle focus.
“There’s not a lot room for complacency and we have to hold our foot on the fuel and attempt to be as persistently good as doable,” Emrit mentioned.
“Some guys have some work to do, so we’ll be working after we return house.”
Emirt mentioned he was impressed by the performances of batsman Jason Mohammed and spinners Khary Pierre and Yannic Cariah within the competitors.
Mohammed is that this 12 months’s tournament-leading run-scorer with 483 runs, together with three centuries, whereas Pierre is the main wicket-taker with 26 wickets.
Nonetheless, Emrit confirmed that Mohammed has a niggle which he’s hoping to recuperate from through the break.
“The batting, up to now, has been distinctive.
“Cariah and Pierre have been excelling for us, main the bowling assault. These guys, day in, time out, they put within the work, so it’s not shocking to me that they’re reaping the rewards,” Emrit mentioned.
