By Rajiv Bisnauth

LEFT-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, who was part of a one-week camp that focused mainly on batting and spin bowling under head coach Phil Simmons, at the High Performance Centre in Barbados last month, acknowledged that the camp was indeed beneficial.Motie was one of four Guyanese, who formed part of a group of 14 players drafted from across the Caribbean.
The others were Test batsmen Rajendra Chandrika and Leon Johnson and middle-order batsman Vishaul Singh.
The 21-year-old thinks the camp was valuable due to the individual attention that each player was able to receive from the coaching staff.
“It was just 14 of us and we each got plenty of individual attention and so we were able to work on stuff that needed to be worked on.
“Personally, using the crease on point of delivery was one of the main weaknesses I was able to work on, so overall the camp was indeed beneficial to me,” the former West Indies youth player concluded.
Motie earned the call to the camp following his achievements in the recently concluded West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-day competition where he was among the leading bowler in the two-year history of the tournament.
Motie, took 40 wickets in his debut First Class season from seven matches. His bowling returns included one 10-wicket match haul and took five wickets or more per innings four times.
Identified as a future West Indies product, his best bowling was 6 for 20 against Jamaica at Sabina Park.
Motie’s inclusion in the camp signals the possibility of selection for the upcoming Test series.
West Indies are scheduled to play four Tests at home against India in July and August, after which they will take on Pakistan in three away Tests in September and October.