By Sean Devers

Essequibian Ravishwar Latif is the only Cricket West Indies (CWI)-trained analyst in Guyana after successfully attending training held by CWI in Antigua in 2017.
The one-week training was done, virtually, by India’s technology software company, Sports Mechanic.

CWI’s head of technology, Richard Berridge, West Indies Woman’s team analyst, Gary Belle, and West Indies senior Men’s analyst at that time, Dinesh Mahabir, were the facilitators.
Latif, who is also a cricket umpire, has used his training to facilitate live streaming, primarily when the COVID-19 Pandemic struck.

His work was also requested by various head coaches as well as analysts and franchise owners around the world to analyse and provide video footage and analyses of some players in Guyana.
New statistical information and video analysis were requested in the past for the likes of Kevlon Anderson, Mavindra Dindyal, Romario Shepherd, Kevin Sinclair, Gudakesh Motie, Veerasammy Permaul and Tagenarine Chanderpaul, among others.

“I became interested in being an analyst by watching cricket and scoring. I not only watched cricket, I watched and scored from the age of eight,” said Latif, who was on the reserve for the Essequibo U-19 team and played club cricket for South Essequibo.

“My goal is to be a professional international cricket analyst” stated Latif, who hails from Huis’t Dieren on the Essequibo Coast.