11 Quotes by Wavell Hinds

More often than not you need personalities in the team to standout and be counted to ensure that we pull off match winning performances.

I am trying to make sure that I fine tune my main areas, I work on strengths and weaknesses but I won't highlight any here.

I think we have some capable batters. I think the youngsters are looking to put their stakes on the table, in terms of getting themselves permanent into the Jamaica team and looking to make themselves available for West Indies' selection. And having said that we have Marlon Samuels, who is a senior campaigner, and we are looking to make sure that we lead from the front and put our (big) totals on the board more often than not, and try and restrict the opposition as quickly as possible and execute efficiently.

It is obviously challenging conditions but I think we have a fighting total.

It feels nice and it is a privilege to don the maroon outfit in such a great milestone game and I hope I can take heart from the experience of such an opportunity and make every game that counts after a meaningful one.

We will have to be as efficient as possible in all three disciplines, batting, bowling and fielding.

We just need to take heart from the basic things we did well, bowling in the right areas, restricting the opposition with able fielding and getting a full contribution from the compliment of batters with reasonable partnerships throughout our innings.

Once we do that for longer periods and more consistently throughout Test matches we should be a force to be reckon with against a formidable Black Cap team.

I'm not totally happy with our score, we're probably 20-30 runs short but having said that I think we have enough on the board and I think we have the firepower in our bowling attack to get us early wickets and to put them under pressure very early and try and stymie them right to the end.