PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago opener Adrian Barath is targeting a return to the West Indies side in time for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Barath is bent on impressing the selectors when he plays in the Regional Super50tournament and the four-day championship which follows.
The Super50 will be played at Queen’s Oval in Trinidad and Shaw Park in Tobago from Thursday to February 15
“I am obviously setting my goals, we have theWorld Cup in Australia, and I have good memories in Australia,” said the diminutive 23-year-old.
“My goal is to get into that West Indies team in 2015 (World Cup in Australia and NewZealand). I know I have to perform in the NAGICO Super 50 tournament. I have done a lot of work on my game.”
In 2009 the right-handed opener had an amazing Test debut in Australia, where he made a blazing century in his second Test innings at the Gabba.
Barath spent last year at the Sagicor High Perform-ance Centre where he made some changes to his game.
“I want to take what I did at the Sagicor HPC camp and apply it so I can have a good regional series. It is not going to be easy because we have a lot of good West Indies players in terms of opening batsmen,” Barath said.
“So I am looking forward to the 2014 season – both in one-day cricket and four-day cricket. I want to use my performances as a platform to get back into the West Indies team once I perform well.”
The Nagico Super50 tournament will run from Thursday to February 15 and will bebroadcast live on ESPN and on Caribbean Super Station radio.
Matches at Queen’s Park Oval will be day/night fixtures while matches at Shaw Park, Tobago will be day games.