Fresh off the West Indies Under-19 tour of England, Matthew Nandu revealed that the anchor role he played for the team was something he enjoyed.
The Guyanese right hander finished as the second leading run-getter for the visitors with 162 runs at an average of 40.5.
“I believe my role in the team is to bat all 50 overs and get the team to a 280 plus score.” Nandu related to this publication during an exclusive interview yesterday.
He continued, “I enjoyed the tour, it was a great experience but I still have a lot of work to do to get to where I want to be.”
The 16-year-old, who has been dominating the Canadian circuit for a few years, did not start the tour off well as he was struck in the rib cage during the second match and forced him out of the third contest.
“When I got hit, I wanted to go back out and bat but had to go to the hospital. After resting the third ODI [One Day International], I knew what I wanted to do in the last few games,” he recalled.
However, this did not stop the opening stroke maker who bounced back in the final two matches with scores of 51 and 80 to see West Indies under-19 end the series with two wins in six matches.
“To be able to get some runs in the last two games meant a lot. Although, I didn’t get much runs in the fourth game, I came back strongly in the last two. In both of the games where I scored half centuries, I wanted to get past that 100 mark but sometimes that’s how the game goes,” he declared.
Nandu also showed his potency with his off-spin, taking four wickets including a best of 2-35 in the final match where he made 80.
Nandu, the son of former Guyana First-Class leg-spinner, Arjune Nandu, said that his role with the ball was just to contain batsmen and apply as much pressure as possible.
He was joined by countryman, Isai Thorne as the two Guyanese in the squad.
