Kraigg Brathwaite turned West Indies’ Take a look at captain final month.© Twitter
West Indies Take a look at captain Kraigg Brathwaite has joined Gloucestershire for the primary eight matches of this season’s County Championship, the membership introduced on Thursday. The opening batsman, who changed Jason Holder as red-ball skipper of the Windies final month, will head to Britain on the finish of his nation’s ongoing second Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka, scheduled to complete on Friday. He might make his Gloucestershire debut of their championship opener in opposition to Surrey subsequent week however it’s extra probably that he’ll make his bow for the county of their match in opposition to Somerset, beginning on April 15. “I actually look ahead to the chance to characterize Gloucestershire,” mentioned Brathwaite, who has beforehand had spells at Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan.
“I’ve all the time loved county cricket and cherished the instances I have been capable of play in England. I am excited to come back to Bristol and do my greatest for the staff, the membership and naturally the Gloucestershire supporters.”
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Brathwaite, who’s that includes in his 68th Take a look at this week and is closing in on 4,000 runs within the format, is predicted to bat alongside membership captain Chris Dent on the prime of the Gloucestershire order.
“To have the ability to convey someone in who has performed the variety of Exams Kraigg has, and now as captain, goes to be a large enhance for the fellows within the dressing room,” mentioned Gloucestershire’s interim head coach Ian Harvey.
