West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite says the team has full confidence in Barbadian Raymond Reifer, who recently took over as the No. 3 batsman on the team’s batting list.
Batting at No. 3 on few occasions in the West Indies Championship, Reifer scored a remarkable 79 and 71, as well as 74 at No. 4. Overall, he scored 345 runs in 5 games.
Brathwaite made the remarks at a news conference on Thursday. There he said he was a very mentally strong character.
“Mentally he is a very strong character but batting at three for Barbados would certainly have propelled this decision and we back him 100 percent.”
Commenting further, the skipper Brathwaite said that he believed in Raymond one hundred percent.
“We 100 percent believe that Raymond can do the job. As an opener, the number 3 position is similar to an opener, it’s all about mental strength and we know Raymond has that and we are baking him to do well.”
But there has been a lot of talk in some quarters about his move to the top, and some are questioning whether he deserves the No. 3 spot.
“He did well for Barbados at three this year. The year before he wasn’t at three, but mentally, and in terms of toughness, he is a guy that can get the job done and we back him 100 percent.”he concluded.
At number three, however, he failed to impress in the match against Bangladesh
Reifer dismissed for 11 in the first innings and 2 in the second innings of the 1st Test match, also he Scored 22 off 43 balls in the first innings of the 2nd Test against Bangladesh