'My Knees Went Weak'

Before the start of this 1st Cable & Wireless Test match against England at Sabina Park, Tino Best?s bowling figures looked like this: 20-1-99-0.

He was wicket-less at the end of Day 2, which was punctuated by stops and starts due to inclement weather. What did he do after he left the ground yesterday and did that contribute to him breaking the ice and picking up three key wickets on day three?

Tino spoke to CaribbeanCricket.com and filled us in. ?I called my Grandmother and asked her what to do, because I tried my butt off and aint nothing happening. She said ?young man, why are you being impatient? Can you please relax and bowl the ball in the areas??

Best mulled over what Grandma Marcia said. ?I went to sleep thinking about getting wickets and I keep telling myself, I wake up about 3 o?clock and I said ?Tino Best, be a hero?. This morning I woke up again, I looked in the mirror I said ?when you come back to this room this evening, you make sure you got some wickets buddy?. I think that thinking about wickets all the time just motivated me.

"I really felt so good because I was at 98 First Class wickets and I told myself, I needed two?.

First time occurrences are usually memorable moments. Tino describes the feeling he had when the first wicket was taken. ?Actually that first wicket, when I saw the ball going down there, my heart was beating so fast because I started to run down there you know and when I see Adam took it, my knees got weak. Normally I would do a run and a jump you know but I couldn?t even jump. I felt so great I said ?thank God, Jesus thank you so very much? ?.

Asked if he was thinking about his grandmother at that very moment, Best predictably responded ?yeah man, of course?.