HEADLINE: Thank you, Dwayne Bravo…born to play cricket

Before West Indies Cricketer Dwayne John Bravo was selected for the West Indies senior team, I had identified him as someone who would likely be selected and go on become a star. Boy, did I pick that one right! This was way back in February 2004, yes, that is right, 20 years ago, when he was only 20 years old. I was at a Carib Beer Cup match in Jamaica (I believe it was at Alpart Sports Club in St Elizabeth) and asked him for an interview. He was modest and also surprised that someone, writing for the foremost cricket website CaribbeanCricket.com wanted to interview him. We stood up by a chain link fence as you can see from the picture. In recognition of his announcement that he is retiring from all forms of cricket, below is the transcript from that interview, first published on February 13, 2004. A few months later, he was on his way to England with the West Indies team.

Thank you, DJ Bravo. Best wishes on your next chapter and thank you for always agreeing to speak with me.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Respect to di Champion. One of our best ever

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Thanks for posting this.
Now I see why Bravo was such as success.
He loved cricket, and lived for cricket.
His efforts are great examples of determination.
It's amazing to see the mature choice that he made at such a young age.

Big Up Sir Champion.
I hope that you remain in Windies cricket and pass on your knowledge.

Nuff respect and love.

Nice article in tribute to an absolute T20 legend.

History will record him as a leading pioneer in this new format and great legend.

I hope we can keep him involve in Caribbean cricket

In reply to Emir

I believe he will move fully into coaching

In reply to TanteMerle

Glad you enjoyed reading my article.

Wow great interview ! After reading this and many other articles etc over the last couple weeks and putting his achievements and how he went about playing the game into perspective I have even greater respect for Bravo and very happy he's getting the recognition and appreciation he deserves ,his work ethic and enthusiasm remains unmatched. .

Bravo Bravo ...

In reply to bravos

Thanks for reading my interview

In reply to Yamfoot

Yep! My concern is that his expertise is overseas- was really hoping a specific full time position for his at home. Say an assignment to full time mentor a dozen or so youngsters.

CWI "executive team" is extremely top heavy, for such a small organization and the level of revenue, you do not need both a president and chairman- so do away with one of these positions and spend that money on a full time mentor.

In reply to Emir

I guess he has to follow the money. West Indies cant compete with what he would likely be earning at the franchise.

Just found out about Notebook LM by Google, so I uploaded the text of the article and here is the Podcast generated by AI !!! What a time to be alive!

In reply to Yamfoot
I hope so.

In reply to imusic

With Jason Holder number ?