Thursday, June 24, 2021
BY SANJAY MYERS
Senior staff reporter
myerss@jamaicaobserver.com
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| Kirk McKenzie of Tallawah-Jamaica |
JAMAICA Tallawahs new recruit, Kirk McKenzie, says he has been placing fitness at the centre of plans to become successful at the senior level.
The 20-year-old left-handed batsman, a former West Indies youth standout, is highly regarded around the region despite concerns surrounding his fitness.
At the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, he made a brilliant 104-ball 99 in West Indies' two-wicket quarter-final loss to New Zealand. Aside from his breathtaking stroke play in a back-to-the-wall scenario, the innings is remembered for the cramps he suffered which forced him to retire hurt on 99. He returned when the regional side lost its ninth wicket, but he was the last man dismissed without adding a run.
“That [issue with cramping] is a thing of the past,” McKenzie told the Jamaica Observer during a telephone interview. more
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