{"id":35612,"date":"2011-05-20T12:12:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=35612"},"modified":"2011-05-20T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T16:12:07","slug":"kraigg-brathwaite-realises-test-dream-father-praises-his-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/kraigg-brathwaite-realises-test-dream-father-praises-his-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Kraigg Brathwaite realises Test dream &#8211; father praises his dedication"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35613\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35613\" title=\"brathwaite in training\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/brathwaite-in-training-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/brathwaite-in-training-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/brathwaite-in-training-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/brathwaite-in-training.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brathwaite in training on Thursday. Photo credit: windiescricket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Basseterre, St Kitts \u2013 Kraigg Brathwaite became the fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket when he made his debut in the 2nd Digicel Test against Pakistan on Friday at Warner Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an honour for me and a real dream. I always wanted to play for the West Indies in Test match. I never thought it would come this early but I\u2019m delighted to be playing my first Test match,\u201d Brathwaite said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just my dream, but the dream of my father, all my family and many, many people who have supported me my entire life. My aim is to do everyone proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brathwaite\u2019s father Arleigh arrived from Barbados early on Friday morning to see his son receive his maroon cap from Team Manager Richie Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKraigg is a very dedicated young man. From the time he was a little boy making centuries at primary school I could see he had the ability to do well. There was no way of knowing he would play for the West Indies, but I\u2019m happy that he made it. I\u2019m very happy for him. I just want him to continue to improve. He&#8217;s doing what he loves,\u201d Arleigh said from his seat in the South Stand.<\/p>\n<p>The right-handed opening batsman is a sixth form student of the Combermere School in Barbados.<br \/>\nToday he is 18 years, 169 days. The players who debuted in Test for West Indies at a younger age are: Barbadians Derek Sealy (17 years, 122 days), Garfield Sobers (17 years, 245 days), Robin Bynoe (18 years, 31 days) and Trinidadian Jeffrey Stollmeyer (18 years, 90 days).<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first in Second Digicel Test on Friday. West Indies lead the two-match Digicel Series 1-0, following their victory by 40 runs in the First Digicel Test at the Guyana National Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Basseterre, St Kitts \u2013 Kraigg Brathwaite became the fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket when he made his debut in the 2nd Digicel Test against Pakistan on Friday at Warner Park. \u201cThis is an honour for me and&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kraigg Brathwaite realises Test dream - father praises his dedication - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/kraigg-brathwaite-realises-test-dream-father-praises-his-dedication\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kraigg Brathwaite realises Test dream - father praises his dedication - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Basseterre, St Kitts \u2013 Kraigg Brathwaite became the fifth youngest West Indian to play Test cricket when he made his debut in the 2nd Digicel Test against Pakistan on Friday at Warner Park. \u201cThis is an honour for me and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/sports\/kraigg-brathwaite-realises-test-dream-father-praises-his-dedication\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-20T16:12:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/brathwaite-in-training.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/kraigg-brathwaite-realises-test-dream-father-praises-his-dedication\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/sports\\\/kraigg-brathwaite-realises-test-dream-father-praises-his-dedication\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1cf13c57fb23f5f3f17888628ce87bed\"},\"headline\":\"Kraigg Brathwaite realises Test dream &#8211; 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