Leg­endary West In­dies crick­eter, Bri­an Lara, has agreed to as­sist the re­gion­al side as a Per­for­mance Men­tor – work­ing across all in­ter­na­tion­al Teams and with in­put in­to the West In­dies Acad­e­my

Lara’s new role will be to sup­port the var­i­ous Head Coach­es in pro­vid­ing play­ers with tac­ti­cal ad­vice and im­prov­ing their game sense, as well as work­ing close­ly with the Di­rec­tor of Crick­et on ICC World Cup Tour­na­ment strate­gic plan­ning.

Jim­my Adams, CWI Di­rec­tor of Crick­et said, “I am re­al­ly look­ing for­ward to Bri­an mak­ing a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to our crick­et sys­tem by pro­vid­ing in­valu­able guid­ance and ad­vice to our play­ers and coach­es. We are con­fi­dent that Bri­an will help to im­prove our high-per­for­mance mind­set and strate­gic cul­ture that will bring us more suc­cess on the field across all for­mats. Every­one is ex­cit­ed to have Bri­an in­volved in sup­port­ing our play­ers.”

Bri­an Lara said, “Hav­ing spent time with the play­ers and coach­es in Aus­tralia and in dis­cus­sions with CWI, I re­al­ly be­lieve that I can help the play­ers with their men­tal ap­proach to the game and with their tac­tics to be more suc­cess­ful. I'm look­ing for­ward to join­ing the group in Zim­bab­we and the op­por­tu­ni­ty to work with oth­er West In­dies teams lat­er in the year."

Lara’s first as­sign­ment will be with the West In­dies Test squad. He has joined the Test squad in Zim­bab­we where he will as­sist in the team’s prepa­ra­tions ahead of the first Test Match in Bu­l­awayo on 4 Feb­ru­ary 2023.