Gabriel critical of Brathwaite’s batting technique

For­mer West In­dies open­ing bats­man Richard Gabriel has called on Test cap­tain Kraigg Brath­waite to im­prove his bat­ting tech­nique, say­ing that his cur­rent bat­ting style puts pres­sure on the oth­er bats­men in the team.

The 72-year-old Gabriel, who played 11 One Day In­ter­na­tion­als for the West In­dies in 1984, said even though Brath­waite is a vet­er­an of 98 Tests, there were ar­eas of his game that need­ed ad­dress­ing.

Speak­ing dur­ing an in­ter­view on I95.5 FM re­cent­ly, Gabriel said the Bar­ba­di­an, who has scored 12 Test cen­turies and 31 half-cen­turies at an av­er­age of 33.15, was get­ting bowled much too of­ten for an open­ing bats­man.