Proud mom listens to son’s debut innings on radio

THE HEARTS of Trinidadians swelled with pride yesterday when local boy Dave Mohammed scored a handsome 36 runs in his batting debut versus South Africa. But it was the heart of his mother, Saferan, that soared to the sky when her son strolled to the crease. “I am glad he show them what he could do. And better yet, he showed his captain on the field itself that he could do it”. His performance with the bat was exciting from the start when the 24-year-old Mohammed got off the mark with a cracking shot to the boundary, that was met with a nod of approval from West Indies captain and fellow Trinidadian Brian Lara with whom he shared the field.

Saferan, 64, and one of Dave’s older brothers, Scott, listened to the cricket coverage in South Africa on a battery radio from their very small home at Knolly Street, Princes Town. “I am proud of my child. From primary school days he grew up playing cricket right over there”, the mother of nine said, pointing to the Pompey Recreation Ground that is just a few footsteps outside the Mohammed’s front yard. Mohammed, a left-arm wrist spinner playing in position number seven, raced to 36 runs from 36 balls, as he blazed  five boundaries and a six past the South African fielders. “An astonishing innings” was how one commentator described debut knock, but to Mohammed’s family, they knew he always had it in him. Scott said: “I believe he fulfilled his dream when he went out to play for West Indies. He put his best foot forward, but I could tell he was a little jumpy, otherwise he could have made a 50”. The excitement came to an end when he was caught in the slips by Jacques Kallis off the bowling of South African captain Shaun Pollock. When the third test versus South Africa began on Friday at Newlands, Mohammed took two wickets for 70 runs off 21 overs.

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