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Haydn Gill29-Jul-2001It is a dream come true. It is something that I always wanted to do.With those words, you could sense how much it meant to Rohan Nurse tobe appointed Barbados youth team captain for the forthcoming regionalUnder-19 Cricket Championship.Nurse would have been adequately prepared for the assignment afterspending the last ten months in a new environment in which disciplineand professionalism were the order of the day.The 18-year-old, the beneficiary of a Barbados Cricket Associationscholarship that allowed him to pursue Advanced Level studies atKing’s School in England, returned home last week, having observedsystems that are not always common in this part of the world.Everything is done to a `t’. Everything is done to the finest end, hesaid.A case in point is punctuality.Everyone has to be at the game early. The way the system is run, if aside does not have the full team by the start, points are deducted.That makes sure that everyone is on his toes.Nurse enjoyed a phenomenal season in which he scored 1 225 runs at anaverage of 83. And he made good progress in the classroom where he isdoing computer studies, business studies and physical education.He is now turning his attention to a job that would have beenearmarked for him since his days as an Under-15 cricketer forCombermere in the annual Cable & Wireless championship.As Barbados youth captain, however, he faces the task of reversing thedisappointment of last season when the defending champions could do nobetter than fifth place.It is going to be challenging, but we must realise that we haveplayers in our side who are capable of doing the job, Nurse said.As long as each player plays his role in the side, I can see us comingout on top.He does not believe that his not being part of Barbados’ build-up inrecent months will put him at a disadvantage in leading the side.I’ve been around these guys for about five years. We are close friendsoff the field and on the field, he said.Nurse is now into his third season at this level and he knows what isrequired to gain success.We have to be aggressive and play positively, he said.In our side we have a lot of `show’ players and I think everyone mustplay to his full potential.Nurse becomes the third Combermerian to captain the Barbados youthteam in the last five years, following the unrelated Grahams, Shawn in1997 and Marlon the next year.He believes a lesson can be learnt from the manner in whichAustralians approach their game.They are always aggressive, looking to take the initiative from teams.That’s how we have to go about our job, but with a little caution.The venue for this year’s championship is Guyana, the same country inwhich Barbados struggled last season. Surely, there could be somepsychological discomfort in having to return there.I plan to talk to the guys about it, because last year I thought theproblem was that in the first week, it was just rain and we lost ourfocus, Nurse said.The guys must be prepared for that this year. Six guys from last yearare going and we should be able to get the younger guys prepared forwhat might happen.The opportunity also presents Nurse with a chance to enhance hisreputation as a classy right-handed batsman.He has a two-day trial with English county Nottinghamshire when hereturns to England in September, and a prolific tournament in Guyanawill do his cause no harm.I have personal goals, but I won’t disclose them, he said.He had no problem in publicly stating the team goal.I would like to bring back home the Cup for Barbados, he said.We have a crop of good youngsters coming up through the line and it’stime that we put ourselves on the map again.