The latest fabulous Bajan Boy may be at loggerheads with his home board but Graham Ford would not be in the least surprised to see Dwayne Bravo one day toss a coin on behalf of the Caribbean.

“He is a very impressive man, obviously a deep thinker about the game,” says Ford, Kent’s coaching director. “He talks about field placings for particular batsmen before he bowls; he’s already looking at their weaknesses before he confronts them. He seems to get on well with people and I can imagine him as a Test captain. Obviously Lara’s helped him a lot and you can’t get a better mentor than Brian Charles Lara.”

And the return of Geraint Jones to county cricket? “Geraint took on the challenge of improving his keeping and he’s achieved it,” says Ford, “but something had to suffer. County cricket is a good place to find form away from the pressure. The class is there.”

The Wisden Cricketer, Rob Steen