West Indies spinner Rahkeem Cornwall has vowed to “stick to what he knows” despite being the subject of recent criticism from legendary off-spinner Lance Gibbs.
The 85-year-old Gibbs, undisputedly one of the region’s finest ever craftsmen in the disciple of spin bowling, was critical of the performance of the current crop of regional spinners on a whole. His issue with Cornwall stemmed from what he described as the spinner’s short run-up and “lack of rhythm”.
Cornwall, who has insisted he only just heard of the remarks, said he was not fazed by the criticism as it was impossible to make everyone happy.
“I am not really on social media that much to see some of those things [comments] and if one or two people don’t say something to me I may not see it but I just don’t really dig too deep into it,” Cornwall told the Good Morning Jojo Radio Show in his homeland.
“I really can’t stress on that, everybody has their own opinion and if you dwell on every opinion you will find yourself get mixed up in all sorts of things. So you just have to control what you can control and when the opportunity arises to go and perform you just make sure you stick to what you know and perform,” he said.
The burly spinner, who made his debut for the West Indies against India last year, was recently named as part of a CWI 29-member preparatory squad for a possible tour of England.
