 Some cricket now on the Sports Mag Zone. Round three of the West Indies Championship is set to pull off on Wednesday with four matches. Gerard Marseille looks ahead. All matches around two of the West Indies Championship produced results with wins for Leeward Islands Hurricanes, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, Jamaica Scarpeans and Windward Islands Volcanoes. The century's tally rolls with five of them coming from four players. However, there is still cause for concern as none of the West Indies Test batsmen were among them. But the standout was 23-year-old Leeward Islands Hurricanes opener, Mikhail Louis, whose pair of sentries in the win against defending champions. Guyana Harpy Eagles made him the 11th player West Indies first-class cricket to achieve the feat. On the bowling side, spinners now have five of the eight five wicket holes in the competition so far. Both Rikim Kornwall and Ashmi Ned took six in an innings in their round two fixtures. But 17-year-old Barbadians Zeshan Mottara was most lethal, grabbing a career-best seven for 108. The only bright spark with the ball in combined canvases and colleges 10 wicket loss to Jamaica Scorpions in Kingston. As it stands, Windward Islands Volcanoes lead the table with 42.4 points, registering two wins from as many matches. Captain Kimani Melia says his team is aiming to maintain that record. I've always told the guys over the past two games you know we aim for consistency not just over a period of two games but you know consistency right through consistency in everything we do. These two games are now history. We focus on what's in front of us which is the game against CCC. We come against them with the same intensity and same professionalism. Round three pits Leeward Islands Hurricanes against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at Warner Park in St. Kittson Neves. While West Indies Academy moved to Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigone, Barbuda to face Guyana Harpy Eagles. Jamaica Scorpions and Barbados prior clashing a marque matchup at Sabina Park while Windward Islands Volcanoes and CCC face off at Chenwin Park, both in Jamaica. Yeah terrific start to the tournament for the Windward Islands Volcanoes and their captain Kimani Melia says really led this Windward Islands Volcanoes team well and Lance and Mariah they must be pleased with the start they have to this competition. Yeah that's for sure. You know they have shown a lot of improvement in recent years and they are producing good cricketers. If you look at the West Indies set up at the moment and you look at players like Anthony's and Kevin Hodgson so on and players coming out of the Windward Islands you have to be pleased with the growth of a lot of their players and it's very heartwarming to see them top of the table at the moment and by so far such a huge margin. Yeah for quite some time we had too many of the bigger countries and if we were to put it that way dominating so it feels good to see them coming to the forefront and of course dominating. Yeah very much the case all right so Gerard mentioned Leeward Islands opener Mikhail Louis in his report as the standout batsman from Brown 2 and the 23 year old who is in his first season of CWI 4 Day Cricket joins us via Zoom. It's a pleasure to have you Mikhail I mean tremendous performance from you last week scoring two centuries in the game for the Leeward Islands. Terrific effort. I want you to walk me through that performance and just express how pleased you are with your effort. Good evening. Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure to be on the show. From a young age I always dreamed of doing an interview on Sportsmax. We're happy to have you. Keep scoring those centuries and you'll be on. I will but it's a great feeling obviously for quite some time I felt like I had what it takes you know to play at this level and I would like to say thanks for the Leeward Islands cricket board for selecting me and granting me the opportunity to showcase my skills you know a lot of hard work a lot of sacrifices and I just happy that I was able to contribute towards a win for the Leeward Islands. Yes so many questions I have right but I want you to take us to the beginning I want an understanding of how you started this sport of cricket and your progression through the ranks to get you to this stage. From a young age my father he he's an adamant cricket lover you know he loves the game of cricket. Me I have two older brothers all of us played cricket. You know Joe Malawi he's the opening baller for the Leeward Islands and growing up we always play cricket. He ensured that we play cricket because he always felt like cricket is the best sport in Avenue for young men in the Caribbean. Yeah and then of course as what a 16 or 17 year old you were in the West Indies U19 squad that played List A cricket so you got an early opportunity there so played two matches and then nothing from you until this year. I know you were involved in the CPL at one stage as well. Talk me through that period the last what four or five years leading to where you are now. Yeah that was it was a trying period for me it was I would like to say it was difficult. I felt like you know I've been working hard and I would have liked a little more opportunities during this period but I can't complain you know this period it gave me the hunger though the desire you know. Yeah to really understand that when you do get an opportunity you got it with both hands and I'm just happy that that's what happened for me. Yeah here's a potentially tough one right. So there was an incident in the CPL in 2021 where you left the bubble and I understand you hadn't been given permission of course in difficult circumstances for you. Is there anything you can tell us about that experience and anything that you learned from that 2021 experience because you were ultimately sent home and unable to take part in the remainder of the tournament with the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Well I wouldn't like to say much about this incident because I don't want to see any bad news or say anything bad about anyone in particular on the media but it was a bit of a misunderstanding and let's just leave that that it was a misunderstanding and I paid the price. Any lessons you learned from it? Many lessons man it was something that plagued me for years you know something that really hurt me and because I felt like this was an opportunity for me to really show that I have what it takes you know to perform at this level and you know without getting the chance to actually show my skills I was you know excluded. Yeah definitely Levan Lin and you're here now doing the interview that you wanted to do. Any plans or any goals you have for the rest of the competition? Yes I have some goals some personal goals I don't think it would be good for me to share them you know for all the other teams to hear my plans and goals. But you're already on the road to those goals I feel because you've already been picking up those sentries. Yeah you've seen your players in the Leewards camp players like Rakim Kanwal, Hainu Walsh, Jamai Hamilton, Casey Catti you know they really guide me and help me understand the game of cricket to a higher level and you know so I set goals that I feel like it's I'm capable of achieving. Yeah I don't think it's good for me to share them. Okay I respect that but how is it playing alongside your brother he's also been doing very well he picked up five for 29 a three for 41 also had four he scored 45. How is that for you? Well I mean I don't think there's a greater feeling of being in war with somebody you could trust a hundred percent you know somebody who really you know really have your back you know no bias no no no bad feelings towards you and in my first game you know I was a little nervous he came to me and he basically told me like you know you've been playing cricket all your life no need to get nervous no nothing new just go out there have fun continue doing your best you know and it's a great pleasure honestly to be on the same field as him because you know he's in my opinion he's the best cricket ever and I always tell him this. Great to hear young Mikhail talking about his big brother in that way you both went to Washington Archibald High School Mikhail can you talk to us about your high school experience and your brother being at the school even though he was several years ahead of you? Well in high school he was a superstar you know because he was he captained the cricket team he played national football he he did track and field for the national and the national circuit as well so you know he was really well known and people always saw me as his younger brother you know. So you got the benefits? Yeah so I was just giving my younger brother and I basically had a I was in the good books with the teachers you know the older students just for the mere fact that I was his younger brother. Mikhail know you're making a name for yourself and that's all that's important in 15 seconds quickly do you have aspirations of representing the West Indies which I'm sure you do do you feel you have the quality to get there and do well? Well I would like to say that I feel it's every young man's dream to represent the West Indies and the West Indian people I would love to play for the West Indies and I would this is something that I've working towards and hopefully I'll get there one day. Yeah Mikhail it's been an absolute it's been an absolute pleasure speaking with you today and we wish you all the very best continue scoring those runs in the regional four-day tournament and you just never know opportunities are bound all the very best keep working hard. Thank you and thank you for having me on the show. Yeah it's an absolute pleasure Mikhail Lowe there from the Leeward Islands Hurricanes 11th West Indies player to be immortal in regional four-day cricket centuries and both innings of the last match let's take a break interactive to close.