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Fast bowler Kesrick Williams, allrounder Rovman Powell and wicketkeeper-batsman Nicholas Pooran, the uncapped players in West Indies T20 squad for the three-match series against Pakistan in the UAE, have spoken of their desire to make their mark in international cricket.It is really fantastic to be called up for the West Indies team; something every young man would dream about, to play international cricket, Williams said on the eve of the first T20I. The determination is there, I am just ready to go, execute, and put my name out there in international cricket.Pooran was excited at the prospect of playing with World T20 winners such as his captain Carlos Brathwaite. Its a dream come true, he said. I always thought I will play for West Indies when I was 21. I am 20 at the moment. While I was a youngster, I watched these guys win two World Cups. Its an amazing achievement for me. Just trying to take the opportunity and make the full use of it.Powell also said representing West Indies was a dream. Getting the call from Courtney Browne was one of the happiest days of my life, he said. Representing West Indies at any level is something that I dream about. The dream has come to a reality.While Williams did not bat or bowl in the warm-up match against an Emirates Cricket Board XI on Tuesday, Powell and Pooran staked their claim for spots in the opening T20I. They overcame a top-order wobble with a 52-run partnership for the fifth wicket at a run rate of 10.40. Pooran was the leader, scoring seven boundaries, of which two sailed out of the ground.That innings was needed by me for my self-confidence and for the team, Pooran said. It [The sixes] was satisfying. I am a bit disappointed that I didnt get more. I will take it at the end of the day.Powell said that having clarity was key to that stand. The thought process was simple, just get used to the conditions in Dubai, he said. I just stuck to the basics, when the ball comes in my area, I get a start and expand my range.Pooran had come into the spotlight when he played the innings of the Under-19 World Cup at the same venue in 2014. He struck 143 off 160 balls, which lifted West Indies 70 for 8 to 208. Of the 23 boundaries in West Indies innings, Pooran hit 20.I have good memories of Dubai. I expect to do something special again here. I am looking forward to the challenge, he said.Powell, who has also been selected in the West Indies A squad for the List A matches in Sri Lanka, was wary of high expectations. When you set targets and set expectations, sometimes you set up for failures, he said. What I do is try to play the conditions. Dave Bing Jersey . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. 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Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Saints coach Sean Payton is ending evening meetings with players an hour earlier at training camp this summer and starting practice an hour later in the mornings.Doing so gives players more time to enjoy the amenities at the luxury Greenbrier Resort in the mountains of West Virginia, should they choose -- but that was hardly the point.Coming off consecutive 7-9, non-playoff seasons, Payton figured there had to be ways to tweak the schedule to get better results. Decades ago, conventional wisdom might have dictated longer, more grueling practices to promote toughness, a stronger work ethic and better conditioning. But Payton, whos gained a reputation for embracing technology and progressive philosophies about managing the modern pro athlete, didnt see the wisdom of such old-school approaches in 2016.One of the things we are paying attention to, obviously, is the recovery and all the elements that go into that, Payton said as camp practices began this past week. A lot of it is the evening recovery -- trying to get the guys in the cold tubs, trying to get the guys really to sleep earlier. Then the (morning) schedule is even backed up ... with the idea of making sure that everyone is getting north of eight hours rest.Payton said there wasnt any specific study or new data that led him to emphasize rest and recovery so much as a sum total of what weve seen, read, and heard. Part of it was simply ensuring trainers had time to employ new technology that helps players maintain their bodies, such as air compression sleeves helping circulation and thus reducing swelling for even relatively healthy players. Saints players also can climb into a super-cooled chamber for a few minutes with the goal of supplying muscles with more oxygen-infused blood.Weve got a lot more gear now: the inflatable legs, the cryotherapy machine, Payton said. Theres a lot of other things that we have access to that weve got to take advantage of.More rest and recovery gives players a reason to take the Greenbriers pillow menu more seriously. But that emphasis wont turn Saints players into high-maintenance prima donnas, in Paytons view. Concepts of toughness, competitiveness and intensity are stressed during much of the day, particularly when players are on the field and in meetings.I credit coach Payton and his staff, man. He lets you know that what we did in the `60s and `70s aand even in 2006 -- it may not work, said running back Tim Hightower, who resurrected his career last year after spending three years out of football because of complications related to reconstructive knee surgery.dddddddddddd When you step on that field, youve got to go to work; its a physical game.But its another thing to have the awareness that your players need some down time. They need the tools, they need the resources to recover so we can be at our best day in and day out, and I think theres a huge emphasis on that.But then, when we step on that field, he wants a physical approach, a physical mindset, a tough, smart football team, and I like it, and I think guys are starting to understand, Hightower said.The Saints third practice of camp on Saturday was their first in full pads, and there were some heavy hits, highlighted by safety Kenny Vaccaro bursting through the offensive line and flattening fullback Sione Houma, who was blocking on a running play.The NFLs collective bargaining agreement now limits teams to one traditional practice per day. Teams also can stage additional walk-through practices without pads in place of what used to be the second practice of two-a-days. Those generally emphasize formations and positional soundness and arent run at full speed. The Saints have cut back on walk-throughs, but at times will lengthen their lone full-speed practice to nearly three hours.For us to get it the way its supposed to look, there might be some practices where were out here longer than normal, Payton said.Right tackle Zach Strief, an 11th -year veteran who has spent his whole career with New Orleans, said he could sense after one day that camp would be tougher, despite the added rest time.Theyre going to push us, Strief said. You really drive home the competition aspect of it, where its not OK to have a bad play or miss a block or miss an assignment.Game notes CB Keenan Lewis and LT Terron Armstead remained on the clubs physically unable to perform list, but Lewis could be seen working out on his own at close to full speed. ... DT Nick Fairley and S Erik Harris both left practice on Saturday. Payton did not provide details on their conditions.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '