Basseterre [St. Lucia], July 29 (ANI): After the West Indies’ horrible 5-0 T20I collection defeat to Australia, skipper Shai Hope has now shifted focus to the upcoming problem in opposition to Pakistan, in line with the official web site of the ICC.
Shai Hope pointed to his aspect’s lack of consistency as the important thing issue behind the West Indies’ collection defeat.
The skipper expressed disappointment over the batting unit’s lack of ability to place collectively a whole efficiency, which allowed Australia to comfortably chase down targets in every recreation.
‘I simply did not assume we put collectively a correct batting show. We both began nicely and completed poorly or the opposite approach round,’ he mentioned, as quoted from the official web site of ICC.
‘Once you’re taking part in in opposition to high quality opposition like Australia, you have to put issues collectively for a extra full recreation,’ he famous.
The primary three matches of the collection have been marked by West Indies’ batters failing to capitalise on sturdy begins.
Within the opener, they have been cruising at 123 for 1 within the thirteenth over however ended up with simply 189. The second recreation adopted an analogous pattern–after a promising 63 for 0 begin, they might solely publish 172.
Within the third match, a 125-run opening stand went in useless as the center order failed to fireplace on a batting-friendly pitch. Whereas within the final two video games, West Indies struggled with poor begins that left an excessive amount of to do for the center order.
‘As a batting group, we did not actually give ourselves the most effective probability to place an enormous rating on the board constantly. And that is most likely the place we fell brief. We have all the time been one step behind the eight ball,’ he mentioned.
A major side of this collection was that the West Indies constantly set the goal, which works in opposition to the frequent perception that chasing is often the better possibility within the Caribbean.
‘I feel right here within the Caribbean, everyone knows the stats present chasing is all the time the higher factor to do,’ Hope mentioned.
‘Whether or not it is the dew issue or wind issue, you all the time have that scoreboard in entrance of you, so you’ve got an concept of the best way to go concerning the chase. Nevertheless it’s one thing that I am unable to management. Sadly, I did not win any (tosses)… It is simply a kind of issues for us,’ he added.
The skipper, nevertheless, praised his bowling unit for displaying nice combat in what was a difficult collection. He expressed confidence that the upcoming collection in opposition to Pakistan, beginning July 31, could be a invaluable alternative for the workforce to construct on the teachings learnt from the Australia collection.
‘I feel that we’re just a little bit clearer within the bowling unit,’ mentioned Shai Hope.
‘I nonetheless should commend the fellows for the hassle that they confirmed within the again finish to present ourselves an opportunity to win the sport. However as soon as you do not have that many runs on the board, then you’ve got to hope every thing goes completely within the area. It simply did not occur for us,’ he famous.
‘We actually executed rather a lot higher than we did within the first few video games. We have got to place this one behind us and look forward for the Pakistan collection and see the place we will get that mixture and that success going,’ he added. (ANI)
