The defeat to England will have disappointed them because that was a huge game. They picked a bad time to have their worst batting display of the tournament so far. Once you have got past the best of the England bowling attack, you really shouldn’t be giving your wickets away to a part-timer like Joe Root. He is someone you should be looking to milk all day long. The two youngsters Shimron Hetmyer and Nicholas Pooran had to try and rebuild the innings and gave it a pretty good effort. Pooran in particular has really impressed me so far this tournament, but we shouldn’t be asking two young guys to do it all.
The rest of the batsmen left them high and dry, and there was ample opportunity there on a Southampton pitch that didn’t have too much devil in it. There is a lot of power in that batting line-up but maybe we are missing someone who can stick around. In my day we had Larry Gomes who could play that role. Maybe they missed a trick by not choosing someone in the squad with the all-round skills who can play the role like Moeen Ali plays for England and filling that extra batting place which West Indies sorely needs. Royston Chase would fill that role for West Indies because he can also offer a bit of spin as well and can anchor an innings with the bat. The bowlers need to have a bit of a re-think as well. They can’t go into every game thinking they are just going to blast teams out like they did Pakistan.
The defeat to England will have disappointed them because that was a huge game. They picked a bad time to have their worst batting display of the tournament so far. Once you have got past the best of the England bowling attack, you really shouldn’t be giving your wickets away to a part-timer like Joe Root. He is someone you should be looking to milk all day long
They need to be able to read the conditions, adapt to their opponents and the pitches put in front of them. It’s all very well bowling short all the time, but the key to short bowling is the line as well as the length – you need to be asking questions of the batsmen and yesterday they weren’t able to do that. But all is not lost just yet. Jason Holder has got to try and rally the troops and get them back on track. They started well in this tournament and are still in there fighting. Bangladesh are up next on Monday and they are no pushovers – they beat the West Indies twice in a Tri-Series very recently, have beaten South Africa in this tournament already and made a very good fist of chasing down a huge total against England. It’s a must-win clash for both sides – Bangladesh will be feeling very good about their game and it’s up to the West Indies to stand up and be counted.
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