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Must dig deeper game1/5/2024 ![]() ![]() New CPL franchise to be based in Antigua and Barbuda for 2024.The West Indies’ next T20I assignment will be a three-match away series against Australia from February 9-13. For us Caribbean players, we’ve been playing on bad wickets for such a long time so we know how to play on it,” he added. Once you put them on the good wickets, they’re very good but when the pitch starts assisting the bowlers, it becomes a little bit tricky for everyone. “We realized something with the English batters. Because they are such a quality team, if they get familiar with conditions they will be difficult to beat,” he said. All they need to do is get familiar with the conditions. “England is a world class team and they have world class players to come into their squad so that is always going to boost them. Powell also heaped praise on opponents England, noting that the reigning World T20 Champions have an excellent chance of defending their title next year. Hopefully, over the next few months we can sharpen up and get those areas sorted,” Powell said. Two games back to back where England beat us badly as a bowling unit. “I think we are prepared but we still have areas we need to sharpen up, especially our bowling. Powell added that he feels like his side are well prepared for next year’s T20 World Cup but mentioned that there’s still work to be done, particularly in the bowling department. For the last two games they scored 70 in the powerplay to totally write us off," Powell said. Yesterday we sat in our team room and tried to have some one on one discussions with the guys to try our best to come up with collective plans to control him. "It was very important for us to control him. He made 38 on Thursday to finish the series with 331 runs. Salt hit hundreds in both the third and fourth T20Is. He especially credited his bowlers for keeping player of the series, Phil Salt, in check. After England came back in the series and put us under pressure, I think the guys responded like champions,” Powell said in a post-match interview. The hosts then held their nerve to reach 133-6 with four balls to spare, securing another series win under Powell’s leadership in international cricket’s shortest format. The West Indians first restricted the English to 132 all out in 19.3 overs, their lowest score of the series. The West Indies won the first two games of the series relatively comfortably before England produced a pair of magnificent batting performances to tie the series heading into the Thursday’s decider. West Indies T20I Captain Rovman Powell praised his team’s ability to perform under pressure to secure a 3-2 series victory over England on Thursday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. So we should be well prepared to give a better showing in the second ODI.” “We have seen their bowling attack and somewhat of their batting. ![]() But, that being said, we have already seen what is there to come at us, so we have no excuses in the second ODI,” he said. Probably a bit of (lack of) application as well. "It probably might have boiled down to not having the experience playing against a team that is well experienced. However, Joseph believes the lack of experience should not be an excuse for mediocre performances. The West Indies fielded six debutants in Wednesday’s match all of whom struggled with the bat. We have to play harder, dig deeper and push the Bangladeshis all the way. “Everyone knows exactly what they need to do. If we lose this game, it's the series,” Joseph said. This game is even more important than the last one. It is really important for us to come in. Everyone is pumped up to give a better showing in the second ODI. The Antiguan believes that for the West Indies to level the three-match series, it was imperative that everyone on the team, raises their game. In reply, Bangladesh scored 125 for 4 from 33.5 overs to take the early series lead. Batting on a tricky pitch, the West Indies were bowled out for 122 with only Kyle Mayers, who made 40 and Rovman Powell, 28, making any scores of note. ![]()
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