http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 skipper, Darren Sammy, conceded that Bangladesh were deserved winners of the five-match ODI series and lamented his side’s inability to build regular partnerships during the deciding defeat at Mirpur.
With the series enticingly placed at two apiece, both teams took the field for the final game at Dhaka in order to skate their claims on the series’ trophy. The tourists held ascendency to some extent after coming from behind to square the series but failed to put the final touches on an impressive year.
After being put into bat, the Windies’ much vaunted top order flopped yet again with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386, both of whom added 132 for the fourth wicket.
Pollard entertained the crowd with some impressive counter-attacking display and notched up a 74-ball 85, which included five fours and eight towering sixes. Bravo gave him ample support with a patient half-century but the innings again lost momentum following the wicket of Pollard.
His dismissal in the 32nd over allowed the Bengali Tigers to make a comeback and the hosts duly capitalized by taking regular wickets. Sammy followed couple of overs later, before the set Bravo and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 fell in the 41st over.
The eventual target of 217 always seemed in reach, and despite the hosts stuttering initially, patient displays from skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146 helped them record an impressive series’ triumph, their first major achievement of the year.
Sammy admitted that his side was outplayed by the opposition after another disappointing outing with the bat.
"We had a good partnership but we crumbled again," Sammy said. "We didn't capitalise on the Bravo-Pollard partnership. We then got early wickets but the difference in the game was the Mominul [Haque]-Nasir [Hossain] partnership. It came after the captain [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045] and Mahmudullah had a big partnership.
"We also didn't take our catches today. I dropped a crucial catch before that partnership developed. I'm a guy who believes everything happens for a reason, and I think they deserved to win the series."
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