Chris Gayle looks on to clinch the series against the Black Caps - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 has urged his team to seal the series when they face rivals New Zealand in the third match of the five-match One Day International (ODI) series at St Kitts on July 11.
The stylish left-hander had a word of caution for his teammates, claiming that a Kiwi fight back might just be round the corner and the hosts cannot show any complacency after they dominated the visitors comprehensively in the opening two games.
The Windies are leading the Digicel series 2-0 and a win in the third match would help them clinch it, and the Jamaican believes that his side has enough strength to thwart any opposition overtures.
“We have a good rhythm, we have a good thing going. We have a strong all-round team and we have executed our plans well,” Gayle said.
Earlier, the Kiwis made their intentions clear when they revealed their plans to target the wicket of the swashbuckling opener who has tormented their bowling attack in the ongoing tour.
Gayle has been in imperious touch and continued his form into the ODIs (63 and 125) from where he left it in the T20Is (85* and 53), and restricting the master-blaster has been one of the key failures of the tourists’ bowling attack.
However, the 32-year-old told the Black Caps that they should think twice if they believe that taking his wicket could solve their problems. The star batsman said that it’s not about just one individual as the hosts have a talented lot of match-winners who
can take the game away from any opposition on their day.
“When you look at the last home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401] got runs and Marlon [Samuels] scored a good hundred,” the former
Windies captain said.
“We can’t take them (New Zealand) for granted. They might have a few injuries and a few experienced players might be missing, but they still have some quality players in their team.
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Earlier, the hosts had already defeated the visitors 2-0 in the two T20Is played at Lauderhill in Florida, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759.
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