Clarke keen on improving team performance in second Windies Test – Cricket News Update
Despite their 3-wicket win in the first Test of the ongoing Frank-Worrell Trophy against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 has insisted that the team needs to improve
their performances in time for the second Test of the series.
“We need to continue to learn about the conditions here and make sure we start better, whether that be with bat or ball in Trinidad,” he said.
The Aussies went into their tour of the Caribbean after emerging victorious from the Commonwealth Bank series they hosted, against India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. The Windies, however, proved to be quite a challenge for the top ODI team, and the limited-overs leg of
the tour ended on two series draws.
The Test series commenced with high expectations on both sides. After a 4-0 whitewash of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on home turf, the Aussies were keen for a series win away from home, in addition to improving their Test team ranking, which plummeted after their Ashes defeat
at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, who ended up at the top of the table.
However, Darren Sammy’s men proved to be a tough challenge for the visitors, who struggled during the first three days of the match. The Aussie bowlers failed to contain the opposing batsmen during the first innings, as they went on to rack up a formidable
449. Struggling to keep up, the tourists went on to score 406 in reply, and only managed to turn the game around in their favour on the 4th day.
Despite the fact that they went on to win the match, they were fairly sloppy at times, having dropped seven catches during both of the home team’s innings combined, in addition to the fact that not one of the Aussie batsmen managed to score a century, with
Clarke (73) himself remaining the highest scorer for his side.
The second Test of the series is scheduled to take place from April 15-19 at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. With a pitch that is looking fairly spin-friendly, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 is convinced his team will need to be at their very best to tackle the
steadily improving home team.
“… on good wickets against a tough fighting opposition you can't afford to drop chances. We definitely have to improve in that area,” he stressed.
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