http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-Julius-Garvey-Sammy-c52468 blames poor bowling for Twenty20 defeat against India
The dejected West Indian skipper, Darren Sammy, has blamed poor bowling in the death overs for his team’s humiliating 16-run defeat at the hands of India in the one-off Twenty20 International (T20I) at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Saturday, June
4, 2011.
The tourists notched a convincing triumph in an exciting T20 contest and started their tour on a winning note. Having been asked to bat first, the Men in Blue, with help of thrilling 71-run partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Rohit-Sharma-c80557, posted
a challenging total of 159 in the given 20 overs. Indian side collected 72 runs in the last five overs which eventually helped visitors to reach an imposing target.
In response, Sammy and company went down by 16 runs despite a fine batting show by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 who scored 41 and 27 respectively.
Sammy admitted that the bowlers gave away 20 extra runs in the last few overs which helped the tourists http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pile-c82289 up a winning total.
"We gave away 20 runs too many. We allowed them too many boundary-balls. We gave them over 70 runs in the final five overs," said Sammy.
Commenting on his team’s not-so-impressive batting performance, the skipper added, "When chasing such a competitive total, there is no way you can play so many dot balls and still expect to win. We hope it would improve. We do practice a lot but then it
comes down to belief in the middle. We now have batting coach in Desmong Haynes and I expect things to improve.”
Furthermore, the flamboyant all-rounder expressed his concerns over the suitability of the Oval wicket for International cricket. He spelt out that him and his coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358, had communicated their apprehensions over using the under-prepared wicket
but no one paid any heed to their reservations.
The Windies are now scheduled to meet http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the first One-day International (ODI) at the same venue on Monday, June 6, 2011.
Sammy is hoping that the conditions at Port of Spain will improve in the coming days as the home side can’t afford to lose too many games.
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