Darren Sammy content with the outcome at Mumbai – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, the West Indian skipper, was content with the outcome of third and final Test match against India, played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. The tourist managed to salvage a draw on the final day.
The Mumbai Test was an enthralling one and went down to the last ball with India requiring two runs to win and two wickets in hand. However, on strike batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228, was able to score only one.
West Indies lost the Test series 2-0, but despite coming out second best, Sammy was pleased with the efforts put in by his boys in the match.
The medium-pacer believes that such games are good for the future of Test cricket, and said, “First of all, congratulations to India for winning the series. This match was a great advert for Test cricket - we have seen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746
v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and fought hard.”
The tourists were totally dominated in the first two games of the series by the hosts, but they showed great resilience in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820. The Caribbean batting contingent made up for their failures during the earlier phase of the series
by scaling a gigantic first innings total of 590.
However, the Indian spinners reigned supreme over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 batsmen in the second innings and dismissed them for 134 in 57.2 overs. Requiring, 243 runs to win from a mere 64 overs, the Men in Blue put up a valiant effort, courtesy
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 (63), but to no avail.
Sammy admitted that his side would have been demoralized, had they lost the game. The Caribbean skipper said, “I had all sorts of feelings coming into my mind. At one time, the feeling of a tied Test too came to my mind. I was
speaking to Kirk (Edwards) at covers and he said 'we can draw, we won't lose'. To lose the game after scoring 590 would have been heart breaking for us.”
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