Darren Sammy fancies his side’s chances against England – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in their first Super Eight match, commencing at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele on Thursday.
Darren Sammy led Caribbean side entered the Super Eight stage courtesy their superior net run-rate, after their final group match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 was also a rain-affected one, which they lost by 17 runs under the Duckworth Lewis method.
On the other side of the coin, England blew hot and cold in the group stage, as they crushed minnows http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jos-Buttler-c1733 (11) and Jade Dernbach (12) could manage to enter into double figures, while the rest of the line-up fell for scores inside 8.
Spinners caused the maximum havoc to the English line-up, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla sharing six wickets between them.
Sammy said that they have closely watched the video footage of England’s capitulation against Indian spin attack on Sunday and would look to capitalize on title holders’ weaknesses come the Super Eight opener on Thursday, September 27.
"It's a very important game for us. We do fancy our chances against them,” said Sammy while speaking to media reporters after the washed out match against Ireland. “We watch them play last night, we have enough footage on them. Judging from what we saw the other day, we have got some quality spinners and I am confident that they will play their part in the match against England," he added further.
The other two teams in West Indies’ group are hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754. Sammy said that after rain-ruined league fixtures they need to start afresh, going into the Super Eight stage.
"Now that we have qualified, we need to start again and think it from the very first game," said the Windies skipper adding, “We just need to continue improving as the tournament progresses."
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