http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 hopes for consistency from batsmen – Cricket News Update
West Indian skipper, Darren Sammy, is jubilant with his team’s performance in the first of the five-match One Day International (ODI) against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 at Jamaica and is confident that the boys will be consistent in future.
The Caribbean side won the initial match by a comprehensive margin of nine wickets to go 1-0 up in the battle. The home team outclassed the inexperienced visitors with both bat and ball and looked a far superior unit.
Sammy won the toss and elected to bowl first, putting the Kiwis under pressure, who could manage merely 190 runs in their allotted 50 overs for the loss of nine wickets. All-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 was the star of the show as he grabbed four scalps to bring
the Blackcaps down.
Chasing a mediocre target, the Caribbean men did not break a sweat, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 scoring unbeaten half-centuries.
Apart from praising http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 reiterated his satisfaction with the batting unit, which performed exceptionally to bag a nine wicket victory.
"Very pleasing (Russell's performance). For a long time we have been struggling with the bat, and it is nice to see us winning by nine wickets," the Caribbean skipper expressed,
Over the last 16 months, Russell has emerged as an all-rounder with extra-ordinary potential and many former cricketers believe that he can be a genuine match-winner in the years to come. However, he has been a touch inconsistent recently, but the team management
will be looking at him to deliver the goods with the new ball regularly.
Russell believes that the decision to bowl first worked well as the pitch assisted fast bowlers in the first hour of the match.
The all-rounder said, "I knew how important this game was. It was my mom's birthday, I gave her a good surprise. The wicket tends to have some moisture in the morning, we had to keep it tight then as it gets a little flat in the middle overs."
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