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West Indies captain Darren Sammy lamented his side’s recent batting failure against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on June 16, after the first ODI of the 3-match NatWest series resulted in a record 114-run defeat for the visitors from the Caribbean.
“It was pretty good wicket and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 played a very good innings but we backed ourselves to chase down the runs,” Sammy said. “But we didn't have enough partnerships and like Bell went on (for England), no one went on for us.”
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 won the toss and elected to field first, but the decision did not work in their favour, as their bowlers were unable to restrict the English batsmen.
Despite a promising start, which saw http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 on duck in the very first over, the Windies bowling attack was powerless in the face of Ian Bell’s massive 126 knock, and allowed the 30-year-old’s partnership
with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 stepped in to break it up in the 21st over.
England managed to post a daunting total of 288 on the board, and by D/L calculations, the target was reduced to 287 for the West Indies. However, the tourists were still unable to match the batting prowess of their hosts.
“We didn't get the runs,” Sammy observed. “We had a good start when (Dwayne) Smith and (Denesh) Ramdin gave us a solid platform but we kind of lost our way.”
The match had long been touted as the return of formidable batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 to the national side, after a 15-month hiatus, but the Windies suffered a last-minute disappointment, as the 32-year-old was ruled out of the match owing to a late injury.
The opening partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/D-Ramdin-c1299 was derailed by Ramdin’s
dismissal at the hands of Bresnan, the visitors were unable to recover.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501. The tourists eventually found themselves all out by the 34th over at 172, and after allowing England to take a 1-0 lead, face the pressure of a must-win
game in the upcoming 2nd ODI, due to be played at the Kennington Oval in London on June 19.
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