http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 thrilled with his team’s fighting approach – Cricket News Update
The West Indies’ skipper, Darren Sammy, is pleased with the spirit his team showed in the first Test match at Lord’s against England but wants his young batsmen to learn from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390, who once again proved to be a rock for the visitors.
Andrew Strauss won the toss and opted to bowl first on day one. The visitors were bundled out for 243 runs in the first innings before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 constructed a brilliant second-wicket partnership of 147 runs to put their team in complete
command.
Considering the sort of cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 has played since the last fifteen years, Sammy and company were expected to give up on the second day. However, the Caribbean boys fought back and bowled out the English team for 398 runs.
In the second innings, the visitors posted a competitive total of 345 runs on the board and did not allow the home team to run away with the show. Sammy’s men picked up five scalps in England’s last innings to put them under pressure, before the home team
chased down the total of 191 runs.
Even though West Indies lost the match on the last day, Sammy is extremely satisfied with the performance of his inexperienced team. The Islanders have shown immense improvement in the last 18 months and Sammy believes that his team’s positive attitude is
its greatest strength.
"We were quite pleased. We were told there were no fifth-day http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. And we had some good performances from
some of the players. We'll take that these positives into the next Test," the skipper said.
Sammy is pleased by the performance of the veteran left-hander, Chanderpaul, who scored half-centuries in both the innings and hopes that the rest of the batsmen will also raise their game in the remainder of the tour.
The all-rounder expressed, “He has done an excellent job for us at No. 5 and he continues to do that. I more want our batsmen to take a page out of his book.”
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