http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 upbeat ahead of must-win encounter vs. Ireland – Cricket News Update
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy on Sunday insisted that the 17-run defeat at the hands of Australia in the rain-curtailed World T20 opener has not affected his side’s determination ahead of their second and final group match against Ireland.
Riding on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. But it could not prove to be a winning tally after downpour stopped
Australia’s innings at almost halfway point. Heavy showers forced the match umpires to call off the game and turn to the Duckworth Lewis method to decide the outcome of the game. Australia, who were 100 for 1 in 9.1 overs, won the match by 17 runs under D/L
method, to earn a place in the Super Eight Stage.
The Windies now face a must win situation going into Monday’s match against the semi-professional Irish outfit, who have a reputation of killing giants at world cups. The winner of tonight’s match will proceed to the Super Eight stage
the tournament.
Sammy was confident of confirming a spot in the next round by beating Ireland tonight.
"We just have to win against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751, and we believe we can beat them. We have to, in order to qualify to the Super Eights. That's what we intend to do on Monday," said the St Lucia all-rounder at the pre-match press conference on the
eve of the crucial encounter.
"The game against Australia is in no way going to dampen our spirits. We have good belief in our camp. We just have to come up and execute our plans better with the ball," he added further.
Though Sammy was confident of beating Ireland, he warned his side against complacency when playing the giant-killers in a crunch game.
"We are not going to take Irish for granted. We have seen how they have played over the last three years and we are definitely not going to take them for granted," insisted the Windies skipper.
In the 2010 edition of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 had bowled out the semi-professional Irish for just 68, and Sammy hoped to emulate that performance on Monday night.
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