http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 delighted to have squared the series – Cricket news
The West Indian One Day International (ODI) captain, Dwayne Bravo is delighted with his team’s performance in the second fixture of the five-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at Guyana and revealed that he wanted his batsmen to bat freely.
Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl first on a track that assisted the seamers in the opening match. The decision turned out to be the right one as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, the destructive West Indian opener, was sent back to the pavilion in the very first over
by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Irfan-c76983.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johnson-Charles-c69060 consolidated the innings for the home team, helping their side post a competitive total of 232 runs on the board.
The visitors failed to chase down the total and were bowled out for 195 runs in the 48th over of the innings.
While expressing his views after the match, the all-rounder admitted that his batsmen did not play with freedom in the previous match but admired the efforts of Darren, his brother, and Charles.
“We lost the toss and were sent in to bat, which is something we wanted to do. I wanted a change. I wanted the batters to go in there and free themselves, and score without pressure; that change in momentum worked for us,” said the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 captain. “We
lost Chris Gayle early, but the innings my younger brother (Darren Bravo) played with Johnson Charles laid the foundation for us.”
Darren scored 54 runs with the help of six boundaries before being bowled by Saeed Ajmal’s ‘Doosra’.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, who has looked a bit off-colour in recent times, rose to the occasion when his team needed him. The off-spinner picked up four wickets in the match after giving away merely 26 runs in his quota of 10 overs. He was named as the Player of the
Match for his outstanding performance.
“I just bowled a little quicker because on this pitch some were staying low and some were bouncing, so it was not an easy pitch,” Narine expressed.
The third ODI of the series is going to be played on Friday at St. Lucia.
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