Kemar Roach hopeful of making a strong comeback in the series – Cricket News Update
The ace West Indies pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758, hoped his side would bounce back in the second One Day International of the five match series scheduled to be played at Vizag on Friday, December 2, 2011.
The 23-year-old Barbados pacer, who was disappointed after his side failed to finish the game despite getting under India’s skin with the ball in their 212-run chase in the series opener at Cuttack.
The West Indies' fast bowling spearhead rued they could have won the game had they put a challenging total on the board. However, he said they would learn from their mistakes in Tuesday’s game and come back strongly.
"We are not blaming anyone,” said Roach while talking to the media reporters after his side’s one-wicket defeat to India. “We will go back to the dressing room and hope to come back fresh in the next game."
After putting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in to bat, the Indian bowlers restricted the tourists to 211 for 9 - thanks to Darren Bravo’s pugnacious 60, laced with six lofty boundaries.
Keeping in view their impressive record at Cuttack, Indian batsmen thought it would be a walk in the park for them, but the Kemar Roach led Windies attack made the hosts take it seriously as they were soon struggling at 59 for 5 in the 12th over,
thanks to Kemar Roach’s quick three-wicket burst, which saw the home side losing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737.
Replying to a query regarding his own bowling in the match, Roach said: "It was good to get three wickets. I did my job pretty well today. But to win a match is the most important part.
"You got to adapt to a situation as quickly as possible. As I said we would have been better off with a few more runs. On a good pitch, with quick outfield it was just not enough," he added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s fight back with an 83-run partnership for the sixth wicket as Virender Sehwag’s men won the match by one wicket in the penultimate over. Roach also praised Sharma, calling him a very responsible player.
The second ODI of the series will be played at Visakhapatnam on Friday December 2, 2011
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