Michael Clarke feels West Indian cricket is on the rise – Cricket News Update
Australian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, praised the West Indies cricket team for taking the tourists to the edge in the three match Test series, which concluded with a game at Windsor Park, Dominica, on Friday, April 27, 2012.
Clarke feels that Windies cricket is on the rise and it is only a matter of time before they’ll take on the top ranked teams again. The Australian skipper believes that the Caribbean contingent has come far under the stewardship
of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358.
Praising the young West Indian team for fighting head to head with the Australians, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 said, “It has been a lot of hard work, West Indies pushed us hard, they have come a long way under Darren and Ottis, I think West Indies
cricket is on the rise. It's been a long summer, and today tops it off.”
Sammy also shared the same views as his Australian counterpart. The medium-pacer was pleased with the resilience showed by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 team during the tour. Sammy however, blamed Windies' batting for the defeat.
“For the last year, our batting has been letting us down. We did a lot of good things in the series, we knew it was going to be tough against Australia, and they won the key moments,” said Sammy. “Proud of the guys as they showed
the never-say-die spirit, and looked forward to improve. The future looks good for West Indies, we just need to continue what we have been doing.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, during their tour of the West Indies, played five ODI’s, two T20’s and three Tests. The ODI and T20 series ended in draws, however, the Aussies managed to clinch the Test series 2-0.
In the third and final Test, the hosts were set a target of 370 by the Australians. Chasing a gigantic total, the Caribbean contingent crumbled to 294 runs, thus losing the match by 75.
The West Indies cricket team now faces another daunting task, as they travel to England for a series comprising of three Tests, three ODI’s and a solitary Twenty20 match. The tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 will kick-off with a Test match at Lord’s
from Thursday, May 17, 2012.
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