Ottis Gibson wants more application from the batsmen – Cricket News Update
West Indies’ coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, but feels that the situation could have been much better if his team had not lost too many wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 and company scored 243 runs on the first day of the match for the loss of nine wickets.
Majority of the Caribbean batsmen were looking good but they failed to convert their starts into big knocks, which is always required in the longer version of the sport. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 was an exception as he remained
unbeaten on 87.
The number one ranked Test batsman of the world is a role model for the younger batsmen, who are refusing to learn from their mistakes.
Gibson is happy with the scoring rate but understands that his batsmen have lost an opportunity to put the English team under pressure. The former fast bowler knows that his team could have been in a commanding position, had the batsmen
applied themselves a bit longer.
"We battled hard to 240-odd. That's not a bad score for us but maybe a couple of wickets too many. Two hundred and forty-three for four or five would have been an excellent day but 243 for nine we've lost a few too many, let's be
honest,” he said.
The young left-handed batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 looked in fine touch before he ran himself out. Gibson is of the opinion that to get run out in Test cricket is criminal because there is no need for quick runs. The coach is devastated
because he feels that Bravo should have taken the responsibility as one of the premier batsmen of the team. The middle-order batsman scored 29 runs off 74 balls before throwing away his wicket.
Gibson added, "You never like to see run outs in Test match cricket and that run out hurt us a little bit because Brav was starting to look set and look really good and Shiv and Bravo are the two form players in our line-up."
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