Poor decision-making has cost us: Ottis Gibson – Cricket News Update
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“If you look at how much work has gone into the two Test matches, how much good stuff we've done, one session or sometimes one-and-a-half session of poor decision-making by batsmen, and bowlers sometimes as well, has cost us at crucial times,” he observed.
Gibson allowed that the team had performed remarkably considering the fact that most of them were unfamiliar with the conditions in England, and observed that their morale was still high, despite having suffered two consecutive Test defeats. However, he maintained that it was not brief flashes of brilliance, but consistent performances, which could enable the West Indies to avoid a 3-0 whitewash by the world’s top-ranked Test team.
“When you look at the way we bowled on the third day [of the second Test] at Trent Bridge to get eight wickets for 169 runs, [that was] was excellent,” he said. “But to challenge the number one team in the world you have to deliver that excellence more consistently and that's where we have been falling down.”
The West Indies, long considered a struggling side which has been languishing among the teams at the bottom of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625’s rankings, features a host of young, inexperienced players, as part of the management’s plans to re-build a new side in time for the 2015 World Cup. However, the downsides of a developing side have been apparent as the team has fluctuated in terms of performance.
The first Test saw the tourists posting 243 in their first innings, and coming forth with an improved performance in their second innings, scoring a total of 345, to set the hosts a 191 target. However, their bowlers were unable to restrict the English batsmen, and they conceded a 5-wicket defeat at Lord’s.
The second match held a similar fate for the visitors, as they went on to suffer a nine-wicket defeat, after setting a target of 108, which the hosts chased down easily, at the expense of just one wicket.
In addition to team displays, individual performances have also remained erratic. Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 (87*, 91, 46, 11).
With the third and last Test scheduled to be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham from June 7 to 11, the tourists will be looking to up their game and salvage their pride, in order to deny their opponents the satisfaction of a 3-0 victory.
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