Ravi Rampaul wants to restrict Pakistan in region of 250 in first innings
West Indies fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 to less than 250 runs in their first innings, in order to enhance their chances of clinching the series.
Both the teams are up against each other in a two-match Digicel Test series in the Caribbean. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 is currently leading the series 1-0 with the second Test in progress at the moment at Saint Kitts.
The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first on a batting track.
However, their batsmen could not make best use of the conditions and they were reeling at 180 runs for the loss of six wickets at the close of play on day one.
Rampaul, who took three crucial wickets at the start of the Pakistani innings, said that the pitch is suitable for batting but it had some http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lachlan-G-Oswald-Jacobs-c72095 in it in the initial stages of day one. The fast bowler said that he always knew that he has to give early breakthroughs
to his team so that Pakistani batsmen do not run away with the show.
He said, “The pitch here is usually ideal for the batsmen. In past matches it has always been a batting track, but it had some extra moisture in the morning and I was able to get the ball to bounce and carry. I knew I had to use whatever little advantage
we had in the wicket. I got the result we were looking for as a team”.
“We knew from the start it was going to be a good pitch for batting but in the back of my mind I was thinking maybe we could get them for something in the region of 250”, Rampaul added.
The Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 low scoring rubber.
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