Sammy hails Marlon Samuels – Cricket News Update
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy, on Monday lavished praise on in-form middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 for his impressive unbeaten half century during his side’s 18-run win over Bangladesh in the lone T20 International of their month-long trip to sub-continent.
The 31-year-old Samuels’ unbeaten 85 off just 43 deliveries was at the fore of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401 (24) quite early.
In reply, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877’s 64 not out, propelled the hosts to an insufficient 179 for one in their stipulated 20 overs.
While speaking to media reporters after the 18-run win, Sammy said that Samuels’ dazzling knock last night reminded him off the World T20 final against Sri Lanka in Colombo, where the Jamaican batsman played a stellar 78-run knock to help the Windies post a defendable total, despite lacking support from the other end.
"The way Marlon was playing that innings, it surely reminded me the game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758," said Sammy at the post-match press conference. "This was our first game after the victory and we won. We won, that's all we had to do."
"We have guys who can be match-winners for us every day. It is good to see Marlon do well after two years out of international cricket. He has been brilliant for us," he went on to add.
Sammy also admitted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, who made 166 runs in ten innings across all the three formats on the tour. However, he was confident the big hitting Jamaican star will regain form soon.
"They managed to keep Gayle quiet throughout the series, something that not many teams have done in his career," Sammy said, adding, "They executed well against him ... Chris will come back as he is a world-class player."
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