Shivnarine Chanderpaul stresses importance of Test series win for Windies – Cricket News Update
In light of the West Indies’ steadily improving performances, veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 has stressed that a Test victory in the upcoming series against New Zealand is exactly what the team needs in order to top off what has been a successful
campaign against the Kiwis so far.
“It's very important for us,” said Chanderpaul. “We've been playing for a while now. We've had a couple of wins and it would be really good to go out and win this series. We've done well in the one-day series, in the T20 games. We've done well in those couple
of formats and it would be nice to crown it off in the Test series.”
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371 and Chris Gayle, owing to a variety of reasons. However,
under the leadership of captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, the team has recently rediscovered a competitive spark, and has shown an upward trend in terms of performances.
After ending an ODI series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s ongoing tour of the United States and the West Indies.
The limited-overs leg of the tour resulted in two consecutive series wins for a side that had yet to win a series against a top-level team since 2009. The T20I leg of the tour resulted in a 2-0 victory for the hosts, while the ODI series also went in their
favour, 4-1.
Another victory in the upcoming Test series could prove to be a fitting way to round off the tour, and the Windies have several players to bank on. In addition to batsman Chanderpaul, who is the second West Indian to have reached the 100,000 Test runs milestone,
the home team also welcomes back formidable batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869.
The 2-match Test series is due to kick off today, with the first match scheduled to be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua from July 25 to 29, while the second Test will be played in Jamaica.
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