Sunil Narine credits T20 series win over Kiwis to team effort – Cricket News Update
The promising West Indies off-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, has credited his side’s 2-0 T20 series whitewash of New Zealand to team effort.
While speaking to media persons after a series clinching 61-run thumping of a depleted Kiwi side, Narine shared that it was a great team effort, with both the batsmen and bowlers contributing in the victory.
"I have to say it was a great effort by everyone in the team… It was a good weekend for us in the team and the fans in the stands as well," the Trinidadian was quoted as saying by the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
"In both matches the batsmen put up good scores and gave me runs to bowl at, so I knew the onus was on me to get the ball in the right areas and once I did that, the ball would work for me," he added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 a 56-run thrashing in the series opener at Lauderhill, Florida, on Saturday, June 30, and went on to seal a 61-run win in the second and last T20 International of the series played at the same venue, the next day,
to make a clean sweep of the T20I doubleheader.
Narine, the mystery spinner, who was a revelation in the fifth edition of the money spinning Indian Premier League in April-May this year, returned with figures of 3 for 34 in Saturday’s match, while claimed startling figures of 4 for 12 in Sunday’s encounter.
"I was happy with my three wickets (on Saturday) but I felt I went for too many runs… so I made sure I got it right today (on Sunday)," said the 24-year-old Trinidad spinner, who finished the two-match series as the leading wicket-taker, bagging seven wickets
at an impressive average of 6.57.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 are now scheduled to play the Blackcaps in a five-match One Day International series at home, commencing at Kingston on Thursday, July 5. The two outfits will also play two Tests at Antigua (July 25 to 29) and Jamaica (August 2 to 6).
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