Watson admires Xavier Doherty’s outstanding talent – Cricket News Update
Australian stand-in skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at the Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St. Vincent.
Set a chaseable 205 to win, the hosts crumbled under the spin threat of Doherty, who after being clobbered for three sixes in his first over by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804, came back strong to dismantle the Windies batting line-up by ending with impressive match figure
of 4-49 – helping his team to record a convincing 64-run victory.
“There's no doubt Xavier's improved, he's just developed his cricket over the last five or six years and now he's got a number of different game plans that he can go to depending on the situation of the game,” said Watson.
The stand-in skipper further praised the spinner and regarded him as a useful campaigner, who is ready to give his all for the team's cause. Also Watson further claimed that the player has the ability to change the game on its head.
"If things don't go exactly right, he's always got another way to try and be successful like he was today and provide those four wickets at a really crucial time to make sure we did have enough runs on the board," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326, who is leading the team in
the absence of injured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978.
The 29-year-old initially came as a replacement for the injury prone off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/NM-Hauritz-c2122. He made an impressive ODI debut against Sri Lanka, where he picked up 4 wickets and since remained a constant feature in the limited-overs side.
Despite http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758), Doherty had a mediocre time with the ball, where he claimed a total of 9 wickets, in 11 matches, at 45.55. He remained economical throughout
the competition, but his inability to provide his side with timely breakthroughs caused many to question his place for the on-going Windies tour, especially with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Michael-Lyon-c78822 in the ranks.
The promising spinner however, silenced such doubts in the series’ opener and will now look to maintain such rhythm through the course of the limited-overs contest.
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