Windies A Coach jubilant over his young team’s victory - Cricket NEWS Update
West Indies A coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Henderson-Winfield-Da-Costa-Springer-c62255, was a satisfied man on Wednesday after his young team clinched the three-match Digicel ‘unofficial’ Test series against a strong India A team, after a decisive 10-wicket victory at Beausejour Cricket Ground.
Windies quick http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 powered his way to reach the winning target in just 67 minutes of play on the final day. The home team coach, who had been
in charge of the A team programme for the last three years, praised his team and attributed their achievement to hard work.
"I am very, very happy. We are all very happy because we can now celebrate our achievements. The players can get the rewards from their efforts and the people who support http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 cricket also have something to celebrate,” said the jubilant coach. He
said that among many good things that they did in the last three weeks, the best thing was winning.
The hosts were under pressure when they lost a nail-biting first match to the visitors by 2 wickets at Bridgetown. But they made a strong come back in Kingstown, inflicting a heaving 125-run defeat to the tourists. The decider was in St Lucia and the match
was throughout controlled by the Caribbean side as they never looked like losing their grip, finally winning emphatically by 10 wickets.
Windies’ bowling department had made a visible difference in the series between the two teams, never allowing the opposition to make a comeback at any stage, after losing the first match. Earlier, acknowledging the fact, that his opponents had a much experienced
side with a very strong batting lineup, the Windies coach was hopeful that his boys had the talent and vigour to defeat them.
"If you look at where we came from, before the first match a lot people put their money on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 A to beat us, but we played with quality and common sense to win two matches by significant margins. We lost by two wickets in the first match but we saw the
signs of progress and we progressed nicely," said the coach after the victory.
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