Windies aiming to avoid 0-3 defeat: Dwayne Bravo – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379, vice-captain of the West Indies squad, has stated that the team’s primary aim is to avoid a 0-3 defeat as they go into the final ODI of the ongoing 3-match NatWest series, due to be played at Headingley in Leeds on June 22.
“I wasn't here for the Test series but obviously I am here now and to lose the ODI series, I am very disappointed. We have a very good team and I think we should have given a better showing of ourselves,” Bravo said.
“So that will be our focus and our aim, to try and win the last game and try and avoid a three-nil,” he added. “I think that should be our aim at this moment.”
After a 2-0 defeat in the Test series, the Windies went into the limited-overs leg of their tour of England with renewed confidence, with both players and head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358 insisting that their line-up for the ODIs was far stronger than the Test XI.
In addition, the inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, who was returning to the national squad after a period of fifteen months, boosted the team in a major way.
However, the ODIs saw the Windies continuing their dismal losing streak, as the team failed to fire. The first match ended in a massive 114-run defeat – the biggest the team has ever suffered at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597,
who made his way up to 126, the Windies were later unable to register any individual scores above 56 (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401). In addition, hard-hitter Gayle was absent from the playing XI owing to a late injury.
The second ODI saw the Jamaican all-rounder returning to the squad, but the match held a similar fate for the visitors. After their batsmen managed to post 238 on the board, the Windies’ bowlers were unable to defend the total, and received another drubbing,
this time at the hands of England skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 (112).
The third ODI offers the team a last chance to salvage their pride and end the series on their terms. The one-day series will be followed by an only T20I, after which the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 for a comprehensive tour involving 2 T20Is,
5 ODIs, and 2 Tests.
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