Ramdin concedes he played part in middleorder collapse

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CMC) — West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin has conceded that the regional side’s batting was left exposed by his failure and that of veteran middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul during the just ended Test series against South Africa.

Ramdin’s concession comes as West Indies slumped to their seventh straight series loss to South Africa, losing the third Test by eight wickets at Newlands yesterday.

“Everyone expected Shiv and myself to get some more runs. Shiv has been doing it for the past six or seven years that I have been around,” said the West Indies skipper, who has not been able to build on the form he showed over the last two years.