Fri, Dec 27, '13
There is trouble brewing in the West Indies camp in New Zealand, following the disappointing performances in the recently concluded test series against New Zealand, which was lost 0-2.
The T&T Guardian understands that several team meetings were held after the second Test debacle, where the West Indies batting succumbed easily and the West Indies lost inside of three days. At these meetings with coach Ottis Gibson and several other officials on the tour, a number of players were asked to openly give their feelings and thoughts. “Some of the players, particularly the batsmen were questioning the fact that the West Indies bowlers line and length were different to the New Zealand swing bowlers and this needed to be adjusted ahead of the third Test. It was felt that nothing was done by the coach to make the transformation by the bowlers. After the batsmen saw how badly the bowlers performed when New Zealand batted, it was a complete let down and it resulted in the gutless batting performance in the second innings.”
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Fri, Dec 27, '13
Captain of the West Indies One-Day International (ODI) team, Dwayne Bravo, has attributed the poor results in recent times to a lack of unity among the players.
Bravo was speaking to reporters after West Indies scored their first win of their tour of New Zealand, beating the home side by two wickets in the first game of the ODI series on Thursday.
Bravo, who was not selected for the three-Test series which the regional side lost two-nil, said he stressed the importance of unity in the lead-up to the first ODI fixture.
"Before we played the game, I really stressed on unity as the team was lacking in that lately, and hence the reason why we have been playing so poorly," said Bravo.
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