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.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Did he need to?

That truth was SELF Evident ...so now as CAPTAIN..man up and stop preparing speeches BEFORE the match is done.

In reply to powen001

Or notes.

Tests done. Hope you redeem yourself in the shorter
formats

The WI team tail-end begins at the persons batting after Chanderpaul. Hopefully Blackwood and Holder correct that issue.

In this series Shiv batted as if he were part of the tail!

Blackwood, for one, scored more runs-and at a better average than him-in one less game.

Another person 'batting after Chanderpaul', captain Ramdin,the wicketkeeper, scored the same amount of runs as Shiv so it is clear that Shiv was part of the problem of the frequent lower order collapses in this series