Ramdin wants Red Force batsmen to fire against Canada
TT RED Force captain Denesh Ramdin is counting on his batsmen to convert their starts, when his team aims for their third straight win in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Super50 Cup.
The Red Force will play Canada at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair from 2 pm, today. The Red Force defeated Windward Islands Volcanoes by 75 runs on Wednesday, before getting past Guyana Jaguars on Friday by 35 runs both at the Oval. The powerful Red Force batting line-up has failed to set the tournament on fire so far, as only Nicholas Pooran has shown form with two half centuries.
Ramdin wants more productivity from the top order. After the victory over the Jaguars Ramdin said, “We could do better with one top-order batsman batting right through the innings and not getting bowled out especially on this wicket. Responsiblity is important for one of the top five, top six batsmen to do that and not leave it for eight, nine and 10.”
The Red Force skipper said with players such as Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Kyle Hope and himself, he knows they have the potential to be stronger with the bat.
“I am happy with the result, but I think we can do better with the bat. We are a better batting team than we are showing at the moment and (in the) bowling we could limit the extras to probably 10, 12. It could have cost us tonight (Friday), but thank God it didn’t and we are going to grow from strength to strength,” Ramdin said. Red Force gave away 29 extras including 16 wides against Jaguars.
The Red Force will play Canada at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair from 2 pm, today. The Red Force defeated Windward Islands Volcanoes by 75 runs on Wednesday, before getting past Guyana Jaguars on Friday by 35 runs both at the Oval. The powerful Red Force batting line-up has failed to set the tournament on fire so far, as only Nicholas Pooran has shown form with two half centuries.
Ramdin wants more productivity from the top order. After the victory over the Jaguars Ramdin said, “We could do better with one top-order batsman batting right through the innings and not getting bowled out especially on this wicket. Responsiblity is important for one of the top five, top six batsmen to do that and not leave it for eight, nine and 10.”
The Red Force skipper said with players such as Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Kyle Hope and himself, he knows they have the potential to be stronger with the bat.
“I am happy with the result, but I think we can do better with the bat. We are a better batting team than we are showing at the moment and (in the) bowling we could limit the extras to probably 10, 12. It could have cost us tonight (Friday), but thank God it didn’t and we are going to grow from strength to strength,” Ramdin said. Red Force gave away 29 extras including 16 wides against Jaguars.
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