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HEADLINE: Alzarri Joseph: West Indies 'have to play harder, dig deeper'

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2021-01-21 18:52:43 

West Indies can no longer think about their lack of experience if they are to beat Bangladesh at home. Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, one of the few members of this squad to have ODI caps prior to this tour, said that they now have enough information about the opposition and conditions to mount a comeback in the second game on Friday.

West Indies went down by six wickets after being bowled out for 122. Joseph gave them a steady start, before left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein showed that their bowling has the bite that their batting lacked.

Joseph, who went wicketless in his eight overs but was highly economical, said that the West Indies camp is very motivated to bounce back in the second game, knowing full well that another defeat would be the end of the series for them.

"It probably might have boiled down to not having the experience playing against a team that is well experienced," Joseph said. "Probably a bit of (lack of) application as well. But, that being said, we have already seen what is there to come at us, so we have no excuses in the second ODI. We have seen their bowling attack and somewhat of their batting. So we should be well prepared to give a better showing in the second ODI.

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VoopsandOut 2021-01-21 19:14:53 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Very shrewd comments from Aljo, especially the last one about ignoring the toss. Hmmm perhaps we should keep one eye on him for future captaincy.