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HEADLINE: Pollard wanted more fight from team in heavy loss to Australia

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2021-07-22 13:41:25 

West Indies captain, Kieron Pollard, has urged the team to show more fight on the back of a disappointing loss to Australia to open the ODI series between the teams on Tuesday.

For his part, Pollard, who only just returned to the team, made a battling 56.  In an innings where four batsmen were dismissed without scoring, the captain could have used more of that grit from the rest of the team.

“I was disappointed with our overall batting performance, not being able to chase down 250 from the position that we were in,” Pollard told members of the media.

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dayne 2021-07-22 13:55:27 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

The WI batters were still stuck in the T20 mode, they were not mentally prepared for the change.