Chief selector Roger Harper has also taken aim at the quality of the Kensington Oval pitch for the recent one-day series against Australia, but also conceded West Indies’ batsmen had also failed to make the adjustments required. The former West Indies off-spinner said the pitch had produced too much variation for a limited overs game, and it left the home side’s batsmen with an enormous challenge with which they never really came to grips.
“Coming to Barbados in the ODIs – different format, longer format – I think the team generally found the pitches a little challenging and didn’t adapt as well as they should’ve from a batting perspective,” Harper explained.
“They never really came to terms with the pitch and were not able to produce the sort of collective batting performance that was required.
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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Harper talks about players not adapting....blames pandemic, pitches and players......what about team management.... tactics ....team selection... should shed some light.....lost test series & t-20 to inexperienced and unsettled South Africa.... somehow scrapped in t-20 but lost badly in ODI against 2nd tier Aussie with makeshift Captain....till date poor performance against Pakistan in T-20..... Harper along with Simmons selects the squads....infact, they have created confusion and chaos among players by their selection policies....
In reply to Onionman0
Bunch of finger pointing going on....none of them have any clues
What the CWI should have insured was that the pitches were better prepared, instead of now blaming the players for not adjusting in public.
A poor tradesman usually will blames his tools
