West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite stays optimistic that his group will profit from their latest whitewash by England once they face South Africa subsequent month.
England completed a 3-0 series sweep, culminating in a 10-wicket victory within the third Take a look at at Edgbaston on Sunday.
The West Indies have little time to replicate on the teachings from a difficult sequence, which included an innings and 114-run defeat at Lord’s and a 241-run loss at Trent Bridge. They may start a two-match Take a look at sequence at dwelling towards the Proteas in Trinidad on August 7.
The problems that plagued the group all through their tour of England resurfaced at Edgbaston. Regardless of lowering England to 54-5 of their first innings, the hosts recovered to publish a complete of 376. Mikyle Louis and Kavem Hodge each made second-innings fifties for the West Indies, however no different batsman managed greater than 12 in a complete of 175 all out, with quick bowler Mark Wooden taking 5-40.
24-ball fifty
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Needing simply 82 to win, England captain Ben Stokes scored a fast 24-ball fifty, treating the West Indies tempo assault with disdain.
“It was a tricky sequence, for certain,” Brathwaite admitted. “We didn’t present sufficient self-discipline with the ball… We allow them to off the hook too many occasions and so they scored too shortly.”
The 31-year-old opener, with 92 Checks below his belt, additionally critiqued the West Indies batting line-up, together with himself. “Batting-wise, we didn’t get sufficient second-innings runs within the final two Take a look at matches,” Brathwaite mentioned, after being dismissed for a duck within the second innings at Edgbaston. “Total, we simply didn’t persistently carry out with each bat and ball all through the Checks.”
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Nevertheless, Brathwaite is assured that the fast turnaround to the South Africa sequence might be helpful. “That’s good, I prefer it,” he mentioned. “Now we have the prospect to play two extra Take a look at matches towards a robust assault. It’s about studying from this expertise and transferring ahead.”
Uunfamiliar with English circumstances
England wanted solely 10 of the scheduled 15 taking part in days to finish the whitewash. The West Indies, lots of whom had been unfamiliar with English circumstances, had only one warm-up match towards a modest County Choose XI.
The disparity between cricket’s financially wealthiest and poorest red-ball groups was evident, as three main West Indies batsmen — Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, and Rovman Powell — had been concerned in England’s home Hundred competitors as a substitute of the Take a look at sequence.
The lone century for the West Indies within the sequence was Kavem Hodge’s maiden Take a look at hundred (120) at Trent Bridge. “We had a number of gamers reaching 50, but when two or three had transformed these into a whole lot, we’d have been in a a lot better place,” mentioned West Indies coach Andre Coley.
Coley discovered solace within the efficiency of Mikyle Louis, who scored 57 within the second innings, marking his maiden Take a look at fifty. “There have been cases the place we actually stood up. It’s about replicating that and displaying a degree of bravery,” Coley added.
Because the West Indies put together for his or her upcoming sequence towards South Africa, Brathwaite and his group are targeted on making use of the teachings realized from their expertise in England to enhance their efficiency.
