BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie mentioned he was over his sickness and was targeted on serving to West Indies recover from the end line in opposition to hosts England within the third and last Take a look at of the present Richards-Botham Trophy Collection, beginning on Friday at Edgbaston.
The 29-year-old Guyanese withdrew on the morning of the primary day of the second Take a look at at Trent Bridge in Nottingham when he wakened feeling unwell. He was changed by compatriot off-spinner Kevin Sinclair for the match. The Caribbean facet misplaced by 241 runs inside 4 days to path 2-0 within the sequence.
Motie mentioned he was feeling a lot better due to fashionable medication, together with a widely known model of cough drops. He was disenchanted he couldn’t take his place within the facet after a notable efficiency within the first Take a look at at Lord’s, which West Indies additionally misplaced by an innings and 114 runs in three days.
“I used to be simply enjoying my position within the staff to present the quick bowlers a break and get wickets – and I did precisely that,” he mentioned about his bowling within the first Take a look at when he additionally picked up the scalps of England grasp batsman, Joe Root and captain, Ben Stokes.
“I loved that,” he mentioned about dismissing Root and Stokes. I believe they’re the 2 greatest wickets I’ve to my identify thus far in my profession.
“Everyone knows how good they’re. I put in quite a lot of work heading into the Take a look at match and was proud of my success thus far.”
Motie has taken 24 wickets at 20.83 apiece in six Exams. He has supplied Take a look at captain Kraigg Brathwaite an possibility for management when run-scoring will get out of hand—because it did throughout the second Take a look at—and he’s more likely to play within the coming match.
“I’m wanting ahead to this Take a look at,” he mentioned. “I do know we now have already misplaced the sequence, however there are a lot of causes I’m wanting ahead to this Take a look at.
“We nonetheless have the World Take a look at Championship to contemplate. We may achieve factors and see how far we are able to transfer up the desk.”
He mentioned: “I put in quite a lot of work after the Twenty20 World Cup heading into the primary Take a look at, and it’s good that the ball continues to be popping out of my hand effectively.
“Proper now, we’re it one recreation at a time. We have now this subsequent recreation [at Edgbaston], and that’s my focus, so we are going to attempt to go on the market and provides it our greatest shot.”
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