LONDON, England – West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has known as on his group to attract on their previous experiences and resilience following a heavy defeat against England within the first Take a look at of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series at Lord’s.
The Caribbean group suffered a crushing innings-and-114-run loss after England’s Gus Atkinson delivered a outstanding efficiency, taking 12 wickets within the match and giving the hosts a 1-0 lead within the three-Take a look at sequence.
The West Indies’ batting efficiency was considerably missing, with the group being dismissed for low scores in each innings. After shedding the toss, the Windies managed solely 121 runs of their first innings. England capitalized on this, posting 371 in response. The guests fared no higher of their second innings, being bowled out for 136 simply earlier than lunch on the third day.
Nonetheless two Assessments remaining
“For me to the boys [the message] is usually: issues is not going to all the time go as deliberate,” Brathwaite advised reporters after the match. “Additionally, we got here to win the Take a look at, and it didn’t occur. However [there are] nonetheless two Assessments remaining on this sequence, and we nonetheless have six Assessments remaining for the 12 months, so it’s all a build-up.”
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Brathwaite burdened the significance of resilience and self-belief transferring ahead. “We are able to’t consider that due to this [England] win, we’re out of it or something. We’ve received to dig deep, we received to maintain believing and hold stressing on it. It’s simple to surrender. It’s simple to say, ‘properly, I can’t get it carried out,’ however we received to maintain believing and hold supporting each other.”
Not one of the West Indies batsmen managed to attain a half-century, and their general efficiency was marred by carelessness and poor shot choice. They didn’t bat for 50 overs in both innings, which Brathwaite acknowledged was a big disappointment. “We disenchanted ourselves with the bat,” he admitted. “Simply over 100 runs batting first, you’re behind the sport. With the bat, we didn’t come to the occasion in any respect on this sport, and with the ball, we nonetheless might be higher. However it’s a optimistic that we bowled them out.”
We all know the place we went fallacious
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He continued, “It must be an all-round efficiency. The batters, together with myself, have to return to the occasion and make West Indians proud. Batting first, you need to put runs on the board within the first innings particularly. We all know the place we went fallacious. We all know the place we could be higher. My factor for the group is to remain mentally robust. It’s Take a look at cricket. You undergo profitable durations, you undergo robust durations, however you simply received to be sturdy and consider in your capability. You bought to consider that one thing is across the nook. Simply hold doing the fitting issues. And every part will work out.”
Regardless of the loss, Brathwaite identified some positives, notably the group’s capability to bowl England out. “We received 10 wickets,” he famous. “We did bowl them out albeit [for] 50 to 60 runs too many. With the bat, we received three guys that received 20-odd, they batted for near an hour, if not an hour. We caught decently as properly.”
Recalling their earlier sequence in Australia, Brathwaite emphasised that bouncing again from a troublesome begin isn’t new to the group. “We’ve all had some unhealthy reminiscences, we’ve all had glimpses of doing nice stuff on this degree,” he stated. “That’s what I name expertise. That’s the place expertise is available in. Jason Holder has been nice sharing his and I’ll proceed to do it. As I stated, we simply received to dig deep down. Keep mentally robust.”
The West Indies might want to regroup shortly as they put together for the second Take a look at at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, beginning on Thursday.
