Last Update on: June 25th, 2023 at 11:55 am
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy said that his players did not take the responsibility to win the match for the side in their match against Zimbabwe. West Indies Chasing 269 to win lost the game by 35 runs as they were bowled out for 233.
West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first, They restricted Zimbabwe to a par total of 268. Sikandar Raza and Ryan Burl scored the fifties batting in the middle order to take Zimbabwe to that total. For West Indies, Keemo Paul took two wickets while Alzarri Joseph and Akeal Hosein took two each.
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West Indies displayed a disappointing batting display. Kyle Mayers top-scored with 56, while skipper Shai Hope (30), Nicholas Pooran (34), and Roston Chase (44) tried their best to get close to that score. The likes of Rovman Powell (1) and Jason Holder (19) failed to put their hands up when it mattered most for the side.
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Extremely Disappointed With The Loss: Daren Sammy
Windies head coach Daren Sammy said that the loss was a disappointing one as the players let themselves down on the field.
“Extremely disappointed. At the toss, we got to do what we wanted to do, which is to bowl first. Look, if we continue to display this type of fielding – we’ve spoken about it for the last few games – and if you keep giving the opposition’s best batters chances, eventually the cricket gods will catch up with you,” Sammy said at his post-match press conference.
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We Did Not Deserve To Win: Daren Sammy
He further said that despite getting to do what they wanted to do ending up losing the game was a disappointing effort from the side. Sammy further said he ended up losing the game.
“And it did with us today, but [a target of] 269 on that surface… Again, these are the things we’re trying to change. We’ve seen it happen in the past before and the direction that I want this team to move forward…Today was really poor and it’s about taking responsibility and we didn’t do that today. And hence we didn’t deserve to win at all today” he further said.
West Indies and Sri Lanka were considered as the two teams to make it through. However, Windies’ loss to Zimbabwe has now put their campaign in doubt. The West Indies play their last game against the Netherlands on Monday, June 28.
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