In the past we have let ourselves down in having a foundation, opines Jason Holder
Jason Holder feels that the team’s inability to build up a good start for the other batsmen to capitalize later on is what has kept them from being more successful in the fifty over format. He went on to talk about his two openers, the conditions and strategies for the upcoming match against India.
West Indies over the past few years have not been particularly successful in the longer of the white ball formats, as they currently languish in the ninth position in the ICC rankings. In the recently concluded World Cup, they managed to win only a couple of their games, finishing in the ninth spot only ahead of Afghanistan. While the bowlers did a decent job, it was the top order batsmen that usually failed to do what was expected of them.
"I think in the past we have let ourselves down in having a foundation. It's just a matter for us to take a few balls at first and get ourselves set and then we take it as the innings goes on,” Jason Holder was reported saying by Cricbuzz ahead of the second ODI against India.
Though the first match was washed out, the 13 overs that were played saw West Indies take away a major positive as Evin Lewis remained unbeaten on a well paced 40 off just 36 balls. The opener failed miserably in the T20 series and will need to retain his form for the remaining two matches.
“Definitely happy to see Evin get some time in the middle. He didn't get the runs he was looking for in the T20 format but it's good to see him get into form in Guyana and hopefully he can transfer that performance here as well," Holder said of him.
His opening partner Chris Gayle, in an uncharacteristic knock, scored at a strike rate of 12.9 in a knock of four runs. However, the Universe Boss has over 10,000 runs in what will be his 300th ODI if he plays on Sunday. He will become the first person from the Carribean to achieve the feat.
"300 games is a lot of games. Some of us in the dressing room can't even imagine that. We just hope he can get us off to a really good start tomorrow,” Holder said.
Rain poured down at the Queen's Park Oval during the training sessions of the two teams but the skipper hopes they get to play on a decent batting track instead of a rain afflicted one.
"It's normally pretty humid. The wicket is a decent one, hopefully the rain stays away and it doesn't get too soggy. The pitch is normally a very good pitch here. The conditions should be really good tomorrow. We've got to see how the pitch plays, but ideally in one-day cricket, 300 runs is the benchmark. We'll see how it all plays out tomorrow," Holder stated.
India over the past few years have had the dominant head over the Windies on the format and Holder is relying on his bowling attack to return to winning ways.
"We got to put pressure [on the batsmen] and try to get as deep into their batting line-up. The wickets nowadays are very good for batting. It tends to play a little bit more in the batsmen's favour. we've been doing a really good job, especially in the World Cup I thought our bowlers did a great job, and [we'll look to] just continue from there and just try to be consistent," he signed off.
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