BRIAN LARA IS CAUTIOUS
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - West Indies captain Brian Lara, though delighted with victory over Australia still feels there are areas of the West Indies game which needs addressing as the team moves into the final of the DLF Cup.
"There were a couple of errors that were a bit worrying," Lara told reporters at the post-game media conference after the Windies held their nerve for a three wicket triumph over the world champions.
"I think we did pretty well in the first 20 overs but Australia still had two recognized batsmen in (Michael) Hussey and (Brad) Haddin, we thought the score would be 175 or 225 but they batted well,” was Lara’s assessment after he himself led his team to victory with a stunning 87 from 80 deliveries.
“Our batting department had a hiccup as well but we've got some time now till the final and hopefully will get some good practice,” the 37 year old captain said after the Windies lost a clatter of wickets towards the end as they chased Australia’s 272 for 6.
Asked whether it was a concerted team plan to target Stuart Clark, the Australian fast bowler whose 7 overs went for a hefty 87 runs, Lara said it was not.
"Someone has got to go at some stage, and Clark happened to be the unlucky one, we knew we had to keep scoring at five or more runs an over throughout, we were a bit behind at the beginning and Chris (Gayle) accelerated in the middle overs," the left handed batting genius said.
Though concerned that the middle order once again fell down, Lara was confident that they will eventually come good.
"(Dwayne) Bravo took his time to get in and batted very well, the likes of Wavell Hinds, Dwayne Smith and Marlon Samuels have scored runs (previously), so I expect them to come good, their confidence is sure to grow and the guys will knit together and get things going for us," Lara said.
"There were a couple of errors that were a bit worrying," Lara told reporters at the post-game media conference after the Windies held their nerve for a three wicket triumph over the world champions.
"I think we did pretty well in the first 20 overs but Australia still had two recognized batsmen in (Michael) Hussey and (Brad) Haddin, we thought the score would be 175 or 225 but they batted well,” was Lara’s assessment after he himself led his team to victory with a stunning 87 from 80 deliveries.
“Our batting department had a hiccup as well but we've got some time now till the final and hopefully will get some good practice,” the 37 year old captain said after the Windies lost a clatter of wickets towards the end as they chased Australia’s 272 for 6.
Asked whether it was a concerted team plan to target Stuart Clark, the Australian fast bowler whose 7 overs went for a hefty 87 runs, Lara said it was not.
"Someone has got to go at some stage, and Clark happened to be the unlucky one, we knew we had to keep scoring at five or more runs an over throughout, we were a bit behind at the beginning and Chris (Gayle) accelerated in the middle overs," the left handed batting genius said.
Though concerned that the middle order once again fell down, Lara was confident that they will eventually come good.
"(Dwayne) Bravo took his time to get in and batted very well, the likes of Wavell Hinds, Dwayne Smith and Marlon Samuels have scored runs (previously), so I expect them to come good, their confidence is sure to grow and the guys will knit together and get things going for us," Lara said.
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