Windies going all out to win Test Series – Sammy
WICB media release - Monday, July 23rd, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Sammy and Windies players celebrate
The West Indies are set and ready to make the switch from the white ball to the red ball as they gear up to face New Zealand in the Digicel Test Series. The Windies are confident following their domination with the white ball in the two-match Digicel T20 Series and five-match Digicel ODI Series.
They will now look to slow down the tempo but increase the intensity as they prepare for two Digicel Test matches, the first of which bowls off at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Wednesday at 10 a.m. (9 a.m. Jamaica Time).
Captain Darren Sammy made it clear his players will look to maintain the “momentum” gained from the “positive results” in the limited-overs matches. He added that the team is focussed squarely on a series victory to end this year’s international home campaign on a high note.
“We haven’t won a (Test) series at home for a long time. We’re playing some good cricket at the moment and we will go into this series looking to win,” Sammy said on Monday. “We showed encouraging signs when we played (at home) against Australia back in April and we want to show that we are growing as a team.
“We had six of our guys playing for the President’s XI against New Zealand last weekend so everyone is in shape. Roach came back, he got wickets and bowled well; Chanderpaul played very well; Deonarine got a hundred and Fudadin looked quite good, so we will go into the match with confidence. The key is that our guys have been playing. Today we had a good training session, so everyone is preparing well for Wednesday.”
Sammy said it was good for the team to have the experience of opener Chris Gayle back in the line-up to bolster the batting at the top of the order. The 32-year-old is preparing for his 92nd Test match. He has an impressive record of 6,373 runs at an average of over 41 runs per innings. The powerful left-hander has scored 13 Test centuries, including two memorable triple centuries.
The Windies also have in their 13-man squad Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who is ranked at Number 2 in the International Cricket Council’s Test match batting rankings. As he approaches his 38th birthday, the youthful looking left-hander has an amazing record of 10,290 runs at an average of over 50 – including 25 centuries – in 142 Test matches.
“It is very exciting to have Chris back. I know he is looking forward to being back out in the white clothes. Not just Chris, but Shiv, who is always ready for battle, and everyone in the team. We are eager to get started on Wednesday. With Chris coming back, we have the experience at the top of the order; we can see off the new ball and put up some good totals on the board. You would back our bowlers to come and get 20 wickets for us.”
Meanwhile, New Zealand captain Ross Taylor is optimistic his team can turn things around in the Tests after going under in the ODIs and T20s. They were also made to work hard by the West Indies Cricket Board’s President’s XI in the three-day warm-up match which ended on Sunday.
“We got what we wanted out of the warm-up game. We got two bats (innings) and the bowlers had a good run out. We came away with a draw. We hadn’t played with the red ball for a while so it was good to spend some time in the middle,” Taylor said.
The captain said experienced left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori will be the trump card in the bowling department. He took six wickets against the President’s XI.
“You can’t pay for experience. Vettori showed what a class player he is during the three-day match and will be handful on that wicket against what is a good West Indies team. We will need to bowl well against their left-handers.”
The two teams will have training sessions on Tuesday at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Tuesday as they look ahead to the start of the match on Wednesday.
West Indies Squad: Darren Sammy (captain), Denesh Ramdin (vice captain), Adrian Barath, Tino Best, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Assad Fudadin, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Kieran Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels
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25 Comments
why are they keeping out Shane????same attitude these darn selectors have since from Irving Sh/ford days……small islanders they call us….boooh
They are taking us back to the days when the West Indies was just Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Shane needs to forgot them and sign up to play for some other team that will appreciate his service. Obviously, the West Indies team doesn’t appreciate what they have.
We in Da should know that by now.
Don’t worry, when they are down in the dumps again they will come back to Da for revival.
can any one explain to me clearly..Why isnt Shane Shillingford playing? 10 wickets in a match wasnt good enough? WTF?
Here’s my 11:
Gayle
Powell
Samuels
Chanderpaul
Deonarine
Russell
Thomas
Sammy
Shillingford
Narine
Roach
Sure, quibble with one or of two players here and there but not to have Shane on the team is plain CRAZY. He strengthens the tail; you can count on him for a good 25 – 30 runs. With Shillingford on one end and Narine on the other, the Kiwis wouldn’t be able to score any runs – and wickets will tumble. Roach can penetrate but the other quicks can be expensive. The selectors would do well to correct this glaring mistake for the second test.
Narine is by far a better bowler than shane lets be factual on that so far.
take the game against the aussies in Dominica yes he took 10 wickets,it didnt cause or make windies win the match,they lost by 75 runs thats for 1, plus he took ten wickets for almost 200 runs, means he was not economical at all..
those are the facts the selectors look into..
a spinner is required to stable things if he isnt getting wickets, Narine has shown that ability and treat in the recent ODIs,IPL and Regional Competition here in the Caribbean.
Narine is younger, once Narine cant win matches for the Windies he will soon be sidelined those are the facts..so its time folks look at things widely and stop rushing to cast judgement
Also the fact from being a small islander comes into play in the insularity in windies institutions so again folks need not be surprise.
History must always be something that is used to measure trends and legacies.
It didnt surprise me “AT ALL” Dominica does not Command that Level of Respect at the Board Level
Even though Dominicans support the games Held in their island look at the arguments that were in the air prior to the match when Dominica was called in…
So folks in Dominica need to look at all angles..
Just the Facts of Windies Cricket..sounds harsh but thats the Truth!
you mr.Mid wicket,,i got 4 letters for you ,,,STFU!
You are so right. Facts are facts we just have to get on with it…
Yes they scored almost 200 runs on him but how many overs did he bowl. and that 200 runs was over two innings. Shane is from a small island and thats it. He dominated the regional competition and still performed well for the west indies when called upon. The mystery spinner wasnt looking so mysterious in England was he. Bishoo was ahead of Shane and we all know that Shane is a much better bowler than Bishoo. Small islanders still have to prove their selves while big islanders just need ppl to start saying they should be on the West Indies Team. Thats why i stop supporting West Indies.
Your idiot what has Shane done to you.
Taking 10 wickets for 200runs, is extremely good. Do you know then his strike rate per wicket in this match?
DNO you have issues with my first comment which was before those two posted. I say let those lazies get their act together before and during the games.
Stupes Oh la sa?!!!. My advise to the team. Three weeks before the games and during the games drink no rum. Exercise Plenty, a cold shower and to Sleep after the game from 9pm – 6am. Do some Yoga even to relax the muscles. Have oats with soya milk for breakfast and a Serious Dominican Broth for Lunch – Smoked fish with lots of cabbage to pass the gas freely. Then they can talk about winning. Your so-called advisors get so much money and non of them can even offer you this little bit of advise?!!!?? Unless they’re just interested in the deposits to their account.
Lets see what pans out…Windies are still a up and down squad they play in spurts…have potential but lack the guts to be tough mentally thats the Key!
Just look around and the Top Teams see their structure and overall mind set…Folks must look at things deeper and expansive not get easily excited as many do!
Our Present Structure here in the Caribbean has not shown that level of vision..and Caribbean Folks are not known to be Tough to hold Institutions accountable for the Performances…
Stupes Oh la sa?!!!. My advise to the team. Three weeks before the games and during the games drink no rum. Exercise Plenty, a cold shower and to Sleep after the game from 9pm – 6am. Do some Yoga even to relax the muscles. Have oats with soya milk for breakfast and a Serious Dominican Broth for Lunch – Smoked fish with lots of cabbage to pass the gas freely. Then they can talk about winning. Your so-called advisors get so much money and non of them can even offer you this little bit of advise?!!!?? Unless they’re just interested in the deposits to their account.
Windies winning this!
A man takes 10 wickets in a match against Aystralia and just took a 5fer against New Zealand and he is left out for someone who has not taken one test wicket yet. West Indies not ready yet!!!
Let’s go for this home series victory. Take it easy. Protect your wickets and score big. Win Windies Win!
A man takes 10 wickets in a Test Match against Australia.a five fer against New Zealand and he is dropped for someone who has no test wickets boy Windies not ready yet,no way!!
Yea mr SAMMY beat a team that is higher ranked than ur team, playing new zealand is nothing special, west indies is 6 and new zealand is half a dozen….same damn TING!!!!
where is our boy shano
So happy for you guys …Keep up the good work!!!!
I’m in with you GUYS…..just play professional cricket and my pressure will have no reason to go sky-high.Help me stay kool….just win!
Dear Leader Sammy & the Windies team I support you all but I must blast the West Indies selectors for the injustice done to Shane Shillingford.
Utter rubbish West Indies selectors!! Shillingford has done nothing wrong to have been unceremoniously dropped from the test squad. The guy only recently took 10 wickets in the test match vs Australia and in the WICB President XI warm up vs New Zealand over the past weekend, he took 5 wickets in the only innings of the match he bowled.
But bcuz of the sensationalism & media over-hype of dat so called ‘mystery’ spinner – Sunil Narine – the selectors just fast-track him into the test team ahead of the incumbent ie Shillingford.
Absolute utter rubbish I say!!! Utter rubbish!!!
Plz don’t give up Shane!
what happen to Shillingford..why didn’t he made that Test team ?
What about Shillingford? Why his name isn’t mentioned?. He took 5 for 77 against the same players.SHAME ON YOU ALL !
WEST INDIES CRICKET IS TO INSULAR AN IT HAS TOO MUCH POLITICS.
man wat a ting eh non of the Bravo’s in
@ u dont no – Big Bravo aka Dwayne Bravo has been out of the test team bcuz of lack of form when it comes to the longer version of the game.
Baby Lara aka Darren Bravo was injured on the recent tour to England and apparently he has not fully recovered from that injury as yet.
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