Windies looking for bigger scores against Canada

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 12, CMC – West Indies will look to further gauge their progress ahead of the World Twenty20 Championship when they face Canada in a One-Day International here Tuesday.

The regional squad played unbeaten against Ireland and the Canadians in Twenty20s over the weekend, but will use the longer version of the one-day game to enhance their preparation.

“It’s an international game and we won the last four we played, so we are expected to build on that,” stand-in captain Darren Sammy said Monday ahead of the clash at Sabina Park.

“We are expecting the Canadians to pose some challenge but we are confident that as long as we do the three basics – batting, bowling and fielding – right, I don’t see why we should not come out victorious.”

West Indies will want to place emphasis on getting their batsmen time in the middle, after low-scoring efforts in the weekend T20s.

In the first game against Canada, they managed just 130 from their allotted 20 overs and could only get 143 for eight against Ireland on Sunday.

Of note, key batsmen Shiv Chanderpaul (10 & one) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (five and two) were among those out of the runs, and they will be keen to get some against the Canadian bowling.

“It will be a good opportunity for the guys who miss out last weekend to get some runs,” Sammy confirmed.

Canada, who will be led by Ashish Bagai, will also get a chance to beef up their preparation for the World T20 Championship in what should be a good exercise for them.

SQUADS:

WEST INDIES – Darren Sammy, Lionel Baker, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Andre Fletcher, Wavell Hinds, Nikita Miller, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor.

CANADA – Ashish Bagai (captain), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Trevin Bastiampillai, Umar Bhatti, Khurram Chohan, Jawad Dawood, Parth Desai, Sunil Dhaniram, Nitish Kumar, Usman Limbada, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Zubin Surkari.