Important week ahead for West Indies as T20 World Cup qualifiers loom

Two-time T20 World Cup champions, West Indies will be playing at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 qualifiers. Fresh from a 2-0 defeat against the might Aussies, the Nicholas Pooran-led side will play Scotland on October 17, and according to Pooran, the team will be ready to put on a good showing.

“An important week coming up for us. As a group we are trying to understand how we want to play the cricket here in Australia and get accustomed to the conditions here, and I think as a group we are doing well in terms of putting our ego aside and trying to work towards our team plan and we will be ready for the World Cup Qualifiers,” Pooran said after the defeat against Australia.
West Indies showed fight in the opening T20I against Australia when they lost by three wickets, but in the second match which saw the men in maroon drowned by 31 runs, saw a high percentage of dot balls. Pooran disclosed that the batting, especially in the middle overs, failed the West Indies. However, the skipper credited the bowling which was led by Alzarri Joseph’s 3-21 from four overs.

“Tough to lose. Well played to Australia. They played better cricket than us. (178), it was a gettable total, the bowlers did an extremely good job, especially pulling it back in the end and giving us that momentum going into our innings. But the batsmen failed us again today after getting a good start. In the middle over we faltered and we paid the price in the end,” Pooran posited.
West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed Mccoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, Shamarh Brooks. (Brandon Corlette)