‘We did not need to win’ – Daren Sammy bemoans West Indies’ sloppy catching

West Indies dropped Sikandar Raza twice, first on 1 after which on 7, with the batter profiting from these reprieves to change into the highest scorer within the recreation with 68 off 58 balls. In all, West Indies shelled 4 catches; Alzarri Joseph was answerable for creating three of these probabilities.

“Extremely disappointed. At the toss, we got to do what we wanted to do, which is to bowl first,” Sammy stated at his post-match press convention. “Look, if we continue to display this type of fielding – we’ve spoken about it for the last few games – and if you keep giving the opposition’s best batters chances, eventually the cricket gods will catch up with you.

“And it did with us at the moment, however [a target of] 269 on that floor… Again, these are the issues we’re attempting to vary. We’ve seen it occur previously earlier than and the course that I would like this crew to maneuver ahead…Today was actually poor and it is about taking accountability and we did not do this at the moment. And therefore we did not need to win in any respect at the moment.”

“To be sincere, an excessive amount of is on my thoughts proper now,” Hope said at the post-match presentation. “I do not know if I can clarify it however [there is] definitely plenty of damage and disappointment. But the match just isn’t over as but. Catches: plain and easy. We created probabilities. We at all times ask the bowlers to create probabilities they usually’re simply doing that however we’re not supporting them within the discipline like we must always after which with the bat once more. Like I stated, if we had 260 to chase earlier than the day’s begin, we might’ve been pleased with that.”

“I inform them, who desires to get a ticket has to come back and purchase that ticket on the ticket workplace. At the second, a few of us usually are not shopping for that ticket for that practice to maneuver on.”

Coach Daren Sammy desires extra from his facet

West Indies were among the pre-tournament favourites to qualify for the World Cup in India along with Sri Lanka, but their defeat to Zimbabwe has now jeopardised their chances of progressing to the main event later this year. West Indies dropped two points, which they could’ve carried forward to the Super Sixes (two points are carried forward for each win against other teams that qualify from your group – Zimbabwe and Netherlands in West Indies’ case), but Sammy insisted that it wasn’t the end of the road yet.

“I would not say it hampers [our qualification] nevertheless it makes it harder,” Sammy said. “You’d love to enter the Super Six with 4 factors. We knew from the time we left dwelling that this recreation would’ve been crucial to us. And once more, like I stated, the best way we have performed… I saved telling the blokes that we saved on profitable video games [by] not enjoying our greatest cricket. Today once more, we requested a lot of ourselves. When you placed on a show of fielding like this and you then get your self in a superb place and take the sport as a right, the cricket gods will make you pay and that is precisely what I’m going to inform them within the dressing room. We didn’t need to win, and we didn’t play to win at the moment and now we have now plenty of work to do – firstly to get to the Super Six and tackle the opposite groups that we face.

“We’ve made our road to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 a bit more difficult, but I don’t give up on anything. I’ll keep encouraging the boys and challenging them to be better because the trend I’ve started here is going to be moving. And I tell them, who wants to get a ticket has to come and buy that ticket at the ticket office. At the moment, some of us are not buying that ticket for that train to move on.”

Daren Sammy: ‘No time to cry and take into consideration loss to Zimbabwe an excessive amount of’

So, how can West Indies transfer on from this chastening defeat and put together for the very important conflict in opposition to Netherlands, who’ve additionally made it to the Super Sixes, on Monday?

“Probably best to have the day off tomorrow, to be honest, to throw everything out and we need to get it out of our systems,” Hope stated. “And then come hard again come Monday because we know we have our work cut out for ourselves now and know exactly what is required.”

Sammy additionally backed West Indies to get their mission again on observe in opposition to Netherlands. “We have to be in that game as quickly as possible. I’m thinking about how I’m going to approach the guys in the dressing room,” he stated. “But look, there’s no time to cry and think about it too much. We got to get our positive mindset and game face on and do it again on Monday.

“Monday turns into crucial for us and we are going to have a look at the squad and mixture and we are going to provide you with the most effective one to exit and win the sport. We is not going to take this [Zimbabwe] victory as the tip of the street. I’ve a powerful feeling that this West Indies crew will bounce again. Sometimes, you simply want a superb wake-up name to make you perceive and recognize the chance we have now right here.”