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When it comes to potential match-winners, West Indies are undoubtedly blessed – but captain Jason Holder insists it counts for nothing unless they can deliver as a team.<\/p>\nWhen it comes to potential match-winners, West Indies are undoubtedly blessed – but captain Jason Holder insists it counts for nothing unless they can deliver as a team.<\/p>\n
The Windies were left frustrated after their opening ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup warm-up game against South Africa in Bristol fell foul of the weather with just 12.4 overs played.<\/p>\n
Despite the anti-climatic end after several false starts, there was still time for South Africa’s Hashim Amla to score another half-century alongside Quinton de Kock, who also finished unbeaten on 37.<\/p>\n
And while West Indies captain Holder would have liked his players to get more game time under their belts, he saw enough to learn some important lessons for challenge ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two batsmen played really well and the wicket played well.\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to make some slight adjustments in terms of our length as we were probably a little bit too short.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe offered a bit of width at times as well, so in these conditions where the ball doesn\u2019t do as much I just think we need to be as accurate as we possibly can in terms of line and length.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen we can try and create some problems there and I think if we can stack up some dot balls and stack up some pressure overs together, more often than not you get the wickets you want.<\/p>\n
\u201cAndre Russell is one of those guys who is really impactful, he\u2019s an impact player and he\u2019s a match-winner, so we expect guys like him to play a big role in our World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a matter for everyone to come together. We also have guys like Nicholas Pooran, Evin Lewis, I could go through a whole host of names in this squad who are potential match-winners.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just about us bringing it together collectively and us delivering an attractive brand of cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Africa will now turn their attention to their opening game of the tournament against England, while Windies face New Zealand in their second warm-up clash at the Bristol County Ground on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
And coming off the back of the Ireland Tri-Nation Series earlier this month, Holder is not concerned his side will be undercooked when they begin their Cricket World Cup campaign against Pakistan.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was not ideal today, but it\u2019s out of our control,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously it\u2019s a situation where we need to hope we get some cricket in in the next two days against New Zealand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m definitely not [worried about being undercooked]. We just came from Ireland and playing the Tri-Nations Series there, so we\u2019ve had a lot of cricket leading up to this.<\/p>\n
\u201cGuys have been playing IPL cricket and everyone was playing cricket leading up to this tournament, so I think we\u2019re all well attuned to the conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holder also stressed the significance of managing his players in the build-up to the tournament after some expressed surprise at seeing 39-year-old Chris Gayle out in the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cChris is definitely up for it and we\u2019re just trying to manage him over these two games, giving everyone a chance to get a hit out and a bowl,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of these things where we just try to keep everyone as fresh as possible. Chris is one of the guys who carries a bit of age and he\u2019s a senior guy within the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough we want him to be out having a knock in the middle, we still want to manage him in terms of his time spent on his feet as to everyone else in the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a situation where we are just trying to manage everyone and I think everyone is equally committed as they should be and we\u2019re just looking to start the tournament well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Courtesy: www.icc-cricket.com<\/p>\n
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When it comes to potential match-winners, West Indies are undoubtedly blessed – but captain Jason Holder insists it counts for nothing unless they can deliver as a team.<\/p>\n
The Windies were left frustrated after their opening ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup warm-up game against South Africa in Bristol fell foul of the weather with just 12.4 overs played.<\/p>\n
Despite the anti-climatic end after several false starts, there was still time for South Africa’s Hashim Amla to score another half-century alongside Quinton de Kock, who also finished unbeaten on 37.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n