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Birmingham<\/strong>: In-form batsman Marlon Samuels says he owes his recent success against World No.1 England to a new patient attitude, especially in the challenging bowler-friendly English conditions.<\/p>\n

The right-hander stroked a top score of 76 on the third day of the final Test at Edgbaston as the West Indies, sent in by England, batted all day to reach 280 for eight.<\/p>\n

“I am playing Test cricket, one-day cricket and T20. It’s a mind thing,” Samuels was quoted as saying by Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).<\/p>\n

“For me coming to England, the first thing I started doing was batting a lot of balls in the indoor (nets) and leaving a alone six, seven buckets straight so the mindset was to leave alone in the English conditions and spend as much quality time in the middle as possible.<\/p>\n

“That’s what I did in the practice game and the practice game gave me the momentum to come straight into the Test series.”<\/p>\n

Samuels arrived in England directly from the Indian Premier League and managed to make a quick transition to the longer format of the game.<\/p>\n

In his only warm-up game before the first Test at Lord’s, Samuels got scores of 32 and 44 against England Lions at Northampton, batting for an hour and 40 minutes on both occasions.<\/p>\n

Having returned to international cricket last year following a two-year ICC ban, Samuels said he had also been helped by playing regular cricket.<\/p>\n

“I am not doing anything different (in my batting). The difference is that I’m playing cricket consistently now. A lot of (stuff) has kept me out of the game for many different reasons so right now I’m just getting my time,” the 31-year-old said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been through a lot but I held out so I’m just enjoying myself. This is my time to enjoy myself. This is my time to shine.”<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Samuels faced 114 balls in just over two-and-a-half hours at the crease, counting 10 glorious fours and a six off over long-on off off-spinner Graeme Swann.<\/p>\n

While there was no definite plan to be more aggressive, Samuels said England’s attack – with leading seamers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad rested – had not been as testing.<\/p>\n

“There was no plan (to score quickly). In the first couple of Test matches, Broad and Anderson weren’t giving me as much boundary balls \u2026,” he noted.<\/p>\n

“This bowling attack is definitely giving me more shots to play so I’m just playing them.”
With the first two days of the contest washed out, the likelihood of a result in the game seems remote.<\/p>\n

However, Samuels held out hope that anything was possible<\/p>\n

“Cricket is a glorious game of uncertainties and I think we’ve put a wonderful total on the board, a challenging total so I guess we have to just bowl good areas and see how it goes tomorrow,” he said. (IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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