West Indies assistant coach Roddy Estwick admits that the ongoing tour of Bangladesh poses challenges in favor of an inexperienced tour, but believes that as an international team, they need to find ways to improve their performance. . He has urged his charges to do better against the hosts in the series finale ODI and gain confidence in the Test series to win at Dead-Rubber.
The West Indies suffered a massive defeat in the opening two matches of the three-match ODI series in Dhaka and are now hoping to overcome some pride in the last game of the series in a chatogram scheduled on 25 January.
“You want a good performance but you also want to win.” On Sunday (January 24) Estwick said that you want to see the batsmen do a good performance and the bowlers do a good performance, which will give confidence to the people of the Test match.
The team is in good spirits. Test boys are supporting 50-over boys. We are all in a bubble together. Whatever little advantage we get in the next game will be so important. Someone standing up and getting a big century or five wickets, just give us some kind of speed and confidence. Once you are not winning, confidence decreases. We are working very hard to instill confidence in the players.
We are having discussion and honest practice sessions. Players are trying, but for a lot of players, 50 overs is new to them, and Bangladesh’s conditions are even more foreign to them. But you can’t hide behind that; You are an international cricketer and you have to find ways to improve the overall performance of your game and team. ‘
Estwick said he expected more hostile conditions from the hosts in the last ODI. The visitors batted with the bat on both occasions and the pitch was slow.
“We had a practice session this afternoon. It looked like a better pitch in Dhaka. We are expecting bigger scores and better batting conditions. It is up to the players to believe in themselves, ” Estwick said.
“They are representing the West Indies, and you have to be proud to play for your country.” This is something you dream about. You wanted to play international cricket, you have been given a chance. Embrace that opportunity and fight tooth and nail for the West Indies, ” he said.
“If you have been following cricket for the last ten years, you will clearly see that it is a problem in terms of the score being put on the board in the 50-over game … but people are not getting the score Is, “So a lot of players are going into the unknown. They are not accustomed to big scores on the board. The teams are very comfortable with 220-240. We are trying to replace that.We are trying to see how we can increase the score. We are also looking at the 2023 World Cup, ”he said, adding that the disappearance of some key players proved too heavy for him.
Many prominent West Indian cricketers opted to skip the series for fear of health security. Even as the West Indies have lost the series with an inexperienced side, Estwick believes there are still ODI Super League points on offer, which adds value to the competition. “But when you have this type of disruption in Bangladesh, obviously it will be a challenge.” But we cannot hide behind that. We have to work with what we have here in Bangladesh.
We need to try to improve overall performance. Even though we lost the series, we still have ten points to play in the last game. Much better than we have done so far.
