Estwick says T20 World Cup squad nonetheless wants work

Regardless of West Indies’ win of their first warm-up match forward of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup which begins in just below per week, assistant and bowling coach Roddy Estwick says the squad nonetheless has some work to do.

West Indies registered a snug 17-run win over minnows United Arab Emirates on the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Monday.

“Any sport that you simply go into you need to win and also you need to try to plan correctly and execute these plans correctly. There are nonetheless one or two areas that we have to work on,” mentioned Estwick after the sport.

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“We misplaced some early wickets; we didn’t assess the circumstances as you prefer to.”

Nevertheless, Estwick acknowledged the polished half-century from Brandon King and an incisive spell of bowling from Raymon Reifer that handed the two-time World Cup champions the warm-up win.

The trendy King led the batting with 64 off 45 balls with seven fours and two sixes, serving to West Indies to put up 152 for 9 from their 20 overs after they have been despatched in.

“He continues to enhance and that’s a great factor. He has an urge for food for large runs. We’re taking a look at phases for every batsman and if you take a look at Brandon’s phases, it goes from first over down to twenty, so you already know that he’s very, very able to making massive scores,” Estwick mentioned of King who went in at quantity three.

“…. He seems in good contact and hopefully he’ll proceed proper all through the collection.”

Reifer was launched into the bowling assault when left-hander Yannic Cariah was struck on the correct hand by a rising supply and retired from the sport.

West Indies at the moment required a charge of seven.5 runs per over, and Reifer acquired the ball to swing each methods together with his left-arm medium tempo, taking three wickets within the house of 11 balls as UAE innings went into speedy decline.

Estwick was not stunned at that efficiency.

“With Raymond, you already know what you’re gonna get – you’re gonna get one hundred pc each time…. Raymond has by no means let anybody down as a result of he’s such a decided and hardworking man, you already know, so that you’re clearly completely happy for him when he does nicely,” he mentioned.

The assistant coach was additionally happy that captain Nicholas Pooran was capable of rating 46 off 31 deliveries. The skipper and King had rallied the innings in a 95-run, fourth wicket stand.

West Indies will stay in Melbourne the place they’re scheduled to have their second warm-up match in opposition to the Netherlands on Wednesday night time on the MCG.

From there, the Caribbean males who’re in Group B of the match will journey to Hobart, Tasmania for Spherical One during which they’ll face Scotland on October 17, Zimbabwe on October 19, and Eire on October 21.

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