No-ball incident sparks West Indies!
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|| CF Correspondent ||
West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite said his side was motivated by the no-ball incident as they felt they need to reply in befitting way.
The visitors then went to clinch the game by 50 runs to seal the series by 2-1 and thereby avoided a complete sweep of the series.
Despite a whirlwind start by Evin Lewis, who smashed a 36 ball-89, West Indies tasted a collapse half-way through the innings and were bowled out for 190 in 19.2 overs.
Bangladesh also made a rapid start and were on course of gunning down the total by amassing 50 runs inside three overs after which the no-ball incident happened. Keemo Paul and Fabian Allen then responded quite superbly to spark a collapse and Bangladesh finally were wrapped up for 140 runs in 17 overs.
Brathwaite latter said how the incident fuelled them to clinch the game.
“The decision was to stay on, fight on and finish the game. But I also asked the match referee for five minutes that our team can get their head around playing a cricket game, forget the debacle that has just happened, get past the event and let us just finish the remaining 16 overs,” he said.
“Thankfully it was allowed. It gave me the opportunity to speak to my teammates. It was us versus everyone else. I was the only person who spoke in that huddle and then everyone started to chime in, everyone said we have to win this game, we have to fight for this. And then you can see what happened afterwards. The first overs were Jekyll and the last 10 or so were Hyde. It was big from the “inexperienced” group of guys, and I think we can keep them together, teach them how to be professionals, I think we will do well in cricket.”
“We were 88 in the Powerplay. It goes to show that if we have positive intent to back your ability to play good cricket shots, you can end up with massive scores in the first six overs. As a bowling unit we were under the pump a bit. But what was most impressive was how we kept our resolve after everything that happened. How we came back out, settled ourselves and then it was bang bang – wickets kept falling. It was a top team effort by all the players involved. It was not easy to be 60-odd in four overs, when you feel everything is going against you. Then just flip the switch to continue as professionals. For a young group of guys who are often talked about playing bad shots or bowling the wrong delivery because of inexperience, I think they showed the character. I must congratulate a fantastic bunch of young players. They are inexperienced at this level but with a lot of maturity and heart.”
