Well, the one-day­ers are well un­der­way and the West In­dies has con­vinc­ing­ly lost the first two match­es.

How­ev­er, one im­por­tant in­gre­di­ent that was very no­tice­able in these two match­es as com­pared to the way the WI team played in the World Cup is "com­mit­ment." Per­haps the boys did not have the fire­pow­er to bowl out the Pak­istani "strong­men" nor the dex­ter­i­ty to ne­go­ti­ate the Pak­istani spin­ners, but they must be giv­en cred­it for their pos­i­tive ap­proach to the game.

The field­ing has def­i­nite­ly tak­en an up­ward swing for the bet­ter. This is some­thing we have not seen in the WI camp for a very long time. Now that that very im­por­tant in­gre­di­ent has been re­stored the guys just have to work a lit­tle hard­er in the bat­ting and bowl­ing de­part­ments.

The bat­ting is very cru­cial in this ver­sion of the game since it is ei­ther putting up a good score for the op­pos­ing side to chase or chas­ing a to­tal (of­ten an im­pos­ing one) to win the match. Tak­ing all ten wick­ets may not be of great im­por­tance in ODIs. So, with the next match to­day on a very good bat­ting pitch at the Kens­ing­ton Oval in Bar­ba­dos, it is best of luck to the new-look West In­dies team.

WKS Ho­sein

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