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Windies want to show strength against Afghanistan on Monday
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Monday, September 17, 2012
COLOMBO—West Indies will look to get much needed preparation in the middle when they come face-to-face with Afghanistan today in their final official warm-up match ahead of the ICC World T20 tournament. The Windies suffered a nine-wicket defeat in the first warm-up game against Sri Lanka last Thursday at the Nondescripts Cricket Club. In that match they were without captain Darren Sammy, batting ace Chris Gayle and key allrounder Marlon Samuels. However, this experienced trio is expected to line-up against the Afghans. The match will be played at the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at the P Saravanamuttu Oval.
Sammy said the Windies will be looking for clinical performances in all departments as they prepare for the opening tournament match against Australia next weekend. “It’s the last warm-up game before the tournament starts so everybody will be looking to fine-tune and be match-ready for the tournament. We see this as a very important game. As you saw, Afghanistan scored over 200 against Sri Lanka A so it should be a good chance for us to prepare ourselves,” Sammy said.
The skipper acknowledged that the Windies are superior to the Asians “on paper” and hoped that they could demonstrate it on the field of play. He noted that everything will be geared towards next Saturday night when they face Australia at the R Premadasa Stadium in Khettarama. The Windies were kept indoors yesterday as heavy rain accompanied by thunder forced them to cancel their afternoon training session. The players instead held a gym session, planning meetings and video analysis sessions.
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