T20 WC 2022: WI Coach Phil Simmons Reveals The Reason For The Loss To Scotland
T20 WC 2022: WI Coach Phil Simmons Reveals The Reason For The Loss To Scotland, Simmons said after West Indies’ 42-run loss to Scotland in the opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Monday, batsmen should come forward.
Did A Good Job Of Limiting:-
The West Indies bowlers did a good job restricting Scotland to 160/5, which looked great to bat on.
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Pacers Alzarri Joseph and Jason Holder shined with the ball, picking up a wicket each, and proved economical too.
However, the batsmen were not up for the job as they lost their half for just 69 runs. Holder tried his best to revive his innings with his knock of 38 off 33 balls, but the Caribbeans were eventually bowled out for 118 with nine balls to spare.
The batsmen let the team down in the Post-match Press Conference:-
West Indies coach Simmons said his bowlers worked hard but the batsmen let the team down at the post-match press conference.
“I think you can see it – disappointed. I think our batting, at least today, was definitely a little unprofessional,” Simmons said.
The 59-year-old further said that the West Indies batsmen were poor with their shot selection in the match and they didn’t play according to the situation at all.
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We are doing well for the Last One Year:-
“As I said earlier, the bowlers are doing a great job. We have been doing well for the last one year. So he was expected to come back after that. So I think he did a great job,” he said.
“We need to beat Zimbabwe. I think that’s the first step as we go forward. When we’re back here at this time on Wednesday, we’ll be thinking very differently about all the things we’re going through.” You talked about.”