WI vs IND 1st ODI: West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran-led team’s biggest concern is their batting, Former West Indies cricketer and ace commentator Ian Bishop opens up about those concerns.
ODI and T20 series:-
The Nicholas Pooran-led side may face India ahead of the ODI and T20I series starting July 21.
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In a conversation with Niharika Raina, the 54-year-old revealed what Windies coach Phil Simmons meant to bat the full quota of 50 overs.
Bishop said, “The coach was absolutely right when he identified the main concerns. The concerns are priorities; batting is final. If I can just preface and say, why batting?
To reflect on some of the work done by Ben Jones in his seminal work, where he identified England going into the 2019 World Cup.
Helped win the World Cup in five-six editions:-
He identified that the main thing that helped the teams win the World Cup in the last five-six editions was batting power. So you are not reducing the worry of bowling.
This is a batting line-up that is young, so they are not as experienced as others as some of them are still learning their trade.
So, the errors are coming from one or two areas: being impatient enough and what is the role of someone like Shai Hope, who averaged around 50 points for a long time?
When he is at his best, his role is to bat deep in the overs so that others can play around him.
Patience is a key in the series:-
Bishop also talked about the mindset of the Windies batsmen and how patience will be an important factor in the series for them.
“The other thing is a mindset and an understanding that you can be patient enough. And still rely on, what I call, defensive abilities when you have tough situations to get through that phase and capitalize on the end.
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So, patience and one or two guys in that top three playing that extended batting line-up. And allowing other guys to bat around them in this line-up.
