West Indies' youngsters come of age?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:54 pm
The time invested in the likes of Devendra Bishoo, Kirk Edwards, Kraigg Brathwaite, Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo, that they were given the space to do their own thing, has paid off for West Indies
West Indies have won a Test series away from home for the first time in eight years, the previous occasion being the heart-stopping 1-0 win over Zimbabwe in 2003. After several upheavals, changes in leadership, player strikes, suspensions and a dearth of trophies, it fell to a young team to give Caribbean cricket a rare sniff of success.
Of course, the 229-run win in Mirpur left captain Darren Sammy pleased no end. "The positives from this tour have to be the way the batsmen went about their business. Not just putting the runs on the board, but also spending time at the crease," he said. "It feels really good to win. We left home hoping to play well, we achieved our goal. We always knew we were in for a challenge, with the way Shakib [Al Hasan] and Tamim [Iqbal] batted especially." Read full Story
West Indies have won a Test series away from home for the first time in eight years, the previous occasion being the heart-stopping 1-0 win over Zimbabwe in 2003. After several upheavals, changes in leadership, player strikes, suspensions and a dearth of trophies, it fell to a young team to give Caribbean cricket a rare sniff of success.
Of course, the 229-run win in Mirpur left captain Darren Sammy pleased no end. "The positives from this tour have to be the way the batsmen went about their business. Not just putting the runs on the board, but also spending time at the crease," he said. "It feels really good to win. We left home hoping to play well, we achieved our goal. We always knew we were in for a challenge, with the way Shakib [Al Hasan] and Tamim [Iqbal] batted especially." Read full Story
