{"id":3315,"date":"2019-03-12T09:21:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=3315"},"modified":"2019-03-12T09:21:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:21:54","slug":"no-shame-despite-t20-whitewash-holder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/12\/no-shame-despite-t20-whitewash-holder\/","title":{"rendered":"No Shame Despite T20 Whitewash \u2014 Holder"},"content":{"rendered":"

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) \u2014 <\/strong>Skipper Jason Holder says while West Indies’ batting was a huge disappointment in the Twenty20 (T20) series, it could not overshadow the massive strides made by the Caribbean side during the overall tour against England.<\/p>\n

West Indies crumbled for record lows in the two final T20 Internationals here at Warner Park to suffer comprehensive defeats, and ultimately, a 3-0 series whitewash.<\/p>\n

But with the Windies \u2014 written off by pundits before the tour \u2014 stunning England 2-1 in the three-Test series to regain the Wisden Trophy, and coming from behind in the one-day series to earn a 2-2 draw in the five-match rubber against the world number one side, Holder said there was little reason for his side to be ashamed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Test series was exceptional, the ODI series was equally as good,\u201d Holder told reporters following the final T20 here Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe arguably let ourselves down in the ODI series but England still played some very good cricket as well, and the T20 series just wasn’t ours. To be fair we were outplayed, but overall I’m pretty pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cWe just weren’t good enough [in the T20 series]. We didn’t adjust to the wicket \u2014 I felt it was a bit two-paced \u2014 and I felt England bowled a really hard length and asked us to hit them off their lengths, and we just didn’t adjust to what the wicket threw at us and we didn’t really play well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still feel the batsmen are fairly confident. We didn’t play the surface as well as we would’ve liked but I’m not too disheartened by the performance. Obviously we’re disappointed to be rolled over on home court in two games, but overall the guys had a pretty good ODI leg of the series and there’s a lot to build on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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West Indies lost the opening T20 in St Lucia by four wickets but batting meltdowns here ensured the series was a virtual no contest. In last Friday’s second match, they were dismissed for 45 \u2014 the second-lowest total in T20s \u2014 to lose by 137 runs.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, they were rolled over for 71 \u2014 their third lowest T20 total \u2014 as England strolled to a comfortable eight-wicket win.<\/p>\n

Holder said while the Windies had prepared and executed well in the ODIs, they failed to make the adjustment to the shortest format \u2014 especially after opting to retain the one-day squad for the T20s in order to further their World Cup preparations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe probably just didn’t adjust to the T20 format \u2014 we had our plans pretty much nailed down for the ODIs and I felt we played a really good ODI series,\u201d the all-rounder pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still a lot of improvement to be had and fielding is obviously one of our key points to really, really touch up on going into England (World Cup), and obviously we need to be a little bit tighter at the top [of the order] to build a few more partnerships, and dig a bit deeper up front.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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