Thursday, 2 June 2016

Windies Seek hope in ODI Cricket with Tri-Nation Series starter

                ODI Cricket returns to Caribbean after nearly a two year gap, as West Indies set to host tri-nation series with featuring Australia, South Africa and West Indies. The series set to kick start with the hosts facing on Proteas at Guyana on Friday.
              While ICC announced fixtures for CT17, where Windes couldn't find a place with their poor run in ODI Cricket in recent past. The decline in the rankings made them to disqualify for the event, but Windies seems to have much bigger problems to solve to relocate their structure.
             Although after a successful campaign at world T20 in India, Windes made pretty big changes in the squad to the tri-series. While playing at home will be an advantage for Windes in terms of conditions, but it is not going to be easy against top ranked teams.
              On the other side Proteas had a good ODI record in recent times with the series win against India and England and new players adding more value to the team in pressure situations. While Proteas exit at WT20 in the league phase would hunt them, but ODI cricket altogether a different ball game  proteas hope for a fresh start.
              Both sides played a T20 at Nagpur in world T20, where Proteas undone by the spin and slowness of the surface. Meanwhile the surface at Guyana will not be any different in terms of slowness, but may not offer spin to that extent and it will be hard work for the batsmen to score runs on this pitch.
            So a win or loss against top ranked teams may alter Widies place, but competing will alter their confidence even more. At the end of the day it’s all about handling formidable batting order of Proteas for Windies bowlers.

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