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Kept losing wicket in clusters hurt our chance: Jason Mohammed
DHAKA, Jan 22, 2021 (BSS) – West Indies stand-in skipper Jason
Mohammed expressed his disappointment at not batting well in a pitch
what was slightly better than the previous game.
Jason Mohammed won the toss and did not hesitate to bat first,
sensing the wicket would be better to bat on. But his batsmen couldn’t
bat well properly in what was a better surface and eventually was
bowled out for 148, their second consecutive total below 150.
He said that kept losing wickets in cluster was the reason that they
couldn’t get the total what they expected.
“Obviously, it was a little disappointing for us. A much better
wicket for us, and we needed to put a lot more runs on the board,”
Jason Mohammed said after the match.
“I think the spinners were always going to be challenging. We keep
losing wickets in clusters, and we can’t have partnerships going.
That’s been our downfall,” he added.
Opener Kjorn Ottley, who made his debut in this match, started well
though he lost his senior opening partner Sunil Amrbis cheaply. Ottley
dealt with the Bangladesh spinners well to score 24 and set the
platform up front.
After his departure, West Indies tasted a batting collapse that saw
them being slumped to 71-7 and a score above 100 looked highly
unlikely.
However, Rovman Powell played sensibly to take the side past 100 and
indicted to make a total, closer to West Indies’ expectation.
But it was not to be as Powell was out as the last batsman after
scoring 41 off 66, that included two fours and one six.
Amid the disappointment, Jason Mohammed saw some positive things in
the batting of Ottley and Powell.
“There’s a little bit of positives — Ottley played well in his
debut game. Rovman did well to get us a decent total. Akeal bowled
well again,” he concluded.
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