 The fourth ODI between the West Indian and Pakistani sides will be played at Bridgetown
in Barbados. West Indies have already lost the series to the Pakistan,
having lost three games in a row in the series and will now look to salvage some
pride by getting in a couple of wins, including this one that will be played on
Monday.
There is no doubt about the fact that the West Indian side is struggling with
their batting. They have already lost all the three games so far due to the poor
stroke play from the top order and will now look to ensure that they will be able
to at least bat through 50 overs.
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In all the three games, the side has got to approximately similar scores -
220 apiece in the first two and little less than 180 in the 45 allowed overs
in the third match. This has been despite the sterling performances by the likes
of Lendl Simmons and Darren Bravo, both of who have been fluent in their
batting and hence, have been able to score their runs.
However the problem that the pair have had is that they have not been able to
either accelerate towards the start of the innings or carry on from where they
have started and drill home the advantage.
To be able to do that, they will need the Pakistani spinners to be collared but
for now, that does not seem to be happening. The reason for that is simple - they
have no experience in handling quality spinners and on pitches that have supported
the slow bowlers, the side hasn't had too many answers.
It was interesting to see from Pakistan's perspective that the third game went
down to the last few batsmen and yet the side came out trumps. So far, the top-order
Pakistani batsmen have been able to get going - with the like of Mohammad Hafeez
or Misbah ul Haq carrying the side through to wins with ease. But to
have the middle order performing well as well augurs well for the side and that
will mean that the West Indians cannot relax till the game is over.
Ravi Rampaul had a good previous game but the problem was that he did not get
any support from the other end, making it difficult for the side. They will hope
that the things can be turned around.
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