KING
WEST INDIES coach Bennett King believes not winning the toss against Pakistan in final Digicel Test, which ended at Sabina Park yesterday, hurt the team's chance of its first series win in over a year.
King said it was had proven to be difficult to bat last and win at Sabina Park.
When asked what went wrong, King said: "We lost the toss ... I think on this wicket the toss was very, very important.
"I think the wicket (second innings) was always going to hard, there are always going to be some balls that keep low and others that spin a lot," he said at the post-match press conference.
With this in mind, King said the Pakistanis scored about 150 to 200 runs, too many.
"I actually think we could have got then out for less in the second innings than in the first. I think on that wicket, under 200 would be a more realistic goal, but when I looked at the match and how we bowled, certainly in first innings we bowled a little bit better."
BATSMEN FOUGHT HARD
As for the team's batting, King said: "I thought our batsman fought hard in the first innings ... there were a couple of unusual ways to get out in the second innings, but that's part of cricket."
He also praised the effort of 24-year-old Pakistan legspinner Danish Kaneria.
"Coming into the series, I thought he was going to be dangerous," King said.
"I thought we played him excellently in Barbados and in the first innings here but you just have to keep your eyes on the legspinner all the time.
"He is very accurate, he has some good deception and he is very aggressive," King said.
Meanwhile, captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul said 'keeper Courtney Browne should not be blamed for the team's loss after dropping second innings centurymaker Inzamam-ul-Haq before he had scored.
"No body is going out there to drop catches. Courtney (Browne) made an effort .. He made a good effort, but couldn't hold on to it ? its just one of those things that happen," Chanderpaul said.
