BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):
YOUNG WEST Indies coach Roddy Estwick says his side will be focusing on improving its concentration when it faces South Africa in a do-or-die encounter at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Sri Lanka today.
Estwick says that after reviewing the team's loss against Australia, it was realised that the team had failed to concentrate for a small period of the game.
"The feeling is very good. We had a meeting and we sat down and analysed where we went wrong in the last game and we realised we went wrong in a seven-over period where we lost five wickets for 13 runs," the former Barbados fast bowler told CMC Sports from his hotel in Colombo yesterday.
"We will be aiming to play 100 overs [against South Africa] and not 80-odd."
WENT DOWN TO AUSTRALIA
The West Indies won their opening game against the United States by 87 runs on Tuesday, but went down to Australia by 13 runs on Wednesday, when they seemed on course for victory.
It has left the regional side needing to beat the Proteas in order to stay in contention for a podium finish in the tournament.
"We haven't actually seen the South Africans play but we have played against New Zealand and Sri Lanka in a warm-up and also Australia so we are quietly confidently going into tomorrow's (Friday) game that once we play our best cricket possible, that we can represent the region well," Estwick said.
"Obviously if we beat South Africa tomorrow (Friday), then we go into the next stage of the competition so hopefully we can get that done."
The West Indies have met moderate success on the tour so far, losing a warm-up series against Pakistan 3-1 before convincingly winning two pre-tournament matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand respectively.
