SYLHET, Bangladesh, Nov 9, CMC – West Indies Test captain Roston Chase has credited his deputy, Jomel Warrican as one of the main reasons behind his side’s success in their just concluded two-match Test series against Bangladesh.
The West Indies won the series 1-0 after the second Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium ended in a tame draw on Monday.
Left-arm spinner Warrican was named Player-of-the-Series after finishing with 16 wickets, the most of any player in the series.
He snared nine wickets and took home the Player-of-the-Match award in the opening Test in Dhaka which the West Indies won by eight wickets, before returning to claim seven wickets in the final match.
Speaking in a post-match interview, Chase said Warrican’s variations were too much for the home side’s batters to handle
“I thought Warrican bowled well in both games. He controlled his economy rate very well and I thought that he built a lot of pressure and put the balls in front of the batsmen for a long period of time, so I thought that was the hallmark of his bowling throughout the series along with straightening and spinning as well.
“I thought that he really kept us in this series and really won the series for us,” Chase said.
Speaking on the Windies’ victory, Chase said while they would have liked to win both matches, he was pleased with the team’s performance.
With the win, the regional team moved up to sixth in the ICC’s updated Test rankings, achieving a goal they set out to do from the start of the Test Championship cycle.
“I’m very happy obviously. Coming to Bangladesh is always a tough place to come and play cricket, so to beat them in their own back yard is always a pleasure.
“We wanted to win both games, but it didn’t happen. This game was a bit slower than the first one, especially with all the bad light taking time out of the game, but we still played well and kudos to the guys for winning the series,” Chase said.
“We had a tough year in the first year of the cycle and we sat down and we spoke about coming to dominate the second year in the cycle playing against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and also Bangladesh. We thought these were teams that were obviously closer to our skill level and closer to us in the rankings, so we wanted to challenge ourselves in terms of winning all three series.
“We won two out of three so I thought that it was a good year and also we went unbeaten in any series, which is something that hasn’t been done for a number of years. So, it just goes to show that when you sit down and plan and put in the hard work anything is achievable, so I think we’re going in the right direction as a unit,” the skipper added.
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