Pooran has no clue why Windies batsmen, himself included, make the mistakes they do

By December 15, 2021

West Indies T20 captain, Nicholas Pooran, said he is unable to explain why his players, himself included, continue to make mistakes that prove to be costly in matches. Pooran was speaking with the media in the wake of his team’s narrow loss in the second of three T20 Internationals in Karachi on Tuesday.

Chasing 173 for victory, the West Indies were bowled out for 163, a result that the Trinidadian agrees could have been different had better application been shown by a number of their batsmen.

Asked why the players, himself included, keep making those mistakes, Pooran said he simply did not know but pleaded for understanding as the team was still learning.

“To be honest, I really don’t have an answer. If we knew why we make mistakes then we would have the best team in the world by now, but it’s cricket,” Pooran said.

“We are learning on the job, so don’t be too hard on us.”

Explaining why he got out to Mohammad Nawaz going for a second consecutive six when the bowler had already conceded 14 runs, more than the required 10 runs an over, Pooran said: “I saw Nawaz as a match up. I thought to go after him but in saying that, getting 14 in the over, I felt like I didn’t have to play that shot off the last ball of the over when I could have just tried to start the next over, so knock it down and take single.

“So that’s why I felt it was a silly mistake from me because that’s something we talk about, we don’t want to be getting out on last balls if we don’t need to.”

He said Brooks, who got out trying to sweep similar to a shot he played in the first match when he was given out but survived after he called for a review, is still learning on the job and is still trying to find his feet in T20 cricket.

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