“That’s very disappointing”, said the 32-year-old. “It is not his fault”.
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“We stick together as a side, we share the pain and we share the success”.
Samuels tore into Shane Warne at a press conference after having led West Indies to their 2nd World Twenty20 title.
“I don’t think there’s anything that we did wrong”.
Root struck seven fours off 36 deliveries in his fourth T20 half-century and was involved in a 40-ball 61-run stand for the fourth wicket with Jos Buttler (36 off 22). In the past, when we’ve managed to do that and we’ve found something within our bowling that could win us the game. It means a lot to us.
Samuels counter-attacked by hitting Chris Jordan for three boundaries in the sixth and last over of the powerplay that cost England 16 runs.
Marlon Samuels was unbeaten on 85 while Brathwaite rocketed to a ten ball 34. “We certainly learnt a lot about other internationals and I guess they learnt a bit about us as well”, Lanning said. “He did it in 2012 and I knew as long as he was there at the end that he would bring us home again in 2016”.
When West Indies were thrashed by Australia in a Test series at the turn of the year, Gayle and Sammy were both unavailable for selection as they were playing in Australia’s Big Bash League.
After their opening Super 10 defeat by West Indies, England themselves pulled off an improbable win against pre-tournament favourites South Africa, chasing down a 230-run target at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
In addition to the prize money the players will each receive a total of US$41,400 in match fees. The ability to put adversity aside and to play this type of cricket is just tremendous. Shows the Twenty20 depth we have in the Caribbean.
“I think that support will carry on over into the players, the players will feel that and we’re looking forward to the summer now, and feeling that support”.
Although critical of Nicholas in his post-match interview, all-rounder Sammy was even more scathing regarding the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), with whom leading players have been locked in a long-running pay dispute, and said they had “disrespected” the team.
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England s batting hero Joe Root had hit Windies hard with a double strike when he shared the new ball with David Willey to get the West Indies openers trudging back to the dug out. We gave ourselves one hell of a chance to win. If we get a good start then I could definitely step on it. If we lose wickets early, so I could pace myself.
