Simmons said he and his coaching staff had been exhorting the players to push to their maximum against Australia. The Australian team also participated as players signed autographs and took photographs, reports CMC.
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The teams meet again at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the traditional Boxing Day test. “It’s something we keep talking about”.
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Selectors dropped Shaun Marsh from the Australian side Friday to make way for the return of Usman Khawaja ahead of the second Boxing Day Test against the West Indies in Melbourne.
West Indies coach Phil Simmons has admitted he is “totally frustrated” by seeing West Indian cricketers light up the Big Bash League while his Test squad battles to be competitive.
In the series-opener against West Indies in Hobart, he had to wait for the end of a record 449-run fourth wicket partnership between his brother Shaun and Adam Voges before getting a chance.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder remained optimistic his side would put up a fight in Melbourne, despite the many areas of concern emanating from their sloppy performance in Hobart.
“Probably the more you try to wrap a game up quickly, you get impatient and get a bit greedy”.
“There’s been lots of talks about it and they just believe that’s the best way to go going forward”.
West Indies suffered a humiliating innings and 212-run defeat in the opening Test in Hobart, which triggered widespread criticism from former greats on the current plight of the islanders’ stand in the worldwide cricket.
“Times change and I think that is one of our problems, we tend to hold on too much to the past and not focus on the future”.
“If you look at our performances for the last couple of months our bowlers have been pulling us through”.
Despite Marsh’s recent run of form, he has struggled to force himself to the Test side on a consistent basis, scoring just three hundreds at an average of 37.72 from 30 starts in 17 Test matches.
The other option for Australia was to drop the opening batsman Joe Burns and accommodate both Marsh and Khawaja in the playing XI.
Australia has a few selection issues ahead of the second test. Victoria pace bowler Scott Boland was called into the squad for Nathan Coulter-Nile, who sustained a dislocated shoulder in the Big Bash on Monday.
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West Indies (from) – Kraigg Brathwaite, Rajendra Chandrika, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin, Jason Holder (capt), Kemar Roach, Carlos Brathwaite, Jerome Taylor, Devendra Bishoo, Jomel Warrican.
