Home-Turf Expertise has won West Indies Matches

In today news, chasing the decent score of 230 runs on the pitch of Sabina Park, Kingston Jamaica, West Indies players showed their home-turf expertise. Winning the toss and deciding to field first was totally a skillful decision. Earlier with the ball and later with the bat, West Indies team looked quite consistent in their performance. By this win over India, which was on the nine-match winning streak came to an end. Losing the game in hands of West Indies put their winning triumph to a halt. But, what could have been an easier chase for the team came up to creating breaking news at the end. Last wicket partnership between Roach and Best helped West Indies in pulling the game to their name. At one time in a commanding position to win the match by knocks of Charles and Bravo, the ending was least expected. Earlier from India’s batting side, Rohit Sharma played a fabulous knock of 60 runs, but lost his calm in the dearth overs of match. He lofted a ball by Sammy to long-off in safe hands of Charles. Playing a totally unnecessary shot when the team needed a partnership, affected the game at later stage. India’ fighting to maintain an average failed to put up a high defending total. Suresh Raina and M.S. Dhoni also played their part but none was able to hit big shots of West Indies bowlers. Bowling in line and consistency bound Indian batsmen in scoring boundaries and they had to fight hard for singles and doubles. But anyhow in the end, as per sports news, India succeeded to score 230 runs on the board. News - Cricket NewsWest Indies crowds can be misleading that way. They had seen a near professional show with the ball earlier in the day. On a pitch that provided some uneven bounce for the quicks and turn for the spinners, they bowled with hostility and aggression to keep India down. Roach and Sammy set the plan with four wickets for 82 runs in their 20 overs, but they were supported well by the spinners, and Best, who was replacing the injured Ravi Rampaul. In sports news, West Indies kept India down to 229 for 7 through sustained pressure with the ball on a damp pitch, their response with the bat knew no caution: six of the nine wickets they lost were followed by boundaries immediately after, and five of their wickets were a result of extravagant shots when all they needed was fifteen more minutes of sensible batting.