Published: Jan 07, 2016, 07:53 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 07, 2016, 07:53 PM (IST)
West Indies skipper Jason Holder stated that he still believes Marlon Samuels can get back into form and the decision of taking retirement from Test cricket is up to Samuels only. The 34-year-old is having a bad phase in his career and probably saw the worst during the recently concluded series in Australia. Despite the fact, Holder revealed that he has faith in Samuels and his talent. In an interview given to cricket.com.au, the WIndies skipper said, “You have to ask Marlon Samuels that question,” Holder said, when asked about Samuels’ future in the side. He obviously didn’t have the best series here but we still have faith in him.” READ: Australia vs West Indies 2015-16: Marks out of 10 for the visitors
Holder went on to add, “He’s been one of our leading batsmen the last couple of years. We have some first-class cricket going on back home at the moment. He will go back home at the moment and I guess he’ll go home and play that. I guess the rest is down to Marlon.”
When asked about positives that he wants to take from the series, he mentioned about Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo and Denesh Ramdin’s performance. “We just showed signs that once we apply ourselves as batsmen we can make runs against good opposition. We really improved as time went on. We didn’t start well in the first Test match but we really fought in Melbourne. We obviously need to tighten up a lot more on our bowling department,” he said. READ: Jason Holder all praise for Denesh Ramdin
West Indies lost the 3-match Test series 2-0 to the hosts Australia.
