Published: Aug 17, 2016, 02:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 17, 2016, 02:49 PM (IST)
West Indies captain, Jason Holder felt that there is a wide disparity between the region’s First-class cricket and the Test cricket that his team plays, which was evident as his side, crumbled to hand India a 237-run win in the third Test at Gros Islet, St Lucia. Holder said, “It is going to be difficult. Test match cricket is very different from our first-class cricket at this point of time. I have had the privilege to play first-class cricket and I’ve also had the privilege to play Test cricket and I can see a vast disparity between the two. It is a situation where many of us coming to international cricket and are trying to learn on our job. It is definitely not easy, but it is something that we are faced with and I hope the guys can learn quickly,” as quoted by EspnCricinfo. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs West Indies, 4th Test at Port of Spain
West Indies were all out for 108 in the second innings having being given a target of 346 runs. Darren Bravo was the only batsmen who showed resistance and cross the 20-run mark. In the first innings, they collapsed from 203 for 3 to 225 all out.
Holder said, “Hope that our guys’ bodies are accustomed to the workloads of international cricket because it is far different from first-class cricket. For instance you get a first-class game where a fast bowler hardly bowls the amount of overs we have bowled in this series. For the last five to 10 years we have had spinners dominating first-class cricket in terms of wickets taken. So it is a transition that we have to try to open up and adjust to as quickly as possible. It is by no means easy and sometimes we don’t make it easy for ourselves.”
