00:00The West Indies went under the Sri Lanka by five wickets on the DLS method in
00:04their first ODI in Palukeli on Sunday. Sat 232 from 37 overs, the Sri Lankans
00:10achieved it in 31.5 overs. Windies bowling coach James Franklin says the
00:15bowlers have to improve going forward. We probably weren't as good with our
00:21execution with the ball yesterday. I think that'll be a general reflection is
00:27that I think going into the next game we can be a lot better with our execution
00:31of our lengths particularly and look yeah we're one nil down in this three
00:37game series. We've got a couple of days now to reflect and work on where our
00:42improvements lie going into this next game here in Kandy. As was the case in
00:47the first match, Franklin expects the pitch to once again favour spin. The
00:52West Indies were 185 for four in the 39th over when rains cut short their
00:56innings. I think from a batting point of view you know we just need to show good
01:02intent against these Sri Lankan spinners. They're high quality spinners. We
01:07know that in this part of the world you know having a good batting game or good
01:12strategy a good method against spin bowling from a batting point of view
01:15goes a long way and being able to execute that and yeah it comes down to
01:19us being confident with our method and and executing it on the day and putting
01:23Sri Lanka under pressure both with bat and ball. Franklin knows playing Sri
01:27Lanka in their own backyard is a test in itself for the men in Maroon. As such he
01:32wants his team to get its act together to stay alive in the three-match series.
01:35We know we have to keep improving and keep trying to move ourselves up the
01:42rankings in terms of the ICC table so we're coming here to Sri Lanka they've
01:48always been a good team in their own country a strong team a team that is
01:53difficult to beat in their own conditions and we know we've got a huge
01:56challenge these next couple of games but we we know that even yesterday whilst
02:01the game was certainly one-sided probably if you look at the overall game
02:07we know that we there were significant moments in the game yesterday where we
02:11were on top. The second ODI is on Wednesday and the last one on Saturday
02:15with the matches starting at 5 a.m. TT time. Vinod Narwani, Chiefs Export
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