CAPTAINS' REACTIONS ON 1ST TEST

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Following the match, West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite praised his teammates for the 201-run win against Bangladesh, which sees them leading the two-game series 1-0.

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00:00West Indies skipper Craig Brathwaite was a delighted man following his team's big

00:04win against Bangladesh in the opening test in Antigua. For him it was quite

00:08refreshing after the men in Maroon lost to England away from home and then to

00:12South Africa in the Caribbean a few months ago.

00:14A lot of learning would have taken place you know coming from England tour you

00:19know where we didn't win a Test match you know that was tough but I always tell

00:23the guys you know keep learning you know Test cricket is all about learning and

00:26you know coming from the last test you know against South Africa to here we've

00:31seen some improvement you know we've seen unfortunately two guys didn't get

00:33to the to the hundred that they wanted but we've seen a hundred and that was a

00:38positive I think the more we could score hundreds the better it puts our team

00:42you know especially for us in this total so it was good to see good to get a Test

00:46win and we got to continue working hard. The West Indies went in with four

00:50specialist fast bowlers with all-rounder Justin Graves being utilized as the

00:54fifth and Brad Waite was full of praise for the way they got the job done. We

00:58have some quality some quality fast bowlers and I mean Justin Graves the

01:02follow-up as a fifth seamer you know is a superb is superb for the team but yeah

01:07these guys have a lot of skill you know different skill sets you know Al Zari

01:11with the extra pace, Shamar when he's ready has a great deal of pace as

01:15well so it's it's a great attack and I look forward to you know what the future

01:19holds it because it will be it will be something serious for West Indies. The

01:22second and final test starts Saturday in Jamaica with West Indies requiring a

01:26draw or a win to take the series. Bangladesh skipper Mehdi Hassan Miraz is

01:30hoping for a better display following the defeat. In this Test match we had

01:34some lacking point obviously we didn't bet well in the first and second inning

01:41so we just we just focus on our batsmen and we just let's talk about how to get

01:48better. Following the win the West Indies have jumped to eighth with

01:52Bangladesh last on the nine-team World Test Championship table.

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