00:00After failing to crack 200 in either of their innings in the first test defeat to Pakistan,
00:05the obvious question to ask was what went wrong for the West Indies and Dominican batsman Alec
00:11Athanese believed it was down to one thing. I think it was entirely about execution to be
00:17honest. I think if we look at most of the guys that scored runs on the wicket, they play a lot
00:22of sweeps and they played aggressive. It only looked that way because I think we didn't execute
00:26as well as we wanted to but I think we would have a similar approach in terms of playing
00:31our sweeps and playing our shots. Obviously we would have to assess the conditions first but
00:36that would be the approach. Athanese was one of the few bright spots for the West Indies with the
00:40bat as he was the only one to reach a half century in the second innings and the 26-year-old is eager
00:46to stand up once more in the second test. I mean obviously runs under your belt as a batter is
00:53currency and that is what makes you feel good but I mean I felt good since the practice match
00:58so I'm not short of confidence I would say but obviously going into the next test that would
01:05boost me up a bit so I'm feeling good. And the Southpaw offered some tips to his fellow
01:09West Indian batters to counter the Pakistan bowlers. I think my suggestion to the other
01:14batters is probably try to execute and probably look at the ball a bit longer. It is difficult
01:19to bat on the wickets here no doubt so I guess just trust your defense and I guess work on your
01:24sweeps and reverse sweeps. While West Indies did not bat well at all in the first test,
01:29their bowlers did well to restrict Pakistan in both innings with Jamel Warikon the bright spot
01:34after his first 10 wicket hole in test cricket and Athanese suggested Pakistan's own batting
01:40troubles were more of a result of good West Indian bowling. I think that I wouldn't say that
01:44they didn't bat very well we bowled very well to be honest it was a bit different the second
01:49innings we understood the dimensions and how quick the outfield is and you know the pace that we had
01:54to bowl on the wicket I think we learned from them so I wouldn't say that they batted very well
01:58they didn't bat very well I mean we bowled better in the second innings and I think the positives
02:03from my team is that you know we're looking to get out of our comfort zone to to adapt to
02:09different conditions so I think right now it's just focusing about executing and adapting as
02:13quickly as possible. Terence Clarke, TV6 Sport
