00:00The West Indies are in a must-win situation going into the second and
00:03final test against Pakistan in Multan. Having lost by a huge 127 runs in the
00:08opener in three days, there is someone calling for a couple changes to be made.
00:11He's none other than St. Lucia based cricket analyst Dr. Joseph Retz-Pereira.
00:15I will definitely expect that Django who should have played in the first test
00:21will definitely come in place of Carty and I will not in fact cause further
00:29damage to his confidence psychologically to Louie by playing him
00:33again. He can always come back, he's a young man, the challenge for a test
00:39players and to pick from what we have I'll ask De Silva to open with
00:46Braffett. So my opening pair will be Braffett and De Silva with Django batting
00:53somewhere in number five to make his debut. Dr. Pereira says the West Indies
00:59cricketers must show more fight and discipline and choose their shots wisely
01:03going into the match. He's disappointed some of the batters threw away their
01:07wickets in the opening match in which the Pakistani spinners took all 20
01:10wickets. Yes the ball was spinning but you had to graft, you had to fight, you
01:17had to try and build partnerships, stay in the middle and many of our batsmen
01:22including the captain going for a rush shot in first innings, ball down through
01:27the huge gate, second innings looking quite solid that goes for a shot from
01:34outside the off the over mid wicket. We can't have that kind of rush approaches
01:41in conditions which are favoring the bowlers so much. According to the former
01:48cricket commentator the conditions in the opening test should have taught
01:52the West Indies batters to make adjustments for game two. After all that
01:55match is also being played at the same venue. The good thing about the second
01:59test that they will be fully aware of the turning pitch, the bounce, they'll be
02:07fully aware of the various bowlers who are bowling the arm ball, who's turning
02:15the wrist over to turn the other way. They've got to use the whole experience
02:22and try and bat the overs. So we really need to be able to bat three sessions if
02:29that is possible. In the opening test Gautakesh Moti took two wickets whereas
02:34Jomel Warrican grabbed ten. Dr. Pereira feels if both come good together in
02:39game two that is a big plus. Well I think the key is the kind of performance we
02:46can get out of Moti. I mean Warrican was brilliant,
02:50nagging length, hard to get away, really working on the patience of the
02:56Pakistanis. I think Moti was disappointing, possibly too much of
03:01white ball cricket. He was bowling much too quickly, bowling darts. He's got to
03:06bowl much slower, give it a little more air and get the equivalent turn. Moti and
03:15Warrican are key to West Indies doing well. The last time both teams met in the
03:21Caribbean in 2021 the series ended 1-1 which is the best result the West Indies
03:26can now aim for in this series.
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