00:00The West Indies are in a must-win situation going into the second and final test against
00:04Pakistan in Multan. Having lost by a huge 123 runs in the opener in three days, there
00:09is someone calling for a couple changes to be made. He's none other than St. Lucia-based
00:13cricket analyst Dr. Joseph Retz-Pereira.
00:16I will definitely expect that Django, who should have played in the first test, will
00:22definitely come in place of Carty, and I will not in fact cause further damage to his confidence
00:31psychologically to Louis by playing him again. He can always come back, he's a young man,
00:38the challenge for a test player. To pick from what we have, I'll ask De Silva to open with
00:46Braffet. So my opening pair will be Braffet and De Silva with Django batting somewhere
00:54in number 5 to make his debut.
00:57Dr. Pereira says the West Indies cricketers must show more fight and discipline and choose
01:02their shots wisely going into the match. He's disappointed some of the batters threw away
01:07their wickets in the opening match in which the Pakistani spinners took all 20 wickets.
01:11Yes, the ball was spinning, but you had to graft, you had to fight, you had to try and
01:17build partnerships, stay in the middle, and many of our batsmen, including the captain,
01:24going for a rash shot in the first innings, ball down through the huge gate, second innings
01:30looking quite solid, then goes for a shot from outside the off the over mid wicket.
01:37We can't have that kind of rash approaches in conditions which are favouring the bowlers
01:46so much.
01:47According to the former cricket commentator, the conditions in the opening test should
01:51have taught the West Indies batters to make adjustments for Game 2. After all, that match
01:56is also being played at the same venue.
01:58The good thing about the second test is that they will be fully aware of the turning pitch,
02:05the bounce, they'll be fully aware of the various bowlers who are bowling the arm ball,
02:14who's turning the 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 that is
02:30possible.
02:31In the opening test, Gautakesh Moti took two wickets, whereas Jomel Warrican grabbed 10.
02:36Dr. Perera feels if both come good together in Game 2, that is a big plus.
02:42Well I think the key is the kind of performance we can get out of Moti. I mean Warrican was
02:49brilliant, nagging length, hard to get away, really working on the patience of the Pakistanis.
02:57I think Moti was disappointing. Possibly too much of white ball cricket, he was bowling
03:03much too quickly, bowling darts. He's got to bowl much slower, give it a little more
03:10air and get the equivalent turn. Moti and Warrican are key to West Indies doing well.
03:19The last time both teams met in the Caribbean in 2021, the series ended 1-1, which is the
03:25best result the West Indies can now aim for in this series.
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