West Indies coach Daren Sammy called on his players to buck up as he noted the teams "over-reliance" on captain Shai Hope's batting.
The tongue licking comes on the heels of the Windies loss to England in the second T20, which condemned them to another series defeat in limited overs cricket.
00:00The West Indies lost the ODIs 3-0 to England and surrendered the T20 series to the same opponents on Sunday with one more game to play on Tuesday.
00:09As such, the outcome has left Windies coach Darren Sammy totally despondent.
00:15Yeah, very disappointing. You know, the way we played in 2024, we were all looking forward to 2025,
00:25especially the contest we've had over the last two years against England, even though it's been at home.
00:32But we've been much more competitive in the series, so to lose both series and not get off the back yet,
00:41it's very disappointing because of the caliber of players we have in this team.
00:45The West Indies posted 196 with new T20 captain Sheop scoring 49 of 38 balls.
00:51Many say he's the one bright spot on the team. As such, Sammy wants the others to also do their part.
00:59He brings his leadership through performance as well. Like you said, he's been very consistent,
01:06very calm on the pressure. You wouldn't know by the expression on his face.
01:11My job as a coach is to help him be as tactical as possible.
01:16But like I said earlier, your team is as good as what you have, you know, and I mean,
01:25his players got to back him as well.
01:29Sammy is also pleased with Akhil Hossein's 1-for-33 from his four overs.
01:34Hossein missed the first game due to visa issues, but arrived on the day of the match and played.
01:38You know, kudos to Akhil, you know, putting his hands up and making sure, I mean,
01:44the number one T20 bowler in the world, being able to come out and, you know,
01:48he did have an impact on the game, you know, control the power play for us a bit.
01:54And, yeah, I mean, you would struggle when the jet lag start to hit, you know,
01:59but kudos to him, you know, he turned up today for us.
02:03Sammy is yet to decide if there are going to be any changes for the last T20 in Southampton.
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