00:00After another series defeat, the pressure is mounting on Shea Hope as captain of the West Indies wide ball teams.
00:06West Indies have only won twice in their last 15 ODI and T20 matches combined,
00:11with two wins coming against Ireland and a last ball victory over Pakistan in the second T20.
00:17So the question to the skipper is why the West Indies can't put things together
00:20despite having so many players who perform in franchise cricket around the world.
00:25If I had the answers, we would be winning all the time.
00:27So that's the honest answer right now.
00:30I don't know if you want me to say something else, but it's just one of those things.
00:36You're playing in franchises, you're getting information, you're gaining experience,
00:40but regardless of what's happening, you've got to come and do it for the region.
00:44It's something that we haven't been doing. The reality is reality.
00:47But like I said, if I have the answers, then we would be winning.
00:49It's just not happening for us.
00:51As for last night's defeat, Ruston Chase became the first full member batsman to retire out in T20 cricket.
00:57Yet, Hope defended the decision to bat him with the West Indies desperate for runs.
01:03He's one of the batters who normally negates the spin in the middle.
01:07We identify players who bat spin in the middle.
01:11It's obviously something that we discuss as a batting unit.
01:14We've got to look at the personnel that we have.
01:16We're short of some guys who would normally do that for us in the middle.
01:19So it sounds as though you're saying he wasn't the right choice.
01:23I felt the rate was a bit high at that point.
01:25So who would you have said?
01:27No, I just wanted to tell me.
01:29Jason?
01:30All those guys.
01:31Okay, fair enough.
01:32The focus now shifts to the ODI series in Trinidad,
01:35and the skipper pointed out what must happen to avoid another series defeat.
01:39First thing is adaptation.
01:42Every single place we play in the Caribbean or here, for example, in the U.S.,
01:47conditions are so different.
01:48So the first thing we need to do is assess,
01:50see what's best plans to formulate for that particular surface,
01:56the wind conditions, all these things we've got to take into account.
02:00But you know they're going to bat a lot of spin at us,
02:02and the way how we negate those spinners in the middle overs is, again,
02:05is going to be very crucial for us as batters.
02:08And same thing with the ball.
02:09We've got to find ways to keep making inroads in the same middle overs.
02:13So start with the power play and try to put them under pressure early,
02:17and then just try to keep taking wickets through the innings
02:20and limit their bleeding in the middle.
02:23Terence Clark, T4Sic Sport.
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