00:00Yes, I'll take the blame if that's what you want me to say.
00:03I should have batted a lot faster, that's what you sort of wanted me to say.
00:06But in situations like this, when you're struggling, everyone struggles.
00:11But like I said, I don't think I was batting badly, it's just I was hitting the feelers
00:15and then trying to play the situation a bit more.
00:17Obviously, I want to bat a little bit deeper into the innings
00:20and face most of the spin threat in the middle.
00:23But I just didn't get going today.
00:24But yes, I'll take the blame, so that's what you want me to say.
00:27To be fair, the blame rally wasn't with a skipper or any one player in particular.
00:32Granted, he batted slower than usual.
00:34Hope attributed the performance and defeat to a different detail.
00:38Execution was the biggest thing for us.
00:41Today, we didn't execute as well as we wanted in the ball player from the batting side, as you say.
00:46But I must always take the positive from something.
00:50You know, we were 45 down, Chase coming in for his first game opening.
00:53Came in, played really good innings.
00:55So, like I said before, you've got to make sure that when you're making decisions like that,
00:59that, you know, have some foundation to back it.
01:02With the playing conditions being a massive factor in matches,
01:05Hope admitted to one area he has been poor.
01:08When you're playing like games, chasing is always the better thing to do,
01:12especially when you've got due factor to contend with.
01:17I don't think I could win a toss.
01:19So, I'm always giving the guys the hard way out of it.
01:23I don't think I want to toss this tournament.
01:25One?
01:26Okay.
01:27Probably before that, the rest of the series, maybe one or two.
01:30So, I think I'll have six tosses in 30, 35, 40.
01:35Yeah, so that always putting me on the back foot.
01:37Not many believe the West Indies were genuine challengers going into the tournament.
01:42And despite not going all the way,
01:44Hope placed the West Indies World Cup campaign into perspective.
01:47You can pick the entire tournament down.
01:50There's always some way you can improve,
01:52but there's always a lot of positive that you can take from it.
01:55So, let's leave on the positives.
01:58Hetty played a really good tournament.
02:00Matthew Ford, Newball, Akeel, Moti taking his wicket.
02:04Sheppi with a hot trick on the fiver.
02:06There's so many things that you could talk about from this tournament.
02:09So, I thought the guys represented the region well.
02:13And I think we all could go home with our heads held high.
02:17Terrence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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