00:00West Indies coach Darren Sami says their tour of Bangladesh has been going to plan.
00:05He believes that their preparations led them to victory in the first test.
00:09Some of the pleasing aspects must commend the entire team.
00:12You know, it was the way we fought. We stayed in the game.
00:16But I must go to the preparation put into that camp.
00:22Kudos to Cricket Westerners allowing us to practice and prepare in Chennai at the Chennai Academy.
00:34Floyd Riefer, the work he and Sri did with the batters, preparing them for these conditions, led us to what
00:42you see, what you saw.
00:43He says it caused them to play and approach spin bowling better.
00:47And just the way we bowled, I think our spinners, our bowled their spinners, and our batsmen responded to playing
00:58spin better than theirs.
00:59And I think that was one of the most pleasing things for me and for Coach Floyd.
01:05Sami also credited Jamel Warikon for stepping up amidst criticism about his selection in the team.
01:11Sometimes we make decisions and it might, you know, a lot of people might question it.
01:18But like I always say, we know within that circle, which is called the Westerners cricket team, what we're about,
01:25we don't just do things crazy.
01:27We put, we plan and there's nothing better when a plan comes together.
01:32And Jamel Warikon is one of those.
01:36And when he gets the opportunity to play in conditions that suits him, he has grabbed it with both hands.
01:43He further encouraged the team to go for the 2-0 series win as they aim to rise in the
01:49rankings.
01:50Same mentality, a little bit more hunger.
01:54The captain have challenged them from the time we got here, what the mission is.
02:01It is, it is, it is also important that we finish the year on a high.
02:08And one thing I know about Phil, Phil will not make it easy.
02:13You know, he wants to win as well.
02:14They have their own goals in the chess championship as well.
02:17But I am pretty sure with what I see from the guys, the hunger, the determination,
02:24the willingness to work out and the detail they put, the attention to detail they put in their preparation.
02:30You know, it tells me that whatever we face in SILET will be, will be ready.
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