Windies’ failure due to inexperience: Holder
bulawayo — West Indies cricket captain Jason Holder has conceded that “inexperience” has led to their failure to win the last two matches of the current tri-nation series in the final over of the run chase.
Holder was speaking to reporters after the West Indies lost to Sri Lanka by one run in a nail biting fifth game at Queen’s Club here on Wednesday, reports CMC.
Chasing a stiff target of 331 runs, the West Indies managed 329/9 riding on Evin Lewis’ 148.
The Caribbean side panicked in a nerve-racking death over to concede the match on the final ball of the innings after a similarly tense encounter against Zimbabwe which ended in a tie on Saturday. Lewis, playing in just his fourth One-Day International (ODI), hit his maiden century to leave the West Indies well positioned at 177 for three. He dominated two halfcentury partnerships that powered the West Indies’ run chase.
“I think it’s inexperience. These are obviously situations that we’re not accustomed to being in. We’re still a relatively young side,” said Holder. “Everybody’s trying to make their mark. And I think it boils down to inexperience, and having that know-how at the end to get us across the line. We had set up the game nicely, and Evin Lewis played an exceptional knock to put us in the situation that we were in,” added Holder.