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Chris Morris, the IPL’s newest dollar-millionaire, showed with his match-winning 62 off 38 balls in a one-wicket win against England that he’s not just a bowler who can bat a bit

Firdose Moonda12-Feb-20160:50

‘We’ve got momentum on our side’ – de Villiers

South Africa’s attempts to stay alive in the ODI series against England seemed to have ended when Reece Topley took the one-handed catch in his follow through that dismissed Farhaan Behardien, the last recognised batsmen in their line-up. Had Chris Morris not been picked for this match, it probably would have been.But the IPL’s newest dollar-millionaire is not just a bowler who can bat a bit. He has spent a lot of time working on his ability to build an innings and he has already shown that.On Test debut last month, Morris scored 69. Before that, he made 86 batting at No. 8 for his franchise, the Titans, in a first-class match to set them up for a match-winning total. After that, he hit an unbeaten 45 off 16 balls for them in a List A game to do the same. Morris knew he could probably see South Africa over the line if he had someone with him to do the same. Then, he lost David Wiese at the end of the 41st over and South Africa still needed 56 runs.”When Dave got out, I thought we were in a bit of strife,” Morris said at the post-match press conference. “I know KG can bat but…”Rabada was dismissed three balls later. South Africa needed 53 with Morris on 14 when he was dropped by Adil Rashid in the deep on the next delivery he faced. He knew he had to make it count.”Luckily they dropped me. I just thought that it’s an opportunity to play cricket for your country. If it’s the arc you can hit it far. I’ve played a lot of cricket here and I know the altitude helps,” he said.Before Morris moved to the Centurion-based franchise, he played at the Wanderers for the Lions and the Johannesburg-crowd did not forget their prodigal son. As AB de Villiers put it, “I think it was [the fans] that pushed us over the line,” and although the sell-out crowd would have helped, it was actually Morris who took South Africa to the line and Imran Tahir who took them over it.Morris credited the “work I have done on my batting in the last couple of months,” with some of it but admitted there’s still some work to do. With scores level, he was bowled by a googly from Rashid, who earned some redemption for dropping him, after Morris failed to read the delivery. “I didn’t pick that for anything. That wasn’t my best. He can have it,” Morris said.De Villiers would not have been thinking the same thing. When Morris went, the South African captain’s stress levels rose after they had been on a rollarcoaster through the game. “We didn’t need a nine-downer tonight. I was taking a bit of strain there in the change-room,” de Villiers said.”We could have made it easier for ourselves. We were a bit naughty there. My run out and a couple of other wickets were a little bit soft. We could have finished it earlier and with more wickets in hand.”In fact, de Villiers also thought they could have given themselves less to chase after reducing England to 108 for 6 at the halfway stage. “We had the opportunity to bowl them out for 150 but I was still very happy with 260 odd,” de Villiers said. He would have been because at that point, Eoin Morgan thought it “was South Africa’s game to lose after we fell 30 or 40 runs short.”England have posted totals of close to 400 and over 300 in the series so far and Morgan was “surprised it has taken us this long to fall this short.” Although England have now squandered a 2-nil advantage, Morgan was still full of praise for players like Joe Root, who scored a second successive century and Chris Woakes, who managed an impressive return on his recall including an athletic run out of de Villiers.”Joe’s run of form has been magnificent for the side,” Morgan said. “And Woakesy got the ball to move around. The game ebbed and flowed but it was our game to win.” Now it is anyone’s series to win, with the decider to take place in Cape Town on Sunday.

Captain hopes to do what McCullum & co did in spurring a revolution seven years ago

Firdose Moonda03-Mar-2022″Let’s show them,” is the mantra New Zealand is embracing for the next 18 months as it becomes the centre of women’s sport, with three World Cups in three major sports. The Cricket World Cup kicks off on Friday, the Rugby World Cup will start in October-November and New Zealand are co-hosts of next year’s Football World Cup in July-August. White Ferns captain Sophie Devine said they’ll be looking to those three simple words to put women’s sport at the forefront of fans’ hearts and minds.”It’s a really unique time,” Devine said ahead of New Zealand’s opener against West Indies in Mount Maunganui. “It’s something New Zealand is extremely proud of – to be hosting three Women’s World Cups in the space of a couple of years. That doesn’t happen too often and we get the opportunity to lead the rest of the teams off. A big one (statement) that’s been pushed is, ‘Let’s show them.’ It really gets behind women’s sport and is about getting it out there, and the opportunity to get on the global stage with hopefully billions of eyes watching us.”The billions will come from television screens, with New Zealand’s borders still heavily restricted and the number of fans in the stadium limited to 10% initially, but that does not mean there won’t be a vibe. Devine is hopeful New Zealanders will embrace the spirit of 2015, when they were co-hosts of the ODI World Cup and their men’s team went unbeaten through the group stage to reach the final.”Dream big, New Zealand,” was the catchphrase at the time and Devine remembers the country was galvanised around cricket. “I was fortunate enough to be at Wespac Stadium when Martin Guptill brought up his 200,” Devine remembered. “The way the whole public got behind the men’s team was extraordinary and it certainly created a buzz.”All the World Cup captains pose for a picture•Getty Images

Now, she hopes the same atmosphere can be recreated for the women’s tournament. “We’ve spoken about how we can get the country behind us and we know our best way of doing it is by playing a really exciting brand of cricket with a smile and enjoying spending time together out in the middle,” she said. “We know the power of the 2015 World Cup and the surge in (cricket-playing) numbers. We are looking forward to doing our part as players and making sure that whoever is watching that they are really enjoying women’s cricket because it has really grown so much over the last couple of years – and women’s sport as well has been on this real wave of momentum.”Already, the White Ferns have found themselves attracting public attention. “We’ve had a few cars honking their horns at us, which I think is a good thing,” Devine joked. “We’ve felt so much love and support from people from all around, from people passing us in the street. It’s been really nice to see people recognising us and wishing us well.”New Zealand enter the tournament on the back of a 4-1 series win over 2017 finalists India, headlined by Amelia Kerr’s 353 runs at an average of 117.66. New Zealand were strong in setting totals and chasing and the top four have been in particularly good form. Devine is satisfied with the form throughout the order.”The impressive thing about our team at the moment is that it’s not just the top four that are standing up,” she said. “We’ve had impressive performances from people batting at 5, 6, 7 and 8. Even Hannah Rowe, coming in at 10 or 11 in one of the ODIs, was crunching Jhulan Goswami around the ground for four. It’s given people confidence that we are really match fit and ready to go.”And they’ve been ready for more than a year. Though the delay in the tournament’s start date allowed New Zealand to find some form after last winning a series against Ireland in June 2018, they cannot wait to get going.”I’ll be counting down the minutes until the first game kicks off. There’s a lot of excitement. It’s about keeping that under control,” Devine said. “There’s going to be nerves, there’s going to be pressure, there’s going to be expectation. We’d be silly to think those things won’t be there especially being a home World Cup. We are embracing all the different things.”

The much talked-about ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit report on BPL corruption has been delayed further. This time the wait could be till the first week of August

Mohammad Isam29-Jun-2013The much talked-about ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit report on BPL corruption has been delayed further. This time the wait could be till the first week of August, according to BCB president Nazmul Hassan. Mohammad Ashraful, the only one interviewed by the ACSU to have publicly confessed of wrongdoings, will remain temporarily suspended.If the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, the country’s domestic one-day competition, begins in July, which is the off-season in Bangladesh, Ashraful will miss the tournament. However, Hassan’s anxiety regarding other players’ names cropping up in the ACSU report seems to have abated for now.”They haven’t completed the report,” Hassan said. “They are yet to complete interviews outside Bangladesh. As a result, they have asked for more time. From what I have understood after talking to them, I think we will most probably get the report in the first week of August.”Because Ashraful is already temporarily suspended and the report is still not submitted, we don’t know what sort of decision we should take against him. He won’t play in this tournament, the rest can play.”Hassan also discussed the possibility of further investigation and the formation of a 10-member tribunal, procedures he had ruled out when he first spoke publicly about the BPL corruption investigation.”They have a few more steps remaining. Firstly, they will present their report. We have to see whether the evidence they have gathered against a certain player is enough, based on which we can take a decision against a player or anyone else.”We could also have to do further investigation or form a tribunal, which is within the rules. The tribunal will take time, and since this is a lengthy procedure, it is not wise to hasten such a matter. We will start the league very soon.”The league has been delayed three times already. It was first supposed to held in March and has changed dates twice in July.

Haider Ali’s enterprising 49 and Kamran Akmal’s attacking 41 not enough as Zalmi fall short in 200 chase

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Feb-2022Haider Ali’s enterprising 49 and Kamran Akmal’s attacking 41 weren’t enough for Peshawar Zalmi, as a whirlwind knock of 66 by Fakhar Zaman helped Lahore Qalandars to a 29-run win.After Shaheen Afridi bowled Hazratullah Zazai off the third ball of the 200 chase with no run on the board, Akmal and Hussain Talat added 62 as Akmal went for the boundaries while Talat struggled to get going. But Zaman Khan got them both off back-to-back balls in the ninth over, first having Talat caught at deep midwicket before getting Akmal to chop on to his stumps.Akmal’s 41 came off 24 deliveries, including 4, 4 and 6 off successive balls in the fifth over against Rashid Khan, while Talat couldn’t make the most of three drops to limp to 15 from 24 deliveries.But after Akmal fell, Haider ensured Zalmi didn’t lose the momentum, getting off to a rapid start after himself being dropped. With Mailk also gone and the required run rate up to nearly 15 with seven overs remaining, Rutherford also targeted Rashid, cracking 6, 4 and 4 off consecutive deliveries. However, Zaman Khan dismissed Rutherford for 21 from 11 balls, and despite Haider’s effort, Zalmi were left with too much to do in the end, as David Wiese nearly had a hat-trick for Qalandars with DRS reversing the umpire’s initial out verdict.And with the bat, Qalandars were set up by an aggressive 94-run opening stand between Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique. Initially, Fakhar Zaman was the one who went after the bowlers, scoring 26 off his first 13 balls after four overs. Shafique then upped the tempo, slamming Arish Ali for 6 and 4 off the first two balls of the next over. At least one boundary was hit every over until Usman Qadir got Shafique for 41 off the last ball of the ninth to break the partnership.But Fakhar Zaman pumped Qadir for two more boundaries – the ball drooping off Haider’s fingers at deep square leg facilitated the six – before Talat got him for 66 in the 13th over. That is when Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Ghulam and Rashid combined to provide the finishing touches to Qalandars’ innings, as they crashed 82 off the final seven overs, with Rashid hitting three sixes in an unbeaten eight-ball 22.

A PhD from the University of Sydney, he is an expert injury epidemiologist and sports scientist

Umar Farooq03-Aug-2021The PCB has appointed Dr Najeebullah Soomro, a Perth-based doctor, to head its revamped sports medicine department. He will take over as the chief medical officer, and is expected to relocate to Lahore in October, and be based at the city’s National High-Performance Centre.Dr Soomro is presently working as a part-time doctor with South Fremantle Football Club, a second-tier Australian Rules Football club that competes in the Western Australia Football League. An MBBS from Karachi’s Dow University of Health and Sciences, he completed a PhD from the University of Sydney with a doctoral thesis on prevention of cricket injuries.It is this expertise on cricket injuries that the PCB will hope to utilise. Over the last decade a number of players, and fast bowlers especially, have picked up injuries and either struggled to return after rehabilitation, or to maintain pre-injury standards. That led to a significant lack of trust between players and the department, leading to a number of them seeking medical advice, services and rehabilitation abroad.The PCB’s medical department was earlier headed by Dr Sohail Saleem, but he was forced to resign following the outbreak of Covid-19 inside the PSL bio-secure bubble last year, which led to the tournament being postponed. The PCB subsequently formed an independent fact-finding panel to review the matter, but it is still unclear if Dr Saleem was actually held accountable in the report.According to the PCB, Dr Soomro has collaborated with Cricket Australia to create the world’s first cricket injury prevention programme and injury surveillance mobile app for community cricket. Dr Soomro has also trained as an injury epidemiologist and sports scientist, though this will be his first position in such a high-profile role.It’s not Dr Soomro’s first stint with Pakistan cricket, though. He had earlier worked with the PCB as a member of its sports medicine committee between May 2019 and September 2020.The appointment is part of an upgrade of the PCB’s medical department, now integrated with the high-performance centre. The domestic cricket department, which functioned separately with the national cricket academies, has also merged with the high-performance centre, which is responsible for player development for top-drawer cricket.

Review of dressing-room culture and game-wide approach to dealing with complaints are among pledges

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Nov-2021Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, says that the “earthquake” of revelations surrounding institutional racism in English cricket could prove to be the catalyst for long-overdue change within the sport, as the board on Friday unveiled its five-point action plan in response to the crisis.The measures outlined include the adoption of a game-wide approach to dealing with complaints of racism, and a full review of dressing-room culture at international and domestic level, as Harrison acknowledged that, with a game-wide fan-base in the region of 11 million people in England and Wales, “we don’t yet have a sport which represents all [communities]” and that “we risk losing these people unless we address this situation urgently”.”It feels like an earthquake has hit us,” Harrison admitted during his first media briefing since last week’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee hearing in Westminster. Azeem Rafiq’s appearance before the committee followed Yorkshire’s botched handling of a report into his allegations of institutional racism at the club and sparked a number of other players to speak out about abuse they had suffered at other clubs.”The last few weeks have been very, very tough for cricket,” Harrison said. “Our game has been portrayed in the worst possible way in the world’s media, and testimony from others has revealed serious issues which we’ve collectively not dealt with as a game for many decades, as well as more recently.”What we’re trying to get to grips with now is it’s a collective response from the game coming together to work out what we’re going to do about this very serious situation that we face. Last Friday was that moment where we came together as a collective, the whole game.”Frankly, it sometimes takes an earthquake like this to provide the kind of courage that we’ve seen from Azeem Rafiq in particular, but others too,” Harrison added. “It’s provided the opportunity to accelerate years and years of change in a very quick period of time. Perhaps this has been the shock that will enable us to bring this game together once and for all. And I don’t mean that as the game as we see it now, but the game which has got 11 million fans who want to be part of it.”Harrison’s own position within the ECB had come under scrutiny going into last week’s meeting, but he reiterated his belief that he has the “backing of the game”, as he pledged to do everything in his power to drive through the changes outlined in the action plan.”I am so committed to sorting this issue with the game,” Harrison said. “We’ve come up with some significant action as a result of what’s happened. I understand I have the backing of the game and I’m very motivated to make sure that we provide a welcoming environment across our sport for everybody. That is that is something I’ve felt passionately about, since the moment I walked into this job. I’m not going to walk away from that now.”In addition to the plan, the ECB has also committed to £25 million in funding over five years to support Ethnicity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) actions and the formation of a new anti-discrimination unit within six months, as well as setting EDI minimum standards for all venues with the power to withhold funding if those standards are not met.Also included is a commitment to conduct a full-scale review into the detection, enforcement, and sanctions against discriminatory and abusive crowd behaviour at all professional cricket grounds before the 2022 season as well as to “best practice governance” with targets for Board diversity of 30% female and locally representative ethnicity by April 2022. Every senior executive employed across the game will also have personal EDI objectives as part of their annual performance targets.The plan was developed in the wake of the Rafiq racism scandal and following a crisis meeting a week ago involving the ECB, MCC, Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) and the 18 first-class counties, among other organisations.The five target areas are: understanding and educating more; addressing dressing-room culture; removing barriers in talent pathways; creating welcoming environments for all and publishing localised action plans on a six-month deadline.Under those headings, the plan lists 12 courses of action including “adoption within three months of a standardised approach to reporting, investigating, and responding to complaints, allegations, and whistleblowing across the game”; “a full review of dressing-room culture in all men’s and women’s professional teams, both domestic and international”; and “action to aid progress into professional teams of people from diverse backgrounds (especially South Asian, Black and less privileged youngsters)”.Responding to the threat last week from the sports minister, Nigel Huddlestone, that the UK government could see fit to appoint an independent regulator if the ECB fails “to get its house in order”, Harrison acknowledged that a governance review was overdue, and that the ECB would “have to have a very good reason” not to comply with such recommendations if they were forthcoming.A meeting was held on Thursday with county chairs to discuss the ECB’s dual role of regulator and national governing body, and Harrison added that the same conversation would need to be had with the wider game in due course.”This reflects the changing role of the ECB and the broadening role of the governing body over recent years,” he said. “We haven’t done a governance review since 2017, when we introduced the independent board, so I think it’s the right time for us now to go back as a collective, and work out whether we have got the right governance structures, given the pressures and the uniquely different roles that ECB plays now as a major sport, with the multiple hats that we have to wear while overseeing the game.”Barry O’Brien, ECB Interim Chair, said: ”There is no doubt this is a critical moment for cricket. After our all-game meeting last week, we said we must rise to the challenge and respond with one voice.”We have now set out a series of game-wide commitments so that cricket can start to make the transformation that we know is needed. Change is required as a matter of urgency, but we also recognise that sustained action is required over months and years to achieve fundamental and long-lasting progress. This must begin today.”

Review will address historical issues, remind players of responsibilities and “help them learn”

George Dobell12-Jun-2021The ECB has announced a “social media review” after admitting the sport’s attempts to prove itself inclusive have been “severely diminished” following the emergence of a series of historic tweets by players.The episode was sparked by the re-emergence of comments made by Ollie Robinson on Twitter when he was aged 18 and 19. The tweets, which included sexist and racist material, came to prominence on Robinson’s first day as a Test player and jarred with the team’s commitment to combatting discrimination.In the following days, numerous further historic tweets from high-profile players came to light which also looked at odds with the standards and values expressed by the current England team and ECB executive.Coming at a time when the sport is desperate to promote a more inclusive image, it left the ECB board admitting in a statement on Saturday that its “aspiration to become a more inclusive and welcoming sport for all” was “severely diminished whilst discriminatory content remains in the social media space”.The ECB board therefore confirmed a social media review designed to “address any historical issues, remind individuals of their personal responsibilities going forward, and help them learn lessons along the way”.Related

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The statement went on to say that the ECB will work with various other bodies, including the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) to agree the terms of reference for a review. Further disciplinary action has not been ruled out, but the statement hints that education will be the key tool of progress.”Making cricket a game for everyone is central to the game’s ‘Inspiring Generations’ strategy,” Ian Watmore, the ECB chair, said. “Celebrating our many brilliant role models in men’s, women’s and disability cricket is essential to that aim, and the right use of social media is a critical means for achieving it.”As the national governing body, we must steer a path between helping individuals project an inclusive image, educating them on what is expected of them and allowing them the space to express themselves to the public. We must also investigate their actions and sanction them when they fall short.”The board was unanimous in support of the [ECB] executive in the actions taken by them in the last week and agrees with their plans to move the game forward in a spirit of inclusion, education and personal responsibility, whilst addressing those cases which cause most offence head on.”There was also an admission from Rob Lynch, the PCA chief executive, that “there is always more we can do”. Current arrangements see the PCA advise players on their social media content and monitor the Twitter and Instagram accounts of current England players. There is no system of reviewing historic posts.”We are committed to working with our members and the ECB on further education and there is always more that we can do,” Lynch said. “We will consult with our members and work with the ECB to develop terms of reference for a social media review, which in turn, will lead to better insight and an opportunity to improve.”Our commitment, as always in times like this is to ensure the ECB process is fair and considered and to offer support, advice, and education to all of our members.”

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and his predecessor Ross Taylor have been released early by their IPL franchises and will join the tour of England ahead of schedule

ESPNcricinfo staff02-May-2013New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and his predecessor Ross Taylor have been released early by their IPL franchises and will join the tour of England ahead of schedule.Neither player has had much involvement in the IPL with McCullum playing one match for Kolkata Knight Riders, after recovering from the hamstring injury he picked up in the final Test against England in Auckland, and although Ross Taylor has appeared five times for Pune Warriors he has made just 63 runs at a strike-rate under 100.McCullum is due to arrive in England on Friday so could yet be available for the opening tour match against Derbyshire, which starts on Saturday, while Taylor is expected over the weekend. Both players were previously set to arrive shortly before the match against England Lions at Grace Road next week. Kane Williamson was due to the lead the team in McCullum’s absence.New Zealand players have an agreed five-week window where they can appear at the IPL and when Mike Hesson, the coach, was asked about missing two senior players for the start of the trip he even sought to see it in a positive way. “I’m actually quite happy with it because with a squad of 15 it’s quite hard to get everyone a game,” he said.It has become a feature of the May Test series in England, which clashes with the IPL, that senior players from the visiting team have arrived late. It has previously happened with Sri Lanka and West Indies, leaving them precious little time to adjust to the conditions.McCullum, who took over the captaincy from Taylor late last year, had a productive series against England in March, but Taylor struggled for fluency on his return after opting out of the South Africa tour following the loss of the leadership. During a radio interview after the visit of England he said that he was still not entirely comfortable back in the set-up.

Former England batsman returns to club where he forged memorable career

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Apr-2021Jonathan Trott has returned to Warwickshire as a batting consultant for the men’s squad.Trott, who retired in 2018 with a haul of 18,662 first-class runs and more than 12,000 more in List A and T20 cricket, performed a similar role for England during their winter tour of the subcontinent. He had previously had spells as batting coach with the U19 and Lions sides and was part of the England coaching team at various times during the 2020 international season. He was also batting coach at Kent in 2019.While Trott missed out on the role of Elite Batting Coach at the ECB – the job was given to Marcus Trescothick – he stood in for Trescothick during the limited-overs leg of the India tour after Trescothick suffered a family bereavement. Although Trott has no official role with England, it would be no surprise if he was called-in for further short-term engagements to allow breaks for the full-time coaching staff.The son of a professional batting coach, Trott has coached from a young age. Growing up in Cape Town, he ran sessions alongside Bob Woolmer and was credited by Dom Sibley for his help after he graduated to the England team.Trott will now bring his experience, including 52 Test caps between 2009 and 2015, back to the county game in support of Warwickshire’s coaching team of Mark Robinson, Graeme Welch, Tony Frost and Ian Westwood.Related

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“It means a huge amount to me to return to Warwickshire, in this new role as a consultant,” said Trott. “There’s a lot of talented players in the squad, some of whom I know well from my time within the playing ranks. I’m very excited to have this opportunity and to hopefully supporting the Bears on our journey to becoming a team that consistently challenges for trophies again.”Paul Farbrace, Director of Cricket at Warwickshire CCC, said: “Jonathan knows exactly what it takes to win trophies with Warwickshire and England. He will be a great support and mentor to the players and he could play a significant role in developing several members of the squad.”Since finishing his playing career at Edgbaston in 2018, Jonathan has also gone away and built a strong coaching portfolio, which has included county cricket with Kent and home and overseas series with England. We’re very happy to have him back with the Bears.”

West Indies played like “world champions” in their “clinical victory” over Zimbabwe in the Twenty20 series, according to captain Darren Sammy

ESPNcricinfo staff04-Mar-2013West Indies played like “world champions” in their “clinical victory” over Zimbabwe in the Twenty20 series, according to captain Darren Sammy. West Indies completed a 2-0 win on Sunday, beating Zimbabwe by 41 runs in North Sound.”We didn’t just win, we beat them convincingly. That’s the kind of performances, whether we play Australia or Zimbabwe, we look to put in on the cricket field,” Sammy told WICB Media. “We played like true world champions and it is great to see the fans smiling and enjoying the matches. I remember last time Zimbabwe was in the Caribbean they did win the only T20, so we had to go out and play our best cricket.”The win on Sunday took West Indies’ tally up to six wins in six T20s, including the semi and final of the World T20, the one-off T20s in Australia and Bangladesh. “It shows that we definitely are a very good T20 team,” Sammy said. “Our backs have been to the wall in some of those games, especially that famous final, and we fought. Somehow somebody turns up and plays a good innings for us [to turn the match in our favour].”This series was no different, we continue to improve and we look forward to the [World T20] in 2014, to defending our title there.”Sammy said he was happy to have several players chipping in during the series. “Today, I think [Samuel] Badree came out and just did what we all know he is capable of. We know he normally bowls very economically, and was outstanding again today and provided us with the perfect start [taking 3 for 17] after we posted a good total. That’s the kind of performances we’re used to from Badree.”Simmons is back into the team and he continues to do well. He had a good outing in the Caribbean T20 and it’s good to see that he has continued his form, and the way Shannon Gabriel bowled [0 for 12], it’s very good for us.”Now, Sammy said, West Indies have the chance of adding to their success in the Test format too. “We have a chance of stretching our Test matches [wins] to six also.”We did some good things in Bangladesh and against New Zealand here in the Caribbean. It’s important for us to respect the opposition and continue the momentum we’ve carried through the ODIs and T20 series.”