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While the visit to play an in-form England side was always going to prove challenging for West Indies, the manner in which the tourists were humbled will not have been taken well by fans and management alike.
Their third test defeat came in a typically brutal fashion. Having collapsed 175 all out in their second innings, England were left with the small matter of knocking off 82 runs and duly did so in just over seven overs, with Ben Stokes (who else) hitting the winning runs with a lofted six off Kraigg Braithwaite.
This sealed a 3-0 win for the hosts and will have left West Indies licking their collective wounds. Their innings defeat in the first test was perhaps the real low of the series, and the second test saw Kavem Hodge smash a superb century before Andre Coley’s side once again threw things away in the second innings.
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Head coach Coley has been looking for the positives after the heavy defeat in England, and when asked if the result was a true reflection of their efforts, he responded,
“No. We were beaten at Lord’s because we never actually got into that match. They were both low-scoring innings, so we never actually got in. With the ball, we did most of what we wanted to do. From the second Test, you could see how the batters started to acclimatise and mixed intent with some really good decision-making. We started to see each player expressing themselves and announce what they are capable of doing.”
“When you sum up the entire series, emotionally or mentally, it was a bit draining. That’s because of how England play and how attacking they would be. [But] there were instances where we controlled the flow of runs, where we put their batting under pressure, and where we put their bowling under pressure,” Coley added.
West Indies seem to have fallen back on old traits. Across 2021 and 2022, they looked to have gotten things back on track. They defeated England in the West Indies 1-0 in a three-test series before seeing off Bangladesh. They then lost in Australia before defeating Zimbabwe.
Over the course of the last four test series, against South Africa, India, Australia and now England, they have amassed just one test win, losing seven in that period.
It would be unfair to say that West Indies were an unmitigated disaster in England, as they did on brief occasions look very capable, especially with the bat, but the pressure was clearly always there, as noted by Coley,
“There were occasions where you watched the body language of England fielders and you could say they were feeling the pressure. But [for us] to be able to sustain that mental focus for three to four days and operate at maximum capacity was quite interesting and taxing.”
It was a matter of mental fatigue, just being able to do some of the things we wanted to do for a longer time, especially when put under pressure, getting through those periods, then being put under pressure again, and then having to respond again. That’s the biggest learning we could take away,” Coley concluded.
No doubt a number of changes are in the offing ahead of South Africa’s visit to Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, with the first test starting on the 7th of August before a second test at Providence Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana.
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