adminHOBART. — Skipper Jason Holder yesterday said his embattled West Indies players must focus on their individual gameplans if they want to pull off a stunning win against Australia in the first Test cricket in Hobart.
Amid incredulity that the West Indies have a chance against Steve Smith’s Australians, after a run of woeful results, Holder challenged his young team to get their heads down and fight. It looks a tall order for the once-mighty Caribbeans to turn things around when the first of three Tests gets underway today.
The West Indies are ranked above only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
They have won just four of their last 20 Tests and last won a Test in Australia in 1997. But Windies pace great and now team bowling consultant Curtly Ambrose has predicted a shock victory, and Holder said that is possible if they execute their plans.
“We are very upbeat about this series. It’s a fresh series for us, so we have to be positive going into it,” Holder told a match-eve media conference. — AFP.
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