West Indies Under-19 cricket coach Floyd Reifer is not reading much about the two warm-up defeats ahead of the opening match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup against Australia here on Friday, saying it was only a matter of time before. The “talented bunch” starts ticking the right boxes.
Hosts West Indies lost to India and South Africa by huge margins in the build-up and will look to put their indifferent form behind them in the warm-up when they resume their Group D activities against Australia at the Providence Stadium.
In both practice games, Reefer’s team failed to cross the 200-barrier, but the coach said he would not put too much emphasis on defeat.
“I would say the practice matches we played were two low-scoring games, so I don’t want to put too much emphasis on that. I think that’s the mindset of the batting players in terms of spending some more time at the crease and building some more partnerships. comes in.
“Yes, we know that as a batting unit there are some things that we want to achieve, people are starting and these are things that we are discussing. I have faith in the boys, we have a talented group of cricketers, we have got some good batsmen in here, it’s just a matter of getting one percent right for us and then we will respond with some consistency.” -19 was appointed the head coach of the team.
Australia have a lot of questions to answer after their nine-wicket loss to India in their only warm-up match. But with two teams advancing from Group D, which also includes Scotland and Sri Lanka, their captain Cooper Connolly is confident about his side’s prospects.
India got a big morale-booster ahead of the World Cup as they beat Australia by nine wickets in a practice match. Australia were reduced to 268 runs, with 18-year-old skipper Cooper Connolly taking center stage with a century. But India’s response was brilliant, with Harnoor Singh leading the way with a century (100). He was supported by Sheikh Rashid’s 72 and captain Yash Dhul’s unbeaten half-century.
“(India’s loss) was a reality check for us against one of the strongest sides, probably the favourites,” said Connolly, who lost in the quarterfinals to South Africa two years ago.
“But our team is checking in really well and I think we are in a good position for the first game. We really can’t get off to an easy start, we have to come out with a strong mindset to beat West Indies. Hopefully we can outrun them.”
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