Gayle sympathises with England
Monday, May 3, 2010
10:13 PM
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West Indies captain Chris Gayle was a happy man yesterday afternoon, following his side’s eight-wicket victory over England and their qualification for the Super Eight phase of ICC World Twenty20.
However, he was in sympathy with his English counterpart Paul Collingwood over the manner of England’s defeat--on the Duckworth/Lewis method of calculation.
The system came into play in both matches at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday. Earlier, Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe in Group B by 14 runs on the D/L.
Zimbabwe needed to be 43 at the end of five overs but were unable to get there. And then the West Indies, their innings interrupted at 30 without loss after 2.2 overs chasing 192 to win, were given a revised target of 30 runs in 22 remaining balls after the rain. They got them with one ball to spare.
Afterward Collingwood, commenting on the loss, suggested that the D/L method be adjusted for the T20 game.
Gayle had no objection to this. "I will support what Collingwood has said" he told the media afterwards. "It’s something that can be adjusted so it can be even for both teams."
"It was a good game. It was unfortunate for England to actually lose in this manner."
The Windies always had their eye on the skies once the target had been set for them.
Gayle mentioned that they knew weather was going to play a part, so the first five overs can determine the game, so we decided to go hard and see what we could get out of the first five overs. The target was actually 43 at that particular stage and it actually went in our favour. But after the game was reduced, we were most likely to win the game from there.
This time, there was no miscalculation of what was required as occurred last year in the one-day series between these same two teams.
Darren Sammy was named Man-of-the-Match for his economical figures of 2/22 in 4 overs.
It was the second straight game in which he had picked up the accolade and he said he was just happy to be playing his part.
However, he was in sympathy with his English counterpart Paul Collingwood over the manner of England’s defeat--on the Duckworth/Lewis method of calculation.
The system came into play in both matches at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday. Earlier, Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe in Group B by 14 runs on the D/L.
Zimbabwe needed to be 43 at the end of five overs but were unable to get there. And then the West Indies, their innings interrupted at 30 without loss after 2.2 overs chasing 192 to win, were given a revised target of 30 runs in 22 remaining balls after the rain. They got them with one ball to spare.
Afterward Collingwood, commenting on the loss, suggested that the D/L method be adjusted for the T20 game.
Gayle had no objection to this. "I will support what Collingwood has said" he told the media afterwards. "It’s something that can be adjusted so it can be even for both teams."
"It was a good game. It was unfortunate for England to actually lose in this manner."
The Windies always had their eye on the skies once the target had been set for them.
Gayle mentioned that they knew weather was going to play a part, so the first five overs can determine the game, so we decided to go hard and see what we could get out of the first five overs. The target was actually 43 at that particular stage and it actually went in our favour. But after the game was reduced, we were most likely to win the game from there.
This time, there was no miscalculation of what was required as occurred last year in the one-day series between these same two teams.
Darren Sammy was named Man-of-the-Match for his economical figures of 2/22 in 4 overs.
It was the second straight game in which he had picked up the accolade and he said he was just happy to be playing his part.
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