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The
West Indies cricketers will move on to South Africa confident
of doing well after a 3-1 series triumph in the One-Day
International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.
This according to vice-captain Dwayne Bravo, who led the
team in two of the matches after Chris Gayle was sidelined
with an injury to his right hamstring.
“We
came here looking to win the series and we achieved that,”
Bravo said after Sunday’s fifth and final ODI against
Zimbabwe was rained out.
“We
are playing well as a team and the players are really looking
forward to the series in South Africa. The way we fought
back in this series to beat Zimbabwe shows that we are confident
and have the ability to come back when we are down,”
Bravo said.
West Indies had lost the opening match against little-rated
Zimbabwe but rebounded with handsome wins and Bravo delivered
positive thoughts ahead of their travel this week to tackle
the tougher South Africans.
“South
Africa will not be an easy series and we full understand
that. But we believe in ourselves and we know what we have
to do. We have to put in the hard work to get the results,
play hard against South Africa and keep improving.”
In the series, Bravo was solid with the bat going at a strike
rate of 126 in his four innings.
In the third and fourth matches – while playing as
captain – he scored at better than a run-a-ball to
lead the team to victory.
Sunday’s fifth ODI at Queen’s Sports Club was
abandoned after nearly five hours of waiting, due to bad
weather.
The rain began early Sunday morning and continued throughout
the day.
It never abated and the match officials decided just after
2 pm local time that no play would be possible, which was
disappointing for a fair-sized crowd which had assembled
at the picturesque ground.
The West Indies left for South Africa on Monday where they
will play three Tests, five One-Day Internationals and two
Twenty20 Internationals.
The opening match will be on Friday against the Makhaya
Ntini XI in East London. CMC
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