World Cup 2019
\nCaribbeans have the edge despite close defeat in last game against Australia
\nNews desk
\nLondon
\nA demoralised South Africa take on a spirited West Indies team at Hampshire Bowl in Southampton on Monday. With forecasters predicting cloud cover through the match, conditions seem favourable for the pacers.
\nWith South Africa\u2019s Dale Steyn out of the World Cup with injury and Lungi Ngidi still in doubt, skipper Faf Du Plessis may play Beuran Hendricks, who has arrived as replacement for Dale Steyn. South Africa will want to go all out to stop West Indies.
\nSouth Africa\u2019s coach Ottis Gibson revealed how dangerous a team West Indies is today. \u201cWhile the West Indies team were dangerous at one time, this one is no different. They have many players there who can win matches for them. So it\u2019s going to be a tough game tomorrow. Although they did not win their last game, they are still full of confidence. That was seen from the way they played against Pakistan.\u201d
\nGibson candidly admitted that his team\u2019s approach in the previous matches had been wrong. \u201cWe let ourselves down from the way we played and approached the first two games. In this kind of a tournament, we cannot afford to start slow and that\u2019s exactly what we did. Now we\u2019ve given ourselves a good shake and worked on giving a lot more commitment in the field.\u201d
\nSouth African pacer Kagiso Rabada, who came out to address the media before the match, also said that the West Indies is dangerous. \u201cWhen they get going, they can really hurt the opposition. That is a threat, but we believe we can beat them.\u201d
\nTo a query on whether the talk about the weather tomorrow was disturbing, he said: \u201cYes there\u2019s been some small talk about it. Again, it\u2019s an uncontrollable thing. But we\u2019re going to control what we can.\u201d
\nDoes his team have a plan against the West Indies? \u201cWe have done our analysis already and have our plans in place. Now it is about executing it, or rather practising it to make sure that we execute our plans.\u201d
\nWest Indies team assistant coach Roddy Estwick revealed that his team will continue to play aggressive cricket. \u201cWe are playing the West Indian way. We play a brand of aggressive cricket with a smile on our face. And if that gives us the success that we are looking at then that is very, very important.\u201d
\nAlthough West Indies skipper Jason Holder was disappointed with the poor umpiring that led to their defeat against Australia, he believes that his team needs to correct the mistakes they have committed. \u201cPlayers should take a little bit more responsibility, especially when it comes to chasing. It\u2019s important that one of the top four batters be there till the very, very end.\u201d
\nWest Indies is likely to replace Carlos Brathwaite with Kemar Roach to bolster their bowling attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
World Cup 2019 Caribbeans have the edge despite close defeat in last game against Australia News desk London A demoralised South Africa take on a spirited West Indies team at Hampshire Bowl in Southampton on Monday. With forecasters predicting cloud cover through the match, conditions seem favourable for the pacers. With South Africa\u2019s Dale Steyn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n