-Final match set for today 

By Clifton Ross 

AFTER effectively losing the series, being down 2-0 with a match left, a disappointed Kieron Pollard said the series slipping away from the West Indies is due to some shoddy bowling and fielding.

The Windies skipper faced the media following the second T20 loss and as expected Pollard, a stand-up character, admitted that the Caribbean Boys second successive loss was due mainly to their poor bowling outing.

“Obviously, we are disappointed, we always look to come out and play good cricket and get a win, but we accept defeat and we have to take that and come back stronger”, said the Windies skipper.

The 72-run loss came compliments of a record ton by the pocket-rocket Glenn Phillips. Phillips, who is somewhat West Indian by heart, having played in the Hero CPL for a number of seasons with the Jamaica Tallawahs, showed his class this time on home turf as his 108 required just 46 balls with 8 sixes and 10 fours; the 10th fastest in Twenty20 internationals, breaking teammate Colin Munro’s record by a ball.

Phillip’s knock put a damper on things for Pollard and company who further admitted that the energy in the middle played a big part as well.

“I think it’s attitudes and I think it’s our mindset. In terms of the energy and feel and erraticness in the field, that’s not the standard that we want to set for ourselves, and not the standard anyone wants to see in international cricket. There’s certain aspects we need to buck up on; guys are getting good opportunities to see what they have to offer, so hopefully they can understand the magnitude of things going forward.”

Pollard continued, “If we had stayed in the contest a bit longer, try to limit the damage to 200, 190 or so, we’d have been for the challenge, but we were behind the eight ball after that 10th over and it just went pear-shaped from there,” he ended.

With the T20 series almost fully over with a match to go, attention will then be shifted to the highly important Test series with key Windies Test players looking dangerous in warm-up games.