West Indies coach Phil Simmons stated that the series against Australia was a turnaround. The host won the 5-match T20I series by 4-1.
Though South Africa won the away T20I series 3-2, West Indies gave a tough fight with the series being decided in the final match.
Simmons said on Monday that, “What has brought this sense of unity is the willingness and the hunger to win cricket matches for West Indies. At the start of the Sri Lanka series, we had a chat among all the players and the main thing we discussed was to understand that we had to play cricket together for West Indies.
“We had some honest conversations among all team members before the South Africa series as well…we are looking at making sure that we go there to represent West Indies. We’re not going to win every game but equality that we put out when we are on the field is going to highlight West Indies cricket,” added the former all-rounder.
West Indies player Kieron Pollard said ahead of the opening ODI here that, “It’s an Australian cricket team that left the shores and these guys will want to impress. It’s a matter of us concentrating on what we need to do and our plans.”
West Indies got a number of performers in the recently concluded series against Australia and their World Cup preparation is going well.
