Kingston: West Indies Skipper Kieron Pollard felt that the victory over Ireland in the first Odi of the three-match series was ‘challenging’ because the sides need to be more stringent with their field.
Shamarh Brooks and Kieron Pollard starred sticks when West Indies beat Ireland by 24 walked in the first ODI from the three-match series here at Sabina Park on Sunday.
“It’s challenging, the most important thing is to get a victory.
When you see it, stir will play a big factor in the entire series.
There are lots of moisture, Ireland uses pretty good conditions.
We must be aware of it and we need to be firmer and find a way to rotate strikes .
Partnership with Brooks takes.
We went about 20-25 ran out there.
We lost six wicket for 64 runs.
that’s something we need to see, “said pollard in the post-match presentation.
“Bowler did it quite well.
Pitch dries and it’s a better song jumping in the second half.
People are stuck there, all the bowlers are fantastic today.
I have to go to my best bowler (on 165/1) to try and get a goal or dry run and put it on the back foot.
That’s exactly what happened and they lost a number of nails.
It was the same trend in both innings.
We started badly, ending in a good position, and then faltering.
It is a similar trend By the way Ireland is BATTED, “he added.
Chasing 270, Irish Batter could not support the captain Andrew Balbirnie and Harry Tector and only two batteries who managed to stay in the fold for the long term.
Balbirnie played a knock on 71 while Tector scored 53.
Andy McBrine and George Dockrell also scored 34 and 30 each but this was not proven because Ireland came down from the target.
For West Indies, Alzarri Joseph and Romario Shephard returned with each three-goal.
With this victory, the hosts have gained a 1-0 advantage with the second odi which will be played on Tuesday.
Need to be more stringent and find a way to rotate the strike: Kieron Pollard
