Windies skipper disappointed with team performances

Talking to the media after West Indies lost the fourmatch T20 series 3-1 yesterday, Brathwaite said, “I am happy that the hard work that I have been putting in off the field has transcended itself on the field, but me personally I always prefer team performances. If I can contribute to a win then so be it, if I perform well and the team does not do as well then it puts a damper on my personal performance and my spirit going forward.” Brathwaite had a solid series scoring 34 not out, 37 not out and 15 in the series. He also took five wickets in the series and was relatively economical throughout. Brathwaite has been struggling to find consistency, after hitting four sixes in the last over in the final of the World T20 tournament last year to lead West Indies to victory over England.

Asked if he was happy with the way the batsmen approached their innings in the series Brathwaite said, “I was not happy with the execution, but when players come off, the same shots that they get out with that goes over the boundary for six we say well played, that was brave, that was brilliant.

“As a management team we want to encourage players to express themselves, we just ask for a little more awareness than we have seen shown thus far in this series.

It is for us to go back to the drawing board individually again, come back against Afghanistan, repeat the things we did well and improve on the things we did not do so well.” Afghanistan will tour the West Indies from May 30 to June 14, where they will play three T20 Internationals in St Kitts, followed by a trio of One Day International (ODI) matches in St Lucia.

West Indies will face Pakistan in a three-match ODI series in Guyana starting on Friday, followed by a three-match Test series - in Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica.