{"id":365215,"date":"2024-02-04T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=365215"},"modified":"2024-02-04T13:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:02:37","slug":"windies-legend-calls-for-stern-talk-over-major-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=365215","title":{"rendered":"Windies legend calls for 'stern talk' over 'major concern'"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Indies legend Brian Lara<\/a> believes the side's top order needs to address its poor showing across the opening two ODIs against Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Aussies sealed the series on Sunday night with an 83-run win<\/a>. The third ODI will be played on February 6 at Canberra.<\/p>\n

The West Indies disappointed in the first match with the bat, scoring just 231, and were subsequently bowled out for 175 in the SCG fixture.<\/p>\n

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Across both matches, openers Alick Athanaze and Justin Greaves combined for just 25 runs.<\/p>\n

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Cricket icon Kerry O'Keeffe identified the top order as the main area the West Indies needed to fix.<\/p>\n

"W\ufeffest Indies have things to work on, their spinners have been strong, they need their quicks to fire up and the early order batting is a concern," he said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

Lara, who has sung the praises of Athanaze throughout the summer over his potential, agreed there needs to be a strong message going to the top order.<\/p>\n

"(It's) a major concern, that's where they've got to look to, not necessarily make changes, but maybe have a stern talk with the youngsters up top," he said.<\/p>\n

\"Hazlewood's<\/p>\n

"At the beginning of the innings, they want to set the innings up properly and the West Indies in both matches were finding themselves in early trouble."<\/p>\n

Speaking after the second ODI, West Indies captain Shai Hope didn't believe Australia's total of 9-258 was a bridge too far for his side. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"I wouldn't say it's too much," he said at the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n

"It was a challenging wicket as we saw, I think the Aussies bowled very well on this surface but we need to find a way to score a bit more freely, find a way\ufeff to tick the ball over and put them under pressure a bit more."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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