Skipper Jason Holder believes West Indies cricket could be set for a return to the glory days after upsetting Pakistan by five wickets in the third and final Test in Sharjah on Thursday
Windies skipper Jason Holder
Windies skipper Jason Holder
Sharjah: Skipper Jason Holder believes West Indies cricket could be set for a return to the glory days after upsetting Pakistan by five wickets in the third and final Test in Sharjah on Thursday. West Indies achieved a 153-run target on the fifth and final morning to clinch their first win in 14 Tests, a remarkable comeback after Pakistan won the first two Tests.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite, who carried his bat in the first innings with 142 not out, was again unbeaten on 60 while Shane Dowrich, who also finished with 60 not out, hit the winning boundary.
The victory is also the first for Holder — whose 5-30 on Wednesday set up the win — in 12 Tests as captain. The West Indies' last win came against England at Barbados in May last year. Holder is confident that the struggling West Indies — indomitable in the 1980s with 27 consecutive Tests without a defeat — can return to the top.
"I have no doubt we will get back on the track to take West Indies cricket back to the top," said Holder, appointed captain in October last year. West Indies cricket has been rocked by players' contract problems, sacking of World Twenty20 winning captain Darren Sammy and head coach Phil Simmons just days before the series against Pakistan.
They were routed 3-0 in the preceding Twenty20 and one-day series and lost the first two Tests — by 56 runs in Dubai and 133 runs in Abu Dhabi. But Holder believes his players showed character in adversity.
"I can only hope this is a very good win for guys," said Holder. "For us it is just a matter of consistency. We have no reason to be complacent with just one Test victory."
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