Saturday 27 August 2016

India enter new world in United States

After India cruised to victory in the Test series and in the aftermath of the Caribbean squad´s latest round of blood-letting, the sides head for the sport´s newest outpost, the Central Broward Regional Park, the only purpose-built cricket stadium in the US.
Six matches in the recent franchise-based Caribbean Premier League were played at the $10 million arena while the first full international matches, two Twenty20 games between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, were staged there in 2010.
Saturday and Sunday´s back-to-back fixtures come at a crucial time for the West Indies.
They may be the reigning world champions in the format having triumphed in India earlier this year, but that didn´t save Darren Sammy´s job as skipper.
He was sacked in what he claimed was a "30-second phone call" and replaced by Brathwaite who etched his name into West Indies cricket folklore by smashing four sixes in the final over against England to win this year´s World T20 final in Mumbai.
"I think a team like this will be pretty easy to lead, from the point of view that the dressing room is a fun place to be," said Brathwaite.

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