da bet vitoria： Barbados performed with the force of a tropical storm duringthe Red Stripe Bowl preliminaries
Haydn Gill09-Oct-2001Barbados performed with the force of a tropical storm duringthe Red Stripe Bowl preliminaries. But if they are to winthe tournament, they need to rapidly upgrade to hurricanestrength.In separate interviews on Sunday after a hard-fought win by21 runs against the Southern Windwards that ensuredqualification for the Final Four, chairman of selectorsRichards Edwards described Barbados’ first-phase performanceas not that consistent, while team coach Hendy Springerrated it as just adequate.The consensus from both men was that an improvement in thebatting was needed when Barbados clash with Trinidad andTobago in the second semifinal at the Kaiser Sports Club onFriday.Everybody has to chip in and try and get runs. Our batsmenhave got to buckle down and try and come to grips with thething, Edwards said.The batsmen could not have been faulted for a total of 178for nine from 50 overs against Southern Windwards becausethe plain truth is that the pitch at the Enmore CommunityCentre was one in which the ball hardly got up above ankleheight.But, Barbados made no impression the previous day when theyfound themselves reeling on 141 for eight before PedroCollins’ robust half-century reduced the margin of defeatagainst Guyana to 32 runs.We need to get more of our specialist batsmen getting biggerscores, Springer said.At least one of them has to bat through. When a specialistbatsman does bat through, he is a guiding light to a prettyrespectable total.Edwards said the poor run of captain Sherwin Campbell wasworrying, but he could not put his finger on the overallproblem among the batsmen.He used Floyd Reifer as an example.He looked terribly out of sorts against Guyana. He didn’tlook like he was going to get a run, but against theWindwards he came and played the ball quite well underdifficult conditions, the chairman of selectors said.Barbados’ victory on Sunday was their second in threepreliminary matches and it was enough to earn them secondplace in Zone B for a semifinal clash with Zone A winnersTrinidad and Tobago.We could do a lot better. We have to do a lot better if weare to go and make our presence felt in Jamaica, Springersaid.The coach pointed to specific areas in the batting that havebeen causing problems.As well as poor shot selection, we get very bogged down andcan’t find a single, he said.Sometimes we get ourselves in a situation in the middle whenthe slow bowlers are on with only four men in the circle andwe can’t seem to be getting as many singles as we would liketo get.We also need to be lot sharper in running between thewickets.Barbados finished behind hosts Guyana after defending amodest total against the Southern Windwards who had muchmore difficulty in coping with an unfriendly batting pitch.This was a very good win. I don’t think we scored as manyruns as we would have liked, but taking into considerationthe lack of bounce on the pitch, I thought that was acompetitive score, Springer said.Ryan Hinds, returning to the team after missing the previousday because of the viral illness that was troubling him fromthe start, put in a fine all-round performance to win theMan-Of-The-Match award.His 59 off 83 balls may not be remembered for a long time,but it was worth close to a century bearing in mind theconditions.There were essential supporting contributions from DaleRichards (40 off 74 balls) and Floyd Reifer (25 off 64balls).Collins and fellow left-arm fast bowler Ian Bradshaw bothclaimed three scalps as Southern Windwards were restrictedto 157 for nine.