The wild roller coaster ride for the West Indies at the carnival that is the International Cricket Council’s 2015 World Cup continues and they are hanging on for dear life. But the team which represents the Caribbean that once played a unique brand of cricket that so many fans around the world would like to see do well, are finding it difficult to catch a break these days.
Having said that though, either the weatherman or mother nature smiled on the West Indies as the cyclone which was forecast for Napier in New Zealand on Sunday never showed up and they took advantage of the fair conditions to swamp the United Arab Emirates (UAE) handily defeating them by six wickets and improving their run-rate significantly in the process to secure the final spot in the quarterfinals.
Skipper Jason Holder, who seems to be gaining in confidence with each match, spearheaded the attack having given the UAE first strike, with a man-of-the-match performance of 4 for 27 which, along with opening partner Jerome Taylor’s 3 for 36 demolished the winless minnows frontline batting reducing them to 46 for 6. The Windies however, fell into a
