With the time long gone for sugar-coating Guyana’s abysmal performance in the current WICB four-day tournament, captain Assad Fudadin has labeled his team’s performance as poor.
After two completed matches, two defeats and a washed out game last weekend on home soil, Guyana are on seven points. Guyana’s latest defeat came against the Windward Islands in three days while in the first round, after gaining first innings points to Jamaica, they lost that game also.
On both occasions their batting was the Achilles heel. Fudadin, in his new role as national captain in place of Ramnaresh Sarwan, had stated then that the batting was cause for concern since the bowling department was delivering the goods on every occasion.
Yesterday, Fudadin, speaking with some media workers during his team’s practice session at the National Gymnasium, said, “It was a poor performance in the batting. I think the bowlers did really well; they have been bowling really good throughout these couple of games but it is our batting that has once again failed us; it is a major concern for us.”
According to Fudadin the batsmen, including himself, are looking well at the crease but “we are finding ways to get ourselves out.”
He is hopeful that the team’s batting woes will turn around for their match against Barbados on Friday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
“We are getting starts but we are finding ways to get out, which is really disappointing. This is the concern that is why we are working very hard on our batting. The coaching staff is working very hard but it is our job to produce.
“We are doing the right things, we are saying the right things, it is just now for us to go out there and produce,” Fudadin said.
Commenting on whether he is feeling pressured, Fudadin said that he is comfortable. He lamented though the loss of his two games at the helm but indicated that he is a strong person and he will somehow overcome the seemingly insurmountable challenges.
“Losing two games out of two is not a great start to my captaincy but I am holding strong because I am a strong person; I will get through this. It is not affecting my batting. I am feeling good at the wicket but I am just finding a way to get out and I am disappointed with my performance but I am looking forward to produce some good scores for my team,” the West Indies A player stressed.
In Fudadin’s estimation the bottom order has been doing a better job of delaying the side’s slide, making reference to the 44-run partnership between Rajendra Chandrika and Brandon Bess in the last match to ensure the Windwards bat again.
“They are showing improvement but it is the top order,” Fudadin pointed out, adding that “we have been getting good starts but we lose quick wickets in succession and we are not getting big partnerships. We are confident but we need to capitalise on the starts that we have been receiving.”
