Preparation has been key to Windies’ success so far, says Chase

Roston Chase strongly believes that thorough planning is one of the major reasons behind the West Indies’ success at the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

The Windies are one of four unbeaten teams remaining in the tournament, having brushed aside Scotland, pre-tournament favourites England, Nepal and Italy to finish top of Group C at the end of the preliminary rounds.

However, they now face a tougher test in Group 1 of the Super Eights, where they have been grouped with the similarly unbeaten India, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Speaking after an optional training session at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, Chase explained that the regional team was planning both on and off the court.

He promised there would be continued focus ahead of their opening match against Zimbabwe on Monday.

“That’s something else that I think we’ve been doing well; we haven’t been taking any team lightly in the World Cup.

“At the end of the day it’s World Cup cricket and every team is going to come out there with that passion and that energy to win and take the World Cup home,” Chase, who was one of 11 players who took part in the training session said.

“So, I think the preparation in terms of practicing and also the analytical side in terms of planning and being strategic in the boardroom, I think that’s what has paid off for us. Each team is a threat to us and we want to take them down.”

Chase said confidence in the dressing room was extremely high ahead of that crucial clash.

“I think the team is full of confidence having won all four group stage games and the vibe in the camp is very lovely. The guys have been working hard…every guy knows what he needs and I think that is the hallmark of the team; everyone knows their role and everyone knows what they need to do and we’ve been doing it,” Chase pointed out.

The veteran all-rounder said he had been impressed with both batting and bowling units so far.

He said he had seen major improvements since the start of the World Cup.

“I think the batting in the middle overs, that has really pleased me so far, because usually we tend to face too many dot balls in the middle against the spin. But I think we’ve been really rotating the strike well in the middle overs along with picking up the odd boundary and then we’ve been finishing lovely,” Chase said.

“I would also like to commend the guys on the bowling. I think to get 38 wickets out of the 40 possible wickets, I think that’s a good job from the team. We’ve been keeping it tight throughout the innings. Sometimes I just think that we need to tighten up on the Powerplay, and I think once we tighten up on that we’ll be great.” (CMC)

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