ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Despite a disappointing loss to England in the second one-day international on Saturday, West Indies white ball head coach Daren Sammy says he is seeing some improvements in the regional side's play. After posting a competitive 328 for six from their 50 overs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the West Indies were undone by a brilliant century from England captain Liam Livingstone, as the visitors scored 329 for five to level the three-match series. In an interview following the match, Sammy explained that while the Windies' bowling performance was not up to scratch, there were several positives that could not be ignored.
"Obviously when you put 328 on the board you expect to win. However, that is the beauty about international cricket. ".
..I thought, yes Liam Livingstone played a brilliant innings to get his team home, but I thought as a bowling group our execution was really off, hence losing to a record chase here at Antigua," Sammy said.
"But we did some really good things today. Shai Hope scored another hundred, third most hundreds by a West Indian; Keacy Carty batted [well], Sherfane Rutherford got his fourth consecutive half century, the way Matthew Forde bowled, Roston Chase after being put under pressure in the second over, the way he came back, so we did some really good things. "I think we were right in the game until the last 10 overs where I think they scored 100 off seven overs and that's not good enough.
But as a team, we're understanding w.