West Indies secured an impressive 2-0 test series victory over New Zealand on Sunday with Shivnarine Chanderpaul guiding them to a five-wicket win in the second test at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Sunday.
For West Indies, whose next assignment is the Twenty20 World Cup, the victory was reward for coach Ottis Gibson and skipper Darren Sammy who have worked hard to re-establish the Caribbean team through a new generation of players.
"We have gotten the feeling of what it is like to win but it is about continuous hard work now," said Sammy.
"The performances are coming from different players at different times and that is the hallmark of a good team," he added.
Needing just 71
further runs to win with six second innings wickets remaining, the calm
presence of the 37-year-old Guyanese left hander, who finished unbeaten
on 43, ensured there was no late scare for the Caribbean side.
Nightwatchman Kemar Roach had some fun, making 41 before he slashed a wide ball from Kane Williamson to Tim Southee at backward point.
Narsingh Deonarine,
whose bowling spell of 4-37 turned the game to West Indies favour as New
Zealand managed just 154 in their second innings, joined Chanderpaul to
see Darren Sammy's team to their target.
The test series
defeat, coming after losing the one day series in the Caribbean, was a
disappointing end to New Zealand coach John Wright's spell in charge of
the team and leaves plenty of questions for his successor Mike Hesson to
deal with.
The tour included
two Twenty20 games, five one day internationals as well as the two tests
and all New Zealand could manage was a solitary win in the one-day
series.
"It has been a
disappointing tour all round," said skipper Ross Taylor. "We had our
chances in this match, like we had chances in a lot of the matches but
winning is a habit and we were beaten by a better team at the end of the
day.
"Our batting needs to a take a good hard look at ourselves."
A tour of India later this month ensures that the young
New Zealand team will have little time for contemplation however and
they will need to handle spin far better than they did on this tour.For West Indies, whose next assignment is the Twenty20 World Cup, the victory was reward for coach Ottis Gibson and skipper Darren Sammy who have worked hard to re-establish the Caribbean team through a new generation of players.
"We have gotten the feeling of what it is like to win but it is about continuous hard work now," said Sammy.
"The performances are coming from different players at different times and that is the hallmark of a good team," he added.
"The last year or
two has been tough for us, we are going to celebrate this now but then
it is about getting the wins consistently."
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