TAUNTON, England – West Indies captain Jason Holder spoke to members of the media ahead the fifth match of the ICC Cricket World Cup against Bangladesh at the Somerset County Ground in Taunton. The 27-year-old allrounder is preparing to make his 100th appearance in One-Day Internationals. He made his debut against Australia at the WACA in Perth on February 1, 2013 and has so far completed the career double of 1,634 runs and 125 wickets.
His highest score of 99 not out came against Papua New Guinea in the ICC Cricket World Cup qualification tournament in Harare in February, 2018. His best bowling was a match-winning 5-27 against India at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua, two years ago. Holder said the West Indies will be on the hunt for their second win as they look to make a leap up from sixth position in the marquee event.
“Everyone is hungry for runs. I guess a few guys haven’t gone on and capitalised on starts and some haven’t got any starts. It is another opportunity against Bangladesh to get some momentum. (Nicholas) Pooran has been really good … I’m very pleased with his progress so far, he has shown a lot of maturity and has a lot of shots in his locker. I guess, for him, marking himself really harsh, he’d like a hundred. Let’s hope he steps up tomorrow and carries it deeper,” Holder said.
“I don’t think there are any easy teams in this World Cup. We are mid-table with five games left and the ball is in our court. We have to play some consistent cricket going into the back half of the tournament. It’s quite a good stage to pick up some momentum. It’s a challenge against Bangladesh, so we just want to get over them and move forward.”
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FULL SQUAD (with shirt numbers)
Jason Holder (Captain) – 8
Chris Gayle (Vice Captain) – 45
Fabian Allen – 97
Carlos Brathwaite – 26
Darren Bravo – 46
Sheldon Cottrell – 19
Shannon Gabriel – 85
Shimron Hetmyer – 2
Shai Hope – 4
Evin Lewis – 17
Ashley Nurse – 5
Nicholas Pooran – 29
Kemar Roach – 24
Andre Russell – 12
Oshane Thomas – 42
MATCH SCHEDULE
(First ball is 5:30am Eastern Caribbean/4:30am Jamaica; unless otherwise stated)
Friday, May 31: vs Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
West Indies won by 7 wickets; Details: https://bit.ly/31emdPM
Thursday, June 6: vs Australia at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Australia won by 15 runs; Details: https://bit.ly/2QSdU7v
Monday, June 10: vs South Africa at Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
No result due to rain; Details: https://bit.ly/2I5ZA8w
Friday, June 14: vs England at Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
England won by 8 wickets; Details: https://bit.ly/2KjbRsx
Monday, June 17: vs Bangladesh at the County Ground, Taunton
Saturday, June 22: vs New Zealand at Old Trafford, Manchester (8:30am EC Time/7:30am Jamaica)
Thursday, June 27: vs India at Old Trafford, Manchester
Monday, July 1: vs Sri Lanka – at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Thursday, July 4: vs Afghanistan at Headingley, Leeds
Semi-Finals
Tuesday, July 9: 1st vs 4th at Old Trafford, Manchester
Thursday, July 11: 2nd vs 3rd at Edgbaston, Birmingham
The Final
Sunday, July 14: Semi-final Winner 1 vs Semi-final Winner 2 at Lord’s
July 15: Reserve Day
-CWI
