Forty years since West Indies last lifted the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup trophy in 1979, present-day captain Jason Holder is confident that his crew can repeat history. “I’m very optimistic,” Holder instructed Sportsmail. “I assume we have been given what it takes to win the World Cup. It’s only a count of the [kind of] cricket we play. We’ve potentially got match-winners on any given day, and we will beat any aspect in the international. “We’re confident that once we formulate our plans and execute them, we’ll be up there lifting that trophy at the top.
Windies finally performed a multi-layout series against England, where they beat 2-1 in the Tests. It changed into Windies’ first collection win towards England in the long layout in 10 years. Holder, who became adjudged Player of the Match for his profession-best 202* in front of his home crowd in Barbados, had a large element to play in. The restricted-overs leg was a mixed bag, with Windies drawing the 5-match one-day global series 2-2, conceding the Twenty20 Internationals observed by a three-0 margin. However, Holder felt that protecting the No.1 side within the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings to a stalemate would maintain the Windies in proper stead.
“I don’t suppose it is all sunk in,” he said. “It was surreal to score a double century in front of my domestic crowd. And competing towards the No.1 one-day aspect within the world and pushing them right till the give up says approximately our potential.”
If Holder leads West Indies to the World Cup, he will have emulated Clive Lloyd, whom Holder could be very close to and has been taking advice from. “Growing up, you song history,” Holder said. “Clive Lloyd lifted World Cups [in 1975 and 1979], and it is up to us to try to gain something similar. “He and I are very near. He’s given me several recommendations about how to pass on my worldwide experience. He always said it took three years to recognize a way to play Test cricket. Having performed Test cricket for some time, I recognize what he supposed.”
Holder similarly said that West Inthe dies are still a piece in progress; however, they are the ones to succeed. “Our boys are likely no longer the finished product. However, we’re truly moving ahead and becoming West Indian players. If we stick collectively for the following or three years, the sky’s the restrict,” he stated. “And, being in England, this turned into the closing location where we lifted the World Cup. Who knows it? Maybe there is a script to be written there.”