{"id":15835,"date":"2024-01-25T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15835"},"modified":"2024-01-25T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T13:36:01","slug":"windies-test-skipper-emphasizes-belief-and-improvement-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/windies-test-skipper-emphasizes-belief-and-improvement-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Windies Test Skipper Emphasizes Belief and Improvement for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies Test captain leading the team in Australia, highlighted the importance of self-belief and improvement for the team&#8217;s success against the world&#8217;s number one side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brathwaite, who took over the captaincy from Jason Holder, expressed the need for the team to trust in their abilities and work on enhancing their performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video statement, Brathwaite acknowledged that the pitch in Adelaide was good but emphasized that the team fell short with the bat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed the importance of improvement in batting performance, considering it a crucial aspect of their game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The skipper, with experience in 88 test matches, sees the series against Australia as a valuable litmus test for the young West Indies team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He believes that competing against a strong opponent like Australia provides an opportunity for the team to assess their current standing and identify areas for improvement to consistently compete at a high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brathwaite pointed out that, for the West Indies to progress, more than just funding is required. He sees belief, improvement, and a holistic approach as essential elements for the team&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies will face Australia in the second test in Brisbane, followed by three ODIs and three T20 matches over the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies Test captain leading the team in Australia, highlighted the importance of self-belief and improvement for the team&#8217;s success against the world&#8217;s number one side. Brathwaite,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15837,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15835\/revisions\/15837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}