{"id":16509,"date":"2024-02-13T16:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16509"},"modified":"2024-02-13T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:55:59","slug":"west-indies-optimistic-ahead-of-t20-series-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-optimistic-ahead-of-t20-series-against-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Optimistic Ahead of T20 Series Against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>By Eric Collymore<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies Limited overs head coach Daren Sammy is optimistic about his team&#8217;s chances as they prepare to face host Australia in the first of three T20 Internationals on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming off lackluster performances in their three-match ODI series against Australia, the West Indies team is now focusing on the T20 series, aiming to salvage some pride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Daren Sammy emphasized that the team has moved past their previous performances and is focused on the task at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sammy stressed the importance of a positive mindset, especially with the bat, if they are to succeed against their opponents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With West Indies and Australia having met 19 times in T20Is, the Caribbean unit has won 10 matches compared to Australia&#8217;s nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series serves as a buildup to the ICC T20 World Cup in June, and Sammy highlighted that the team&#8217;s confidence is growing as they approach this marquee tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore West Indies Limited overs head coach Daren Sammy is optimistic about his team&#8217;s chances as they prepare to face host Australia in the first of three T20&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16509","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\/16509","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=16509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16511,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16509\/revisions\/16511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}