{"id":24892,"date":"2024-12-10T16:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24892"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:59:52","slug":"windies-gear-up-for-crucial-third-t20i-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/windies-gear-up-for-crucial-third-t20i-against-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Windies Gear Up for Crucial Third T20I Against England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Eric Collymore | November 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies are facing an uphill battle as they strive to keep their hopes alive in the five-match T20 series against England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Windies trailing 2-0, head coach Daren Sammy has urged his squad to play the &#8220;brand of cricket&#8221; that will propel them to victory and force a series comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEngland has shown their strength, but I believe in our team. We need to focus on our game and play the way we know we can,\u201d Sammy said optimistically ahead of the third T20I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Windies prepare for the crucial third match on Thursday, changes have been made to the squad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzarri Joseph has returned to the team following a two-match suspension, replacing Shamar Joseph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All-rounder Shamar Springer has also been added to the squad, taking the place of the injured Andre Russell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team has suffered back-to-back defeats to England at the Kensington Oval, and now, with the series hanging in the balance, they must secure a win to stay in contention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third T20I is set to take place at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground at 16:00 hours on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With high stakes, the Windies are aiming for a turnaround, and Coach Sammy remains hopeful that his team will rise to the challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore | November 13, 2024 The West Indies are facing an uphill battle as they strive to keep their hopes alive in the five-match T20 series against England.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24892","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\/24892","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=24892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24895,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24892\/revisions\/24895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}