Well congrats to South Africa and tough luck to the West Indies. It seems as if, to borrow from baseball commentary parlance, there are "dead spots" in our batting lineup, namely Morton and to a certain extent, Ganga. Morton especially is simply not pulling his weight. He's almost an automatic wicket for opposing teams. Ganga, although certainly not through lack of effort, still seems to be very limited in his ability to cope with aggressive bowling. Ramdin, while he is able to get decent scores in the thirties and forties, needs to be able to convert these scores into big hundreds. This will probably come with time and experience. These are some of the major factors, along with Gayle's injury, that led to our defeat in this test match.
Having said all this, it is gratifying that this team did not captulate in this test match as meekly as it has done in the recent past. At least the guys showed some mettle and backbone. The performance from our lower order in the second innings was also heartening. Hopefully, our team is not too discouraged by this defeat and will be able to rebound mentally for the series decider.
