The captain put down one of the easiest caught and bowled one can ask for then another very difficult chance the very next ball or the ball after I think. Those were the clear ones that I saw.
Tomorrow's first session is going to determine what happens in this game I think. West Indies bat at a snail's pace for another session then that means they only have the intention of batting once. They could be backing themselves to put 600 on the board over the next 2 days and then bundle us out on the last day.
I think something is going to happen because a lot of them are not instinctively cautious like Brathwaite. Powell needs the runs so does the other hope who isn't Shai. So they don't want to give away their wickets. Blackwood and Dorwich also need some scores. So we might see them being extra cautious in order to secure their place for the next tour but i believe its not in their nature and the shots will eventually come out.It might be all on us to make something happen.
I guess with 0 fire power whatsoever in the attack their main strategy especially against top sides is to contain and bore the opposition batters until they make a mistake.
Its still much easier to say than do. Look at Bangladesh, they have the highest econ rate and an even more impotent attack (unless the wicket assists spin). Why don't they adopt the same tactic of boring batsmen into mistakes? Its still requires bowling the appropriate line (and length) to your field. It also requires the proper field. I don't think I've ever seen a Bangladesh captain employ a 7-2 field or a packed ring. We always have at least a couple of sweepers guarding the fence and allow opponents to knock easy singles when they don't find boundary balls. So its not that simple. If it were, quite a few other teams would adopt the strategy.
That being said, I think some of it might have to do with the pitches and mindset of the opposition. I think Bangladesh have always motored along at 3 or more an over against ZIM when far better batting sides have batted at lower run rates. But then BD also ranks towards the top in terms of run rate, as the batsmen love to find the boundary more so than rotate the strike.
