Caribbean Net News: West Indies players just as disappointed as fans, says coach

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Coach of the West Indies cricket team Bennett King on Monday said his team is just as disappointed as their fans by the dismal performance during the just concluded one-day series against South Africa.

He said as the West Indies begins the series against Pakistan on Wednesday fans �can expect 100 percent� since the �team has been improving� and �can be expected to give its best�.

King�s remarks came shortly after the team arrived in St. Vincent around midday Monday.

�They [the fans] are not more disappointed than we are. I mean we are the ones who play it and we feel it probably more than the other people. We�ve got to live with it,� the Australian-born coach said.

�I hear you talk about the public but the players themselves are just as disappointed. Every time our players go on the field they go to try and do their very best. It doesn�t always work out that way but we can guarantee you that every time we set foot on that field we give a hundred percent,� King continued.

The West Indies were defeated in both the test and one-day international competitions in the series against South Africa.

Commenting on the way forward King said, �We are going to keep trying to improve and keep moving forward with our cricket and keep moving the team.�

He said his team is as passionate about the game as their fans.

�We are all cognisant; we are all aware of the passion that�s here in the West Indies with cricket. It lies within these players here as well.�

He suggested that there was something lacking in terms of the players preparing for the much desired improvement and the success it is hoped that improvement would bring.

�I guess what we need to try and do is to get them [the players] up with the rest of the world in terms of how people prepare and how cricketers prepare for improvement and how they prepare for success. It doesn�t always come naturally; there�s a lot of hard work involved.�

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West Indies players just as disappointed as fans, says coach

by Kenton Chance Caribbean Net News Correspondent

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

by Kenton Chance
Caribbean Net News Correspondent