Weak decision-making costs the Eagles
Despite losing four games in a row, Cricket Namibia's coach remains confident that the team is improving.
Cricket Namibia's senior national team coach, Dee Thakur, says poor decision-making in key moments of the game has cost them a lot.
Speaking to Namibian Sun yesterday Thakur said despite a good improvement by the Eagles there are key areas that the team will have to work on.
“We need to get things right in key moments of the game to win those, and that has to start with our decision-making,” he said.
The Eagles lost all three matches at the T20 Desert Cup held in Dubai.
Thakur says they gained valuable experience though.
The team came home to another defeat by Eastern Province on Sunday.
“The players enjoyed the experience and it was rich enough but winning is ultimately what we are looking for and we have a few areas where we have to do a lot much better,” the coach says.
“Going forward I think we are in a good place as these are things that we can get right and if you look at last year compared to now we are in a better place as we never won four games in a row in the CSA tournament in the history of the tournament that we have been involved in.”
Describing their games in Dubai, Thakur says winning their warm-up game was an achievement.
“We went into the tournament positive although we did not execute all our skills as we would have liked, we still came out with a win and I was quite happy going into the tournament,” he says.
He maintains that they stood a good chance of winning their first game against the United Arab Emirates and had their fielding been better they could have won.
“We batted quite well up front in the first 10 overs of the second game against Ireland but we lost our way a little bit as we should have also won the game but our fielding was not up to scratch again so that cost us,” he says.
He says their performance in the T20 tournament has shown that Namibia is not so far from the playing standard of the other teams.
“I am quite positive as the signs are quite good and we are improving from where we used to be.
“I hope we can keep on improving going forward, as this team has improved and the future is bright.”
KAINO NGHITONGO
Speaking to Namibian Sun yesterday Thakur said despite a good improvement by the Eagles there are key areas that the team will have to work on.
“We need to get things right in key moments of the game to win those, and that has to start with our decision-making,” he said.
The Eagles lost all three matches at the T20 Desert Cup held in Dubai.
Thakur says they gained valuable experience though.
The team came home to another defeat by Eastern Province on Sunday.
“The players enjoyed the experience and it was rich enough but winning is ultimately what we are looking for and we have a few areas where we have to do a lot much better,” the coach says.
“Going forward I think we are in a good place as these are things that we can get right and if you look at last year compared to now we are in a better place as we never won four games in a row in the CSA tournament in the history of the tournament that we have been involved in.”
Describing their games in Dubai, Thakur says winning their warm-up game was an achievement.
“We went into the tournament positive although we did not execute all our skills as we would have liked, we still came out with a win and I was quite happy going into the tournament,” he says.
He maintains that they stood a good chance of winning their first game against the United Arab Emirates and had their fielding been better they could have won.
“We batted quite well up front in the first 10 overs of the second game against Ireland but we lost our way a little bit as we should have also won the game but our fielding was not up to scratch again so that cost us,” he says.
He says their performance in the T20 tournament has shown that Namibia is not so far from the playing standard of the other teams.
“I am quite positive as the signs are quite good and we are improving from where we used to be.
“I hope we can keep on improving going forward, as this team has improved and the future is bright.”
KAINO NGHITONGO
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