After 5-0 defeat, West Indies captain Shai Hope blames shoddy batting for loss

Whereas West Indies’s defeat to Australia in the Test series was not a surprise, them sinking in T20 waters was a shock. Former world champions, one of the hottest suppliers of T20 gun-for-hires on the franchise circuit, Australia blanked them 5-0, pushing their cricket further into the gorge. Worryingly, the defeat was not anomalous, but a continuation of the Caribbeans’ free-fall in the only format that they had offered a semblance of stability. This was West Indies’s 16th defeat in the last 19 games, feeding worrying signs ahead of the T20 World Cup next year.

Captain Shai Hope could say nothing more than what his predecessors had said. “We’ve got to put this one behind us, and look ahead for the Pakistan series (starting Thursday), and see where we can get that combination and that success going,” he said.

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