Pooran Praises Batsmen

Nicholas Pooran defended West Indies' selection and praised Romario Shepherd and Akeal Hosein after their late hitting gave England a fright in Barbados. West Indies slipped to 65 for 7 and 98 for 8 in pursuit of 172 in the second T20I at Kensington Oval, but Shepherd and Hosein put on 72 runs in just 29 balls for the ninth wicket to take them to a one-run defeat. Pooran said Akeal and Shepherd have been working really hard on their batting, and "We know in our team we have a long list of hitters." "We saw something special from Akeal and Shepherd tonight. Kudos goes to them, they didn't give up at all, but that goes to show the strength in our team. Tonight was their night, we lost the game by two runs , but the next night someone else can turn up to the party.