‘Wanted to attack their best bowler’ – Samuels
Marlon Samuels, whose 78 off 56 balls fashioned one of the great turnarounds in Twenty20 internationals to help West Indies win their first world championship since 1979, said he had wanted to cause panic in the Sri Lankan team by attacking their best bowler.
West Indies had a poor, nervous start to the final. After winning the toss, they took 17 balls to score a run off the bat. After six overs they were 14 for 2, and 32 for 2 after 10. Samuels, though, went after Lasith Malinga, considered not only the best in Sri Lanka but arguably the best in the world in this format. Malinga went for…
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