da doce: Carl Hooper has set his young batsmen a specific goal for the secondand final Test against Zimbabwe starting here today
da blaze casino: Tony Cozier27-Jul-2001Carl Hooper has set his young batsmen a specific goal for the secondand final Test against Zimbabwe starting here today.What I’d like to see is Daren Ganga, Ramnaresh Sarwan and MarlonSamuels go on to score their first Test hundreds, the West Indiescaptain said on the eve of what he termed a big game for us, a verybig game.The West Indies lead the short series 1-0 after their crushing, fourday victory by an innings and 176 runs in Bulawayo last weekend whenChris Gayle, the tall, 21-year-old left-handed opener, notched hismaiden hundred in his tenth Test, a superlative 175.Hooper himself amassed 149, his first hundred as captain and his tenthoverall, but Gayle’s right-handed partner, 22-year-old Ganga, fell 11short and the 20-year-olds Sarwan, with 58, and Samuels, 42, were outto loose strokes.I was disappointed none of them went on to get a hundred in Bulawayo,but this is another ideal opportunity, he noted. It looks a goodwicket and, hopefully, the conditions will be good for batting.Ganga’s 89 was his highest score in his nine Test. Sarwan hasn’t againpassed his unbeaten 84 against Pakistan in Barbados last year in thefirst of his 12 Tests nor Samuels his unbeaten 60 against Australia inMelbourne last December in the second of his eight Tests.






