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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Bridgetown (Barbados), May 5 (IANS\/CMC) West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says several performances in the Regional First Class season offer hope the regional side can make amends for last year&rsquo;s poor showing in New Zealand, when the Black Caps arrive in the Caribbean later this month.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">The Windies were completely outplayed in the three Test series late last year to lose 0-2. They were also facing certain defeat in the opening Test before rain intervened, to force a draw, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Gibson said it was important the Windies turned the page on that series and showed what they were capable of as a batting unit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good to see a lot of hundreds coming from a lot of places because that&rsquo;s indicative of good batsmanship in the region and that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s required at the next level,&rdquo; Gibson told the Sunday Sun newspaper.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t performed well as a batting group recently in Test cricket and we need to look at that. Plus, when last we went to New Zealand we let ourselves down a bit especially in that aspect so I think on our home patch now it&rsquo;s important that we show that what happened there is not the way we want to play cricket.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve had several meetings with (Director of Cricket) Richard Pybus and he has a clear idea where he &ldquo;wants to take the cricket&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">New Zealand arrive in the Caribbean at month end and will play three Tests and two Twenty20 Internationals, in a tour running from May 29 to July 6.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">The West Indies are expected to embark on a training camp here within a fortnight.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Gibson said judging from the returns from the first class tournament, the West Indies had plenty options to choose from to form their bowling attack.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&quot;Spin dominated the bowling again in regional cricket so it was good to see Jerome Taylor back on the park as his coming back into cricket is a big plus for us with Kemar Roach out with an injury,&rdquo; Gibson pointed out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&ldquo;Hopefully Kemar will be okay as well and then that gives us a really strong fast bowling line-up to choose from. Then we still have Shane (Shillingford), Sunil Narine and now Sulieman Benn is bowling very well again this season so it looks like we can choose a really quality bowling attack.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">--IANS\/CMC<br \/>\r\nsr\/dg<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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