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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Cape Town, Jan 7 (IANS) West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin has accepted middle-order batting failures led to his side&#39;s defeat in the just ended Test series against South Africa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Ramdin said his team&rsquo;s batting was left exposed by his and veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul&#39;s failure, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Ramdin&rsquo;s concession comes as the West Indies slumped to their seventh straight series loss to South Africa, losing the third test by eight wickets at Newlands Tuesday. The West Indies lost the three-match series 0-2.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;Everyone expected Shiv and myself to get some more runs. Shiv has been doing it for the past six or seven years that I have been around,&rdquo; said the West Indies skipper Tuesday, who has not been able to build on the form he showed over the last two years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;And then I didn&#39;t have the best time. Hopefully in the one-day series, I will get some runs.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">In 10 Tests between November 2012 and June this year, Ramdin averaged a shade under 50, scored two centuries and three fifties.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But his recent Test form has flagged with just five runs from two Tests against Bangladesh in the previous series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Chanderpaul, with 91 runs from five innings, has had the leanest tour among the West Indian specialist batsmen and finished with exactly the same numbers as the captain himself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&#39;s the first time I have seen Shiv fail&quot; declared Ramdin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Ramdin and Chanderpaul were supposed to provide stability to the West Indies middle- order but were forced to watch as the likes of emerging batsmen Kraigg Brathwaite and Leon Johnson stood out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;We need to take ownership of our game,&rdquo; said Ramdin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We make 60s and 70s and think we can keep our place for the next series but we need to score back to back hundreds&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The first T20 between West Indies and South Africa will be played in Cape town Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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