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‘27 All-Out Is Embarrassing’ - Roston Chase’s BRUTAL Admission After WI’s Horror Night Out
West Indies' innings lasted only 14.3 overs as the home team registered as many as seven ducks
West Indies endured the single lowest point in their entire cricketing history on July 14 (Monday) in Jamaica as they got bowled out for 27, the second-lowest total in Test history and the lowest in 70 years.
It was 2 hours of horror for the hosts, who were blown away by a record-breaking five-wicket haul from Mitchell Starc and a hat-trick from Scott Boland on a surface that seamed prodigiously. The entire West Indies fourth innings lasted only 14.3 overs as the home team registered as many as seven ducks, creating an all-time unwanted record in the process.
A brutally honest Roston Chase admitted that it was ‘embarrassing’ for his side to get bowled out under 30.
"Being bowled out for less than 30 is quite embarrassing and something that you don't want as a team, but it's beyond us now, so we have to just try to improve from here,” Chase said, reported cricket.com.au.
At the same time, Chase said the entire series has been a ‘heartbreaking’ one for his side, since they’ve gone toe-to-toe with Australia for three innings, only to completely fold in the fourth.
"It's disappointing, we've been putting ourselves in positions to win games and then we just lay down and don't put up a fight in the last batting innings," Chase said.
"It's quite heartbreaking because we did it in all three Tests, and we're not really learning from our mistakes, so that's something we have to really look at.”
It was an ill-fated end to the series for West Indies, but Chase said that his team can take heart from the fact that they competed really well against Australia, who he believes are the ‘benchmark’ when it comes to the longest format.
"Australia seems to set quite the benchmark for Test cricket so (when) you can play against them and compete or even beat them, you know you're on your way to becoming a good Test team," Chase said.
"We were neck and neck until the last innings in each game.
"We thought 204 was quite gettable … the wicket was still a good batting wicket, I didn't think there was too much devil in the wicket like the last two games where the ball was rolling or bouncing inconsistently.
"But then obviously, with the start … it's very difficult to get those runs from there."