Lara pleased by new formula
Guyana Chronicle
May 4, 2004

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CAPTAIN Brian Lara praised West Indies for taking a different approach to gain the same result in their second weekend win over England.

"We decided in the first 15 overs when England batted that we needed to improve," said Lara.

"In our 15 overs, yesterday (Saturday) we got 70-odd; today it was 111."

"Shivnarine Chanderpaul played a tremendous innings and Dwayne Bravo has only played two or three games but has got a lot of maturity."

Chanderpaul claimed the man-of-the-match award after a blistering 63 off 55 balls.

And he admitted the onus was on him after opening partner Chris Gayle was lbw to Darren Gough in the ninth over.

"Losing Chris early, someone had to take up the challenge," he said.

"I knew I was capable so I thought, Why not have a go?"

England captain Michael Vaughan admitted his team's total of 280-8 was simply not what they had been looking for.

"We knew on this ground we should have got nearer to 310-315," he lamented.

"We got the best use of the wicket and we should have got more, that would have put them under more pressure.

"Full credit to them for the way they chased them down. It's hard to defend when they come out like that, they were always one step ahead.” (BBC Sport).