Sam Perry

Let's have a look at the batting card for the West Indies because there is...

An alarming statistic at the very top of that list there.

Ross and Chase opening the batting for the first time this tournament.

Hetmeyer clocked a couple.

Rutherford didn't really get going, but then Robbie P and Jason Holder got them up to four for 195.

But it is Shea Hope at the top there, 32 of 33.

Here's what he said after the game.

He said, yes, I'll take the blame.

I should have batted a lot faster.

But in a situation like this, when you're struggling, I don't think I was playing badly.

It's just I was hitting it to the fielders and then trying to play the situation a bit more.

I mean, first of all, fair fucks to a guy who's come out and says, I'm just going to cop, I'm going to take the blame.

I mean, he has literally batted five and a half overs and scored 32 runs individually.

I suppose sometimes you do see, in defense of Hope, even though it is his fault and he has cost world cricket a very funny result and we should all be blaming him.

Yeah, but like...

you know, sometimes like you see guys get out for like seven off 15, for instance, and it's like, well, fuck, what a waste of innings that is.

But how many times do you see a guy make 80 off eventually 45 and they start off with those numbers?

Now, when you face 32 balls, you're going to want to score a big number very quickly in the last sort of 30 balls that you might face to sort of make up for that.

Because when you're just missing those circumstances, then it is like you really have just batted five and a half overs and...

set the team way back.