West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran was left determined to get better at his craft after failing to guide his side to victory against Sri Lanka in the Cricket World Cup on Monday despite hitting his highest international score. The 23-year-old scored his first one-day international century but fell for 118 with Sri Lanka going on to beat the West Indies by 23 runs at Durham. “I know people say a lot of things about me but if I don’t perform on the field it makes no sense,” Pooran told reporters. “I don’t know what the future holds – I’m just thankful that I got the opportunity to play and I could show the selectors that I could play. Chris Gayle and Shimron Hetmyer added 49 for the third wicket but West Indies kept losing wickets at regular intervals in their chase.

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 05:48 UTC