Daren Ganga
Daren Ganga
Daren Gangais a West Indian cricketer of East Indian descent. He is a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm offbreak bowler. After debuting as a 19-year-old he has found himself in and out of the West Indies team, playing regularly for and at times captaining the West Indies A side when he was not selected. After being named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year', Ganga had for the first time in his career cemented...
challenge coming cup final good great guys knew played position word
I think we knew that we were the underdogs, and I think that was a great position in which to be coming into a final game, and the guys were up for the challenge from the word 'Go!'. Even from the day before the match, we knew that if we played good cricket, we would come out with the Cup at the end of the day.
four games obviously redeem series start
Obviously we are disappointed with the loss, the thing about it is that it is the start of the series and we still have another four games to redeem ourselves.
efforts elated guys happy sure team throughout
I am elated and I'm sure the guys in the team are happy with our efforts and performances throughout the series.
agree arrived competition defeats five member next october regional road suffering sure team tough
It started the very next day when we arrived after suffering five consecutive defeats in our regional one-day competition (in October 2005). And I'm sure every member of the team would agree with me that...it was a tough road to travel.
bowlers foundation game good obviously played propel score slow solid stuck taking themselves thinking
I thought they (New Zealand) had a solid foundation (224 for 1) to propel themselves to a score of 300 but the (West Indies) slow bowlers played an important part in the game and it is obviously something we'll be taking into our thinking tank, I thought we stuck well in the end after they got off to a good start.
aware bit break close games mentally teams
We need to go back over the games we've played, try to break it down and see where we went wrong. I think we need to be more mentally tough, a little bit more aware of situations, and close things down when we have teams on the back foot.
confidence ensure game india straight
We need to ensure we get our one-day game right so that we can use that confidence and go straight into the India series.
champion clear conditions home intention played send signal team
We played like a champion team in this match, and it was always our intention to play well in the semi-finals to send a clear signal that we want to do the double. We are at home and we know the conditions well.
bowler credit effort everybody fought knowing
We fought really hard, all credit to the bowlers, everybody put in a big effort knowing that we were one bowler short.