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West Indies captain Jason Holder has insisted the team is determined to keep both feet firmly planted on the ground, despite the historic opportunity of winning its first Test series, in England, since 1988, looming on the horizon.
The Windies recorded a four-wicket win over England in the first Test, in Southampton, to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series last week. Should they be able to muster an identical result at the end of the second Test, in Manchester, Holder’s team will not just successfully retain the Wisden Trophy but do something no West Indian team has done in 32 years.
The captain, who has been quick to put down references to the team as the best in a generation, was just as quick to dismiss any hints of premature adulation or celebration.
“The series is still wide open. There are 10 days of cricket left. It’s one day at a time for us, England is a very good cricket team. They have some world-class players, so we have our work cut out for us to win another match,” Holder told members of the media via a Zoom conference call on Wednesday.
“We don’t get too far ahead of ourselves. This group to me has done just a good job not only for this series but in the last couple of years in terms of our results,” he added.
“Winning the first Test match is just one piece of the puzzle. We have two other games we have to play, and we don’t get ahead of ourselves. It’s the last thing we want to do in terms of getting complacent and getting too far ahead. We start fresh with 10 solid days of cricket.”
