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KHULNA, Bangladesh – Darren Sammy said West Indies would use the five One-day Internationals against Bangladesh to advance in the World Rankings.
The Windies captain said his side would need to win all five matches in the series to secure a significant boost in the rankings and this would be the mission when the side opens the series on Friday at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium here.
West Indies are presently ranked seventh in the World with Bangladesh two places below and 23 ranking points between the two. A boost from a clean sweep would carry the visitors within touching distance of sixth-placed Pakistan, just 10 points ahead.
“First of all, we want to the series,” he said. “If we accomplish the goal we are trying to achieve, 5-0 gives us five ranking points. 4-1 gives us one and 3-2 might lose us ranking points.”
“I will let the guys know that to get maximum ranking points, we have got to win all five matches – but first we will look to win the series, which I think is possible if we play to our potential.
“We will take one thing at a time now, this is just the first game of a five-match series and we need to make sure we do the right things and give ourselves a good start to the series.”
Sammy said West Indies had enough evidence from the preceding two Tests to know that winning all five matches will not be easy.
“We saw in the Tests that whenever it appeared they may have been down, they kept coming back at us, especially in the second Test,” he said.
“They had that great partnership the No. 8 (Mahmudullah) and No. 10 (Abul Hasan) put on in the first innings.
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