London: He missed out of a well-deserving century during the opening Test against England but West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood is more disappointed about not being able to stay till the target was achieved.
Blackwood scored a match-winning 95 in the second innings as West Indies claimed a four-wicket win over England on Sunday. He was dismissed with his team just 11 short of the target of 200.
The 28-year-old has an impressive record against England, averaging over 50 and his only century — an unbeaten 112 — also came against the English team in Antigua in 2015.
“I was very disappointed in myself when I got out at that stage of the game,” Blackwood, who had scored 187 runs with a top score of 79 not out during his last tour of England, told the Jamaica Observer.
“It was very emotional for me when I got out, not because I got out, it was because I didn’t take my team across the line. I wasn’t thinking about the hundred, I was just thinking about winning the game for my team.”
The right-handed batsman, who has scored 1469 runs in 29 Tests so far, acknowledged the confidence shown by his captain Jason Holder and coach Phil Simmons.
