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West Indies boss backs flops to learn lesson
28 Apr 2009Coach John Dyson hopes West Indies have learned a lesson from their poor batting in the draw against Essex.
The rain washed out the final day of the tour match at Chelmsford, which meant the tourists were denied the chance to make up for their first-innings capitulation.
Only Shivnarine Chanderpaul applied himself against the moving ball as the tourists, preparing for next week's First Test, were dismissed for 146.
"I thought we batted poorly except for Shiv," said Dyson. "He just bats and bats.
"The other batsmen are very inexperienced in these sorts of conditions but they have hopefully learned a good lesson here about how to handle the bowling."
