Jason Holder lay the blame for West Indies' series loss largely at the feet of his batsmen, and marked out the top order's Test-match temperament as an area much in need of improvement. West Indies' highest score of the series was 251, and they fell well short of 200 in both innings at the P Sara Oval.
The visitors did make regular breakthroughs in the second Test, restricting Sri Lanka to 200 and 206, and conceding only one opposition half-century. But they only produced one half-century themselves in this match, and only three in the whole series.
"It's clear that the batting let us down," Holder said. "I think we need to work on our temperament. At times we need to be a lot more patient and know which phases of the game to hang in and in which phases of the game we can attack. Sometimes we may look a little rash and sometimes we may look a little defensive. We just need to curb aggression with some defence."
The visitors did make regular breakthroughs in the second Test, restricting Sri Lanka to 200 and 206, and conceding only one opposition half-century. But they only produced one half-century themselves in this match, and only three in the whole series.
"It's clear that the batting let us down," Holder said. "I think we need to work on our temperament. At times we need to be a lot more patient and know which phases of the game to hang in and in which phases of the game we can attack. Sometimes we may look a little rash and sometimes we may look a little defensive. We just need to curb aggression with some defence."
