Ranked eighth in the world heading into the showpiece event, Jason Holder\u2019s promising side sent out a statement of intent in beating 2015 finalists New Zealand by 91 runs in their final warm-up game here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt would be great if we could create our own legacy. Obviously, Chris has done that in the Test and ODI format, and then is \u2018Universe Boss\u2019 in T20 as well. The young guys like Shai Hope are aspiring to reach the heights that Chris has reached,\u201d the 30-year-old was quoted as saying by the ICC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we can win, we can be looked upon in the way that the team of \u201875 and \u201879 was looked upon, as heroes of sorts.
\n\u201cOnce we do the things we\u2019re supposed to do, often we should go far enough in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of our better chances in the last 40 years or so to win the World Cup, so it\u2019s time for us to show up and show off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Put into bat first on a near-perfect batting track Tuesday, stalwart Gayle plundered 36 from just 22 balls to lay the platform, with Shai Hope then adding a century as part of a mammoth total of 421 their biggest ever in a one-day game, albeit not an official ODI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An icon both globally and in his own dressing room, the prolific Gayle will no doubt be integral to his side\u2019s chances of glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But without a semi-final appearance since 1996, Brathwaite feels others must step up to the plate as the 1975 and 1979 winners go in search of their third World Cup trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With scores of 300 now commonplace in ODI cricket, much of the talk in the build-up to the competition has centred on whether Holder\u2019s men have enough firepower in the bowling ranks to make their mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All-rounder Brathwaite though, who took three wickets in Bristol, believes his teammates have all bases covered when it comes to taking wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: \u201cI don\u2019t think there will be much stymieing the flow of runs in this competition. Everyone will be looking for 320 plus, so it\u2019s about getting wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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