West Indies cricket team captain Jason Holder has claimed that they have to sit and wait and see how the other teams fair in their group to find out if his team would qualify for the quarterfinals in the World Cup.
The fast bowling all-rounder was a shock selection as captain for the tournament and despite his efforts, the twice former champions have been consistent only in their inconsistency in their first five Pool B matches.
A meek defeat to Ireland in their opener was followed by a thrashing of Pakistan and then a victory over Zimbabwe on the back of Chris Gayle's double century, Sport24 reported.
However, the momentum from those victories was lost in a 257-run humbling at the hands of South Africa and a four-wicket defeat to India in Perth last Friday. The loss to India would have been worse had Holder, batting at number nine, not scored a career best 57 runs to give the team some sort of total to defend.
Holder came under some criticism for his management of the bowlers, however, as West Indies let the world champions off the hook despite reducing them to 107 for five in the 23rd over.
The result means West Indies are now reliant on Ireland losing both their final pool matches to reach the knockout stage, even if they beat United Arab Emirates in Napier next Sunday.
Holder said that he can only control what he can control, adding that whatever happens in those last preliminary games is beyond his control. He said that they have got to sit and wait and see how the table looks before their last game, and then they would come up with a plan and a strategy on how they would go forward.
Holder claimed that what he can control is the game against UAE, and added that he can assure that they are going to win that game by all means, and insisted that they just need to be aggressive and finish this preliminary round in a good manner.
