Townsville, Aug 14: Despite a brilliant century by Malcolm Lake as they chased a challenging total, Zimbabwe lost to India in the ICC U19 CWC 2012. During the post-match presentation, Zimbabwe skipper Matthew Bentley reflected upon his team’s performance and lauded Lake’s effort.

Excerpts from the brief chat:

On fight put-up by Zimbabwe in the run chase

They pulled [the game] it back nicely during the middle overs and towards the end there was a little [problem]. Good shots by the batsman Malcolm Lake, a magnificent innings.

On whether Kamal Passi’s cameo took the match away from them

Definitely, [...] towards the end he just took it away from us with a few good shots in the end.

On good bowling by Lake and Peacemore Zimwa

It was a tough deck to bowl the spinners. There wasn’t much [in the wicket] but he [Zimwa] hit his line so I am happy with that.

On Lake’s batting and timing the ball for big hits

He likes to free-up his arms, which is good [...].

On needing to win their next match against the West Indies

Definitely! That’s the focus from now on and that’s what we need.