“We had four hundreds [in the series]. I mean, we’ve been scoring hundreds in the past games but these are big hundreds and not only that, we turn them into big totals as well,” Chase said. “Not just one guy getting a hundred and we probably just getting over 250, but for two guys to get hundreds in two innings, that says a lot.
“Yes, I’m very elated, especially against a team like Sri Lanka, that we struggle to beat even at home and especially when we go away to them – it’s very difficult to beat them. So to come here and to beat them – just not beat them but in a dominating kind of way – is very pleasing. And we haven’t won against them in 23 years. It feels great, especially after the year that we had last year, to come and start the year with this series victory, it feels great.”
Chase hoped the performance, especially with the bat, would set West Indies up for the future and not be the sort of false dawn they have been used to in recent years.
“I think this is a stepping stone for us going forward,” he said. “Especially, we sit down and we plan for this Test Championship and we said last year it was going to be tough and it was tough. But we said this year we think that the two series at home especially, these are series that we’ll be looking to dominate and to win. So I just want the guys to continue from this and let this be a stepping stone, as I said.
“And not just leave it there and think, ‘oh, we won one series and that’s enough’. I think we need to just have that consistency. I think winning games consistently, that would be great for us in terms of growth and going forward as a cricket nation.
“This is [also] the first series that I really had an outstanding performance. I’ve been trying for the last series and stuff but to go and actually lead from the front, it feels great. So yeah, I just want to congratulate the guys for helping me to achieve this as the leader of the team.”
