West Indies match-saver Ridley Jacobs said the team would have to go back to square one after escaping with an unlikely draw in the first test against Zimbabwe on Saturday.“Everybody at home probably thought we would play much better than we did, but we have an opportunity now to play another test match and to perform better,” Jacobs said.“We need to go back to the drawing board to revisit everything we need to do to win a Test match.”Outplayed throughout by a team who had lost their last 11 Tests in a row — the second worst run in history — West Indies were set 373 to win only to end on 207 for nine.Jacobs scored an unbeaten half-century but had to survive almost 12 overs with last man Fidel Edwards.“That was the toughest time,” Jacobs said. “When you look on the scoreboard and you see there are more than 11 overs to go and you’re batting with the last man, you start getting worried.“But I told him to play straight and stay strong, and we got the job done.”Jacobs said he had particularly impressed by a fierce spell from Andy Blignaut.“It’s been a long time since I faced that kind of pace,” Jacobs said. “I was just telling myself to hold on, take the blows and bat it out.”Zimbabwe have never beaten West Indies in a Test.The match was bittersweet for left-arm spinner Ray Price, who became the third Zimbabwean after leg-spinners Paul Strang and Adam Huckle to take 10 wickets in a Test match.Price, who returned six for 73 and four for 89, said: “I would have given all 10 of those wickets to get that last one.“Our goal is to get up from the bottom. We’ve had enough of being in the same category as Bangladesh, we’ve had enough of being called minnows.”“We hate to lose, and we don’t like drawing — you should see our guys play tiddlywinks.”The second and final Test starts in Bulawayo on Wednesday. (Reuters)
