Brian Lara has pledged to pile on the misery for Bangladesh’s hopelessly outclassed team as the West Indies aim to get their World Cup campaign back on track here tomorrow. After an impressive and nailbiting three-run win over South Africa in their first match of the tournament in Cape Town, the Windies came crashing back down when they were beaten by New Zealand in Port Elizabeth. ‘‘With all due respect to the minnows, we have to score emphatic wins against them, since we don’t want to face a situation like we did in 1999 when we went out because of run rate,’’ said Lara who was skipper at the last tournament in England and where the mathematics of the situation meant they were denied a place in the Super Sixes. West Indies fast bowler Pedro Collins has been ruled out of his side’s World Cup Group B match against Bangladesh on Tuesday because of a back injury. ‘‘Pedro has had a problem with a herniated disc in his lowerback for over a year,’’ West Indies manager Ricky Skerritt said on Monday. ‘‘He came to the (World Cup training) camp in Antigua and hadno problem after the opening match (against South Africa in Cape Town). ‘‘He’s been feeling some discomfort while bowling in the nets and his injury needs a few days’ rest. But we’re hoping to have him back for the Sri Lanka game (on February 28).’’ Right-arm opening bowler Mashrafe Mortaza, meanwhile, was ruled out of the Bangladesh team after stepping on a ball during training and turning his ankle. He was due to have an x-ray later on Monday. Team manager Abu Sharif Mahmood Faruque said Talha Jubair would play in Mortaza’s place. Furthermore, Lara warned that the momentum that had been built up with their win over the hosts had been squandered against the Kiwis whose battling display in the field thwarted the West Indies run chase. ‘‘If we are going to win matches, it is necessary for one of our top three batsmen to take us into the last ten overs or so. Unfortunately, that did not happen against New Zealand. ‘‘So a score that was more than gettable, proved to be beyond our reach,’’ lara wrote in his Trinidad newspaper column. ‘‘We usually approach our batting in four parts — aggression, accumulation, acceleration and finish. We were out of sync with all of them in Port Elizabeth and we lost our way between the tenth and 15th over.’’ Lara was full of praise for the batting of Ramnaresh Sarwan (75) and wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs (50) who featured in a stand of 98 for the seventh wicket against New Zealand and are being relied upon for valuable late runs. ‘‘Having to get eights runs per over in the last ten overs is not a problem if you have wickets in hand. But Sarwan and Jacobs had to take chances and preserve their wickets at the same time. ‘‘They did well and showed tremendous character, something which this team has in abundance. I think there is a general feeling of disappointment but we are not going to allow this game to change our focus, we have already flushed it out of our system and are putting things in place to move on.’’
