WI good tournament team, don't write us off: Brathwaite

If the West Indies can "replicate" the stunning form they displayed against England recently, they may go all the way in the ICC World Cup, star all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite said Friday.

West Indies showed remarkable resurgence at home, winning the Test series 2-1 and drawing the ODI rubber 2-2.

"I don't want ourselves to be called favourites or underdogs. But we have recently played some great brand of cricket (against England) and if we can replicate that (in England) we will go somewhere close to challenging for the title," the 30-year-old told PTI in an interview.

"We have been traditionally a good tournament team, so hopefully, we can win the third World Cup. From players point of view, we have the belief that we can win and we will play our best cricket," he said.

Similar to the 1992 World Cup, all 10 teams will play each other in a round-robin format, with the top four qualifying for the semi-finals and the Barbados all-rounder has done his calculations, as they take on Pakistan in their opener at Trent Bridge on May 31.

"We have to play our best game over nine or something preliminary games and then in the semi-finals and finals. We are keeping our hopes up, we are very positive.

"We know what we can do but we need to execute our plans. We have full faith that we can lift the trophy."
"He is probably the best all-rounder in the world in this format. I will continue to learn from him."
"I have contributed to wins in the past which haven't made as big headlines as the World T20 final contribution."