West Indies is considering including Devendra Bishoo, the legspinner, after he claimed two wickets in a tour match against Victoria XI last weekend.
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The day of fun was geared toward young fans and over 4,000 fans turned up at the iconic venue to be part of the festivities.
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You can not blame the public for not rushing out to watch these Test matches or turning on the television or radio, because at the moment Australia is playing against a team that hasn’t got their best players on the field.
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“It was a fantastic event for the players and the fans”, West Indies team spokesman Philip Spooner said on Wednesday. He also has the potential to be the most important player in the West Indies line-up: he has played only 11 Tests, but already has a Test century and two fifties to his name, and offers consistency with the ball if not bags of wickets. We need to build and keep building.
This match is West Indies’ first Boxing Day Test since December 2000, when Steve Waugh’s men defeated the visitors by 352 runs inside four days and eventually white-washed them 5-0 in the series.
Khawaja’s return is the only change to the side which cruised to a thumping win over the West Indies in the first Test in Hobart, with Australia sticking to the pace attack of Josh Hazlewood, Peter Siddle and James Pattinson, leaving uncapped Victorian seamer Scott Boland on the sidelines.
Middle order batsman Darren Bravo says the series of defeats suffered by West Indies’ in recent times is as a result of the batsmen’s lack confidence. “I think we’re just one good performance from turning things around”. That’s the way we have to look at it. We can’t be negative all the time, we just have to find ways to pick ourselves up.
“Oh boy”, Simmons said when questions related to players’ body language arose from media after the training session during the press conference.
Smith, however said he was fully fit, with the extended break after the abbreviated three-day first Test allowing him to rest longer.
Yet we’re watching them play T20 – which is great for the BBL, but that’s really frustrating for the spectators that value the importance of Test cricket. “There were lots of talks about it but they believe that’s the best way to go, going forward”.
“I’m feeling the same as I have before every other Test this summer”.
Holder confirmed bowling all-rounder Carlos Braithwaite was likely to make his debut ahead of Miguel Cummins, the paceman recently added to the squad in place of Gabriel.
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“It really helped us (pacemen)”, he said. “But we’ll see how the conditions are”, he said.
