Second Test bowls off today
Published:Friday | June 18, 2010 | 9:20 AM
The second Test between West Indies and South Africa begins today at Warner Park in St Kitts.
The Caribbean side will have to improve significantly if they are to preserve some degree of pride, and prevent South Africa from taking an unbeatable lead.
West Indies trail 1-0 in the three-match series, following a 163-run defeat inside four days in the first Test at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad.
Although losing the opening game by a big margin, West Indies selectors have kept faith with the same side.
Fast bowler Kemar Roach has been retained, implying that he has recovered fully from the ankle injury, which ruled him out of the five-match One Day series before the first Test.
The frontline seamers in Trinidad, Ravi Rampaul and debutant Nelon Pascal, went wicketless in both innings.
Dwayne Bravo took one wicket while the spinners accounted for the remaining 13 wickets, which fell.
However, the batting has been the biggest worry. West Indies crumbled to 102 in their first innings in Trinidad and, chasing 457 in their second, managed just 293 with only the captain Chris Gayle passing fifty.