West Indies v India, 1st Test, Antigua, day 2 - Pathetic bowling attack of West Indies

The West Indian bowling attack was pathetic. Neither I understood the head coach Phil Simmons’ nor bowling coach Roddy Estwick’s strategy and team selection. When you have promising pace bowlers like Alzarri Joseph and Miguel Cummings then I don’t think Estwick should mourn about the absence of Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach. If the idea was to surface fresh blood, then, they should have selected Cummings and Joseph at first hand. Shannon Gabriel was the only strike bowler, but he lacked the ideal support and I blame the poor team selection for this.

Estwick statement about an inexperienced attack seemed lame to me. Why not invest faith in the best inexperienced customers rather than a bunch of mediocre mediocre stuffs? You can’t think about improvement if your strategies are full of stupidity.

Virat Kohli scripted his first double ton, Ravi Ashwin scored a hundred while the likes of Wridiman Saha, Amit Mishra and Mohammed Shami enjoyed hammering the spineless West Indian attack in front of an almost-empty stadium in Antigua.

To bring the crowd back to the stadium the West Indians must realize why they were famous for once upon a time. Preparing batting-friendly and slow tracks and selecting boring cricketers won’t help in injecting life in West Indies cricket.    

Thank You

Faisal Caesar