It should really not be a surprise how good the West Indies pace attack proved to be yesterday. This is a department of the game in which they are historically strong and they have been working their way towards assembling a potent unit for the past few years. There is definitely a sense that there is more to come from this group too. Strikingly, this is only the third time that this quartet — Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph and Jason Holder — have played together in Tests and England will not forget the two previous occasions. Early last year they were skittled out for 77 and 246 in Barbados and 187 and 132 in Antigua, and although Roston Chase, the off spinner, cleaned

Source: The Times July 09, 2020 22:52 UTC