By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In CHANDIGARH
THE West Indies have gone into their three previous World Cup matches with Kemar Roach as their solitary fast bowler.
Twice Man of the Match, he has impressively done the business all on his own but, on two scores, head coach Ottis Gibson and his co-selectors might be persuaded to provide him with pace support for their critical Group B contest against Ireland in this northern Indian city tomorrow (starting 12 midnight south Caribbean time).
On inspection during their practice session at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium yesterday morning, the pitch in the middle appeared dry and hard with a tinge of grass, hinting at more bounce and movement, if not pace, than those in Delhi against South Africa and the Netherlands and in Dhaka against Bangladesh.
Whatever the surface, Andre Russell’s exceptional