England’s Mahmood set for debut

Jason Holder (left) will be reminiscing of his double ton at this venue while Nkrumah Bonner will want to follow up his impressive last match with another sterling performance.

West Indies captain, Kraigg Brathwaite will look for consistent batting and disciplined bowling to break the stalemate following the drawn first test against England.

On the other hand, the visitors will look to newbie, Saqib Mahmood, who wikll be making his test debut to make an impact in the second test which gets underway from today at Kensington Oval, Barbados from 10.00 hours.

History is in the hosts’ favour after they won  successive matches against England at the venue, most recently in 2019 when Kemar Roach bagged a five-wicket haul, Roston Chase took g 8-60 and Jason Holder scored a double hundred.