Australia tour of West Indies: Shane Shillingford picked for second Test match – Cricket News Update
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, which will be played at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain.
West Indies have retained the same combination and Shillingford, who is primarily an off-spin bowler, is the only new addition to the squad that faced the Aussies in the first game at Barbados. In the first game, the mighty Australians looked a bit shaky
against spin and this has prompted WICB to add another spinner to their ranks.
Shilling, who made his debut in June 2010 during a Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in 2010, his bowling action was questioned
and he was forbidden from any http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 event. He underwent intensive training and rectified his action after which he was cleared by cricket’s governing body.
The Dominican cricketer has not made much impact in the five Test matches that he has played for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. Shilling’s tally of Test wickets stands at 14 from five games, while his bowling average of 56.78 is also on the high side.
Recently the off-spinner has put up some strong performances for his domestic first-class side, the “Windward Islands” which justifies his selection. But with Devendra Bishoo and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/N-Deonarine-c2051 in the squad, the possibility of Shilling playing looks
bleak.
The West Indies have fought neck to neck with Australia throughout the tour. They drew the ODI and Twenty20 series. However, the hosts are down by one game in the three match Test series after losing the opening fixture by three wickets and will be hoping
for a reversal in fortunes in the second Test match.
West Indies 14-man squad for the second Test match: 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390, 9 Narsingh
Deonarine, 10 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758, 14 Shane Shillingford.
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