Blackwood or Kirk ?

Team news

West Indies have picked a similar squad to the one that played New Zealand in June.

So the only change could be Kirk Edwards making way at No. 3 for Jermaine Blackwood,:

who had done very well against Bangladesh A and earned a Test cap as well.

West Indies (probable):

1 Chris Gayle, 2 Kraigg Brathwaite, 3 Jermaine Blackwood, 4 Darren Bravo, 5Shivnarine Chanderpaul,

6 Denesh Ramdin (capt & wk), 7 Jason Holder, 8 Kemar Roach, 9 Shane Shillingford,

10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Jerome Taylor

• Denesh Ramdin will be Mushfiqur Rahim's first opposing captain who is also a wicketkeeper
  
  Out of their last eight home Test series, West Indies have only won two ;
  
  against Zimbabwe and New Zealand.
  
  They have lost to New Zealand, Bangladesh, India, South Africa and Australia
  
  and drawn a series against Pakistan.

"From a personal point of view, I would like to draw both Tests.

I think we are capable of that. We had an opportunity in the ODI series.

We will try to create similar opportunities, which should be our main goal."


Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim

Jason Holder at No 7 in the last Test, impressed with a fifty.

Holder stronger suit, quick bowling from a high action :

will be expected to come through first.

There is a slight chance of rain during the first Test :

but sunny skies should prevail over Arnos Vale for most part.

wood over kuk

Imagine Kirk Edwards was made VC : 

now he may be dumped.. :-[

Blackwood in place of Kirk works for me but as much as Ramo has done well over a number of games, coming in at 6 shows little depth in the batting.

This tactic may well work against Bangladesh but.....

We need some young batsmen in the middle with shiv and ramdin

man pik 6 batsmen and fuhget about it.  doan pik shillingford anymore.  he is done, toast. fuhget about him

all west indies need against Bang are 4 bowlers.....3 fast and 1 spin.

my 3 would be Rampaul, Roach and Taylor.

my spin is Benn in the absence of Narine..who is now the best west indies spinner.

the side pik itself; 

Gayle
Kraigg
Edwards
Bravo
Shive
Blackwood
Ramdin
Rampaul
Benn
Taylor
Roach