2nd Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Bridgetown

New Ball taken

Current partnership 100 runs, 30.2 overs, RR: 3.29 (Holder 45, Chase 51) .

Close of a good day

286 - 6 after 89 overs

Chase 131* Holder 58*

partnership  132 runs, 39.0 overs, RR: 3.38 (Holder 58, Chase 69)

Close of Play , day 1

What a hundred by Chase

Who needs ipl

The future of USACA as the governing body for cricket in the USA is in serious doubt. The ICC Board said the ICC Full Council should "consider the expulsion" of USACA from the ICC membership at its meeting in June, because the organisation had failed to co-operate with efforts to unify the cricket community in the USA.

USACA had already been temporarily suspended from ICC membership in 2015, its third such suspension over the last 12 years. It will remain a member of the ICC until and unless the Full Council votes to expel it in June, but will stay suspended until then.

That was a century of real class from Roston Chase. As good as his first against India last year and probably equally as important.

Happy Birthday to former Trinidad & Tobago and West Indian spinner, Sonny Ramadhin. In 43 Tests took 158 wickets with 10 five-wicket hauls

As WI fans we know how bad WI have been in every format of the game, in all aspects of the game bowling, batting and fielding. I know as a fan this was day 1 but Holder and Chase deserve around of applause for batting very well against an excellent bowling team from Pakistan. The same WI fans who's bashing them now even though it's the WICB fault was the same ones jumping on the bandwagon when they won the 20/20 trophy. Give them the credit that they're do after batting well today.