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‘Important for Joseph to back his skills’ – Holder
- Updated: July 29, 2016
Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, has kept his cards close to his chest when asked about the team’s composition for the second Test against India, which starts at Sabina Park on Saturday. He said the pitch looked full of moisture on the eve of the Test, but would wait till the morning of the match before taking a final decision.
“We will take the final decision tomorrow morning, see how the pitch looks,” he said. “Yesterday it looked a bit green and this morning there was a lot of moisture.”
Despite the look of the pitch, Holder felt it was difficult to predict how it would behave.
“The last game we played here against Australia there was not this amount of grass on the pitch,” he said. “Previously there was grass but pitch still ends up being on the slower side. To be fair, as I said, probably it’s difficult really to predict how the pitch will play here in Jamaica. Going into this game tomorrow morning, I just need to take a final decision.”
West Indies went into the first Test in Antigua with …
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