Richards Laments Slow Pitches In WI
WEST INDIES cricket captain Vivian Richards has lamented the fact that slow wickets are still being prepared for matches in the West Indies.
He said that it is difficult to understand why the trend of having slow wickets particularly at Bourda and Queen’s Park Oval is persisted with.
Richards said that the West Indies usually have to encounter disadvantages of pitches prepared to suit the strengths of home teams whenever they play outside of the Caribbean but it is strange that the same thing does not happen here.
He declared that fast wickets should be prepared because the strength of the West Indies rests in the fast bowling area and the batsmen were properly equipped to play pace bowling.
The West indies captain however, said that his team will continue to approach the situation of unfavourable pitches positively as they have always done.
Meanwhile, Manager of the Pakistan team Intikab Alam has blamed the nature of the itinerary for Pakistan’s performance in the One-Day International series.
He says that the four-day matches should have been played before the One-Day series so that Pakistan would have had a real opportunity to acclimatise.
Unlike Richards he says that the Bourda pitch is a good one and because of its nature Pakistan is likely to play two spinners in the One-Day International and first Test match.