West Indies v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Trinidad

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West Indies will be without allrounder Ryan Hinds, who has a hamstring strain. It means Sewnarine Chattergoon, now fully recovered from the illness, is set to make his Test debut ahead of Devon Smith. He is likely to open along with Chris Gayle. There could also be a rare sight of two specialist spinners in the West Indian squad with Jaggernauth in line to join left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn in the side. The other option was to pick Fidel Edwards as a third fast bowler to support Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor.

Sri Lanka were sweating over the fitness of Prasanna Jayawardene, who missed the final stages of the Guyana Test because of a hamstring injury, but he is set to retain his spot. Ishara Amarasinghe remains an option, instead of Rangana Herath, but it's difficult to see Sri Lanka making too many changes to the winning side.

West Indies (probable XI) 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Sewnarine Chattergoon, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Daren Powell, 9 Jerome Taylor, 10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Amit Jaggernauth.

Sri Lanka (probable XI) 1 Michael Vandort, 2 Malinda Warnapura, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Thilan Samaraweera, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), 8 Chaminda Vaas, 9 Thilan Thushara, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

Umpires: Simon Taufel, Billy Bowden.
 

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Pitch & conditions


Rain could play a part in the way the pitch behaves. Brian Davis, the groundsman, has spoken about a seamer-friendly track but things could be way different if West Indies choose two spinners. "Surely nobody wants all pitches to be built just for batsmen," he said.

Weather: The forecast isn't too rosy with showers expected on the second, third and fifth days. The opening day could be overcast too.


Stats

If Sri Lanka win this Test, they would be the first visiting team to complete a clean-sweep in the Caribbean.


Shivnarine Chanderpaul is yet to score a hundred at the Queen's Park Oval.


Quotes


"We want to get accustomed to the conditions in Trinidad. We'll make sure we do all the hard work and challenge West Indies, and see if we can win this Test series 2-0."
Mahela Jayawardene


"I believe that if we can remain positive and focus, we can win the Test. It's a must win situation for us to square the series. We'll try and see what Sri Lanka has to offer a second time around both in the batting and bowling, so it is just for us to return to the drawing board, and come up with a plan, and come prepared to play a tough Test."
Chris Gayle
 

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Prasanna Jayawardena is not playing today. He is replaced by Chamara Silva, which means Sanga will keep wickets....

GO LANKA!!