By Ashish Shukla
West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards has no plans to be hospitable to the Indians and promises to bombard the susceptible-to-pace visiting batsmen with short-pitched deliveries in the first of a three-match Test series, starting here on Monday.
Published: Jun 19, 2011, 01:06 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 19, 2011, 01:06 PM (IST)
West Indies pacer Fidel Edwards says Indians are susceptible to short balls © Getty Images
By Ashish Shukla
Kingston (Jamaica): Jun 19, 2011
West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards has no plans to be hospitable to the Indians and promises to bombard the susceptible-to-pace visiting batsmen with short-pitched deliveries in the first of a three-match Test series, starting here on Monday.
“I have always called it (Sabina Park) a second home; a home away from home. Indians, over the years have had problems against short balls. They looked a lot better in the last series I watched but hopefully the promise is still there,” said Edwards.
Edwards was plucked out of nowhere by the then West Indian captain Brian Lara during the 2003 home series against Sri Lanka and he obliged immediately with a five-wicket haul.
He had another five-wicket haul in his next Test and over the next 40-odd Tests was to take his tally to 122 victims before a back injury put him out of the team in the last two years.
The returning paceman from Barbados understands he can no longer be a spearhead with the likes of Kemar Roach and Ravi Rampaul now sharing the new ball.
“Roach and Rampaul are bowling well. It’s a plus and more simple for me that I am not the spearhead. I can now do my job; do what I have to do for the team. All are bowling in the 90s. Hopefully we can get it together,” he said.
Edwards was encouraged by the sight of Sabina Park pitch which he termed bouncy.
“It looks like a good wicket. The first time I played here it had bounce and everything. Hopefully, it will play to my advantage.”
The short and wiry paceman was disappointed that he wasn’t preferred by the selectors to take on the Indians in the preceding five-match one-day series.
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