West Indies win toss, elect to bowl against Zimbabwe in 2nd Test at Roseau

West Indies will aim to register their sixth consecutive Test victory © AFP

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Roseau: Mar 20, 2013

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy won the toss against Zimbabwe and elected to field first in the second Test at Roseau on Wednesday.

There was a delay in the toss due to bit of rain. West Indies have made no changes in the playing XI.

Previous Test match’s Man of the Match Shane Shillingford returns home to Dominica. He will be aiming to continue his heroic performance.

Shillingford took nine wickets in last week’s victory over Zimbabwe at Barbados. West Indies won by nine wickets in two-and-a-half days. Spin bowling was the key to West Indies success in the first Test.

For Zimbabwe, wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva has failed to recover in time from a finger injury. Skipper Brendan Taylor will take his position behind the stumps.

Teams:

West Indies: Darren Sammy (c), Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Shannon Gabriel, Chris Gayle, Kieran Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Shane Shillingford

Zimbabwe: Tino Mawoyo, Vusi Sibanda, Hamilton Masakadza, Brendan Taylor(wk & c), Craig Ervine, Malcolm Waller, Graeme Cremer, Prosper Utseya, Kyle Jarvis, Sean Williams, Tendai Chatara

Catch live scorecard and ball-by-ball coverage of Day One of the second Test between West indies and Zimbabwe at Roseau here