da 888casino： Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies captain, has said his side would have preferred more playing time ahead of the first Test
Cricinfo staff26-Oct-2005
Shivnarine Chanderpaul will lead a full-strength West Indies team against Queensland © Getty Images
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the West Indies captain, has said his side would have preferred more playing time ahead of the first Test against Australia, which starts from November 3 at the Gabba in Brisbane.Chanderpaul said the West Indies’ only warm-up match – a four-day game against Queensland starting from Thursday – was not ideal preparation.”Probably we needed two warm-up games.” West Indies, said Chanderpaul, will field a full-strength team for the opening match against the Queensland team, which has Australian Test players Matthew Hayden and Shane Watson.”We want everybody to have a go, and there is only one game before the Test match. You want everybody to have a shot at it, and a little bit of time before the game. But it’s okay. We have another one after the first test.”The first Test will be followed by a three-day match against Victoria state and then the second Test at Hobart.