MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Rookie Shamarh Brooks believes the opening three-day warm-up game was critical for West Indies’ batting group in becoming acclimatised to English conditions, especially since it was their first taste of competitive action since arriving here two weeks ago for next month’s Test series.
West Indies’ batting will be under the microscope in the three-Test series, in light of recent form and their last tour of England three years ago.
Brooks said batting in England often proved challenging because of seam-friendly conditions and the remaining four-day warm-up match would therefore take on special significance for the touring batsmen.
The series will mark the first-ever Test tour of England for the 31-year-old Brooks who made his debut last August against India in the Caribbean.
“During this game the weather has been very good, very similar to our Caribbean conditions and my time here in 2018 against the India A team, I think it was a good summer that time as well,” he pointed out.
