Cricket: Shillingford hopes to spin more magic

CAPE TOWN: Spinner Shane Shillingford returns home to Dominica hoping to continue his heroics as the West Indies chase a sixth successive Test victory when they take on Zimbabwe today. Shillingford was man of the match after taking nine wickets in last week’s triumph in the first Test in Barbados. West Indies won by nine wickets in two-and-a-half days as spin bowling proved a surprise catalyst for success at the Kensington Oval. It will be no surprise if the 30-year-old Shillingford, recalled to the Test side last week, wreaks havoc at Windsor Park in Roseau, his home ground. He got 10 wickets there last April against Australia and says he wants similar success against the inexperienced Zimbabweans. “Hopefully I will get a good return again,” he said on the eve of the second of the two-Test series.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2013.