Michael Vaughan, former England captain, feels West Indian Davids will have the upper hand over Joe Root’s team in the second Test beginning Thursday at the Old Trafford. West Indies, so far leads the series by 1-0.
Vaughan believes the Caribbean troopers will be more familiar with the conditions at the Old Trafford considering they quarantined in Manchester after touching down in England last month and also played a couple of intrasquad practice matches at the venue.
“Has to help when you’ve had your preparation time at a venue, been practicing on the wickets,” Vaughan told Cricbuzz.
“The wickets at the back of the stands there, at the nets, are very similar to the ones in the middle. They’ve had a couple of warm-up games out in the middle at Old Trafford.
“So they have got the upper hand, not only in the series in terms of being 1-0 but the upper hand in the advantage they have had (with) probably six days of cricket already at Old Trafford,” he added.
England threw away chances in the first Test, most notably, wicket-keeper Jos Buttler dropping the catch of Jermaine Blackwood, who ended up scoring 95 and took the game away from the hosts.
