{"id":31921,"date":"2017-01-12T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T09:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31921"},"modified":"2017-01-12T09:53:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T09:53:25","slug":"kensington-oval-to-host-second-pakistan-test-vs-west-indies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31921","title":{"rendered":"Kensington Oval to host second Pakistan Test vs West Indies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25397\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"cricket bat ball\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>St. John&#8217;s (Antigua): &nbsp;The historic Kensington Oval ground will host its ninth Test cricket match in 10 years when Pakistan tours the West Indies later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The game will be the second of three Tests on the March 31 to May 10 tour, which will also include three One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals, reports CMC.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides also met in a full tour in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) late last year, with the Caribbean side losing all three formats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1282-west-indies-cricket-board\"><strong>West Indies Cricket Board<\/strong><\/a> (WICB) Operations Manager Roland Holder said he expected the tour to be a challenging one.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/43348-never-thought-would-captain-india-in-all-three-formats-kohli\"><strong>Never thought would captain India in all three formats one day, says Virat Kohli<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any series against Pakistan always poses an interesting contest for the West Indies,&#8221; said Holder on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kensington missed out on a Test last year when India toured the Caribbean but hosted Tests for every year between 2008 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The venue&#8217;s most recent Test was in 2015 when the West Indies beat England by five wickets inside three days, to snatch a 1-1 draw in the three-Test series.<\/p>\n<p>Sabina Park in Jamaica will play host to the opening Test starting April 2, the fourth Test to be staged at the venue in as many years.<\/p>\n<p>The second Test bowls off at Kensington on April 30 while the third Test starts at Windsor Park, Dominica, on May 10.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor Park has already hosted four Tests since staging its first back in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25397\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cricket-bat-ball.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"cricket bat ball\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; 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