Chase laments bowling short to Cook

Chase was the West Indies best bowler, finishing with four for 113 in 26.2 overs as England declared on 514 for eight in the first innings.

Cook scored 243, while West Indies closed on 44/1 in reply.

Chase was happy to get wickets but felt he was expensive. “It is always good getting wickets. I was lucky enough to get four in the day but I thought I was a little bit to expensive for that stage of the game. I thought my length was a bit short to Cook and that was my main error for me today,” Chase said.

Chase said he grew in confidence the more he bowled which saw him grab the wicket of Cook. “At one point I just tried to contain him (Cook). I was not thinking of getting the wicket, but I grew in confidence in my bowling and I was feeling a bit better and I guess that worked for me.” West Indies will be batting today to stay alive in the match and Chase believes the batsmen are confident after scoring heavily in the warmup match. “The batting is full of confidence although we lost that early wicket. Tomorrow in the sunshine we will look to do our best.” Rain ended play early yesterday but Chase believes that the West Indies would have done well in the closing session. “The guys were batting well, we were quite confident that they (Kieran Powell and Kyle Hope) would have brought us to the end of play. The rain came and we can’t do anything about that. We just look forward to tomorrow.”