Ian Bishop insists West Indies has captaincy ‘decision to make' ahead of next summer’s Tests
Former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop says the next five months could be a defining period for head coach Daren Sammy and Test captain Roston Chase. Bishop’s comments follow a frustrating all-format tour of New Zealand, where the West Indies managed one T20I win and a Test draw while being swept in the One-Day Internationals.
“Roston, by his own admission, has struggled big time with the bat,” Bishop told i955 FM. “And it still sort of bemuses me that a guy who can score five hundreds in his first twenty or so Test matches has reached this point in his career at age 33, where he's struggling to put even moderate innings together.”
The West Indies will remain out of the Test arena until they host Sri Lanka in June 2026. The idle period, according to Bishop, presents them with enough time to review Chase’s role and subsequent place in the side.
“The West Indies are fortunate,” he said, “in that they have five or six months before their next Test series to try to determine whether Roston is capable, first of all, of holding his place in the team and whether he can continue [as captain]. So that's their decision to make.”