West Indies rue lack of lack of spin options in aftermath of Test loss against Pakistan

West Indies captain Roston Chase is fairly disappointed after losing the second Test against Pakistan at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain and conceding a wonderful opportunity to make it 2-0. 

The hosts could only post a target of 75 on day four, and it was never going to be enough, even on a wicket with significant turn and grip for the spinners. Pakistan lost both their openers, Azan Awais and Imam-ul-Haq, but Babar Azam (24*) and Abdullah Shafique (24*) got them over the line without any further hiccups.

Chase admitted that they didn't really anticipate the pitch to turn as much and as early as it did. He also said his finger injury didn't really allow him to bowl as much as he would have wanted to. Chase bowled a total of seven overs for 22 runs and couldn't affect a dismissal on a pitch where spinners claimed 20 of the 30 bowler wickets.

"I don't want to say we misread the pitch, but we didn't think that it was going to spin as much from so early," Chase said in his post-match press conference. "So I think that that is where the problem came in.

"And also my injury, I think that we thought I would have been able to bowl a lot more, but rushing back from the injury a bit too quickly, and I was still in some pain in terms of bowling. So I think that was a bit of a dilemma for us."

Chase, in hindsight, said he would still have played despite his bowling limitations, but they could've made room for an extra frontline spinner in the playing XI, and it might have forced a different result.

"Captaining the side, I would never leave myself out to play anyone else," Chase said. "If I am outright injured and can't play, then I would sit out. But once I can still play as a batsman, I will always play. But I do think that we could have made room for an extra spinner, but it wouldn't have been [instead of] myself at all."