PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), April 17: West Indies captain Carl Hooper is hoping his pace bowlers can make the most of a well-grassed pitch at the Queen’s Park Oval in the second Test against India which starts on Friday.

“The wicket here looks a lot more encouraging for the bowlers,” Hooper told reporters on Wednesday.

“Considering that we played three frontline seamers in Georgetown, we’re naturally excited by that and hopefully we’ll get a favourable result in the end.”

Hooper smashed a career-best 233 as West Indies enjoyed the better of the rain-hit first Test in Georgetown, which ended in a draw on Monday after the last four sessions were washed out.

West Indies piled up 501 in their first innings while India replied with 395 for seven in the opening match of a five-Test series.—Reuters