West Indies captain Darren Sammy suggested that Ravi Rampaul and Shane Shillingford will be included in the team for the second Test against England, which gets underway on Friday.
The participation of Graeme Onions or Steven Finn in the second Test is becoming increasingly unlikely, but captain Andrew Strauss has insisted that England's back-up seamers are not undervalued.
The International Cricket Council are investigating an alleged incident of spot-fixing at last year's World Cup, with a Kenyan player under suspicion.
In their own backyard, an England side sporting three of the world's top five bowlers must deliver indomitably against a West Indian outfit without a series win in a long, long time.
A general lack of triumph doesn't mean the West Indies are not on the right road. It's just a bloody long one, writes Peter May.