Shillingford was man-of-the-match after taking nine wickets in
last week's easy triumph in the first Test in Bridgetown, Barbados.
West
Indies won by nine wickets in two-and-a-half days as spin bowling proved a
surprise catalyst for success at the Kensington Oval.
It will be no
surprise if the 30-year-old Shillingford, recalled to the Test side last week,
wreaks havoc at Windsor Park in Roseau, his home ground.
He got 10
wickets there last April against Australia and says he wants similar success
against the inexperienced Zimbabweans.
"Hopefully I will get a good
return again," he said in a television interview on the eve of the second of the
two-Test series.
West Indies coach Otis Gibson called Shillingford's role
in the first Test exceptional, saying: "We expect the same again in Dominica.
The spin department is strong right now. We have four or five quality spinners
to choose from."
For the home side in the second test, scheduled to run
through to Sunday, Gibson said there would be more focus on batting.
"One
of our plans as a batting group is to try and bat 140 to 150 overs in an
innings. (In Bridgetown), we got bowled out in a day; that wasn't the best for
us," he told the official West Indies cricket website.
West Indies last
got six Test wins in a row in 1988 but their latest achievement is still far
from the halcyon days of calypso cricket three decades ago.
Their latest
streak is made up of two wins over New Zealand last July, success in a two-match
series in Bangladesh, followed by the easy win over Zimbabwe, who were playing
their first Test in 14 months.
The inexperienced Zimbabwe will give
wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva a late fitness test as he recovers from a finger
injury. If he fails, captain Brendan Taylor will return to behind the stumps
with batsman Sean Williams likely given a chance in the middle
order.
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