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The West Indies assistant coach Roddy Estwick has expressed that the current crop of fast bowlers can be as good as the fearsome attack of the 80s and 90s.

“Our bowling will be key to us and we are beginning to get blessed again with fast bowlers in the Caribbean,” Roddy Estwick said.

“I think this is the best group since the great days. We have got a number of fast bowlers we think can challenge any team in the world and this is an exciting time,” Estwick said at the West Indies Old Trafford training base as per Daily Mail.

“You respect what the greats have done but you have to forge your own identity. When I played in the 80s there were a lot of great fast bowlers -- Wayne Daniel and Sylvester Clarke only played 10 or 11 Tests each but both took around 900 first-class wickets -- and hopefully we have four or five now who can lift that standard again,” he added.

Citing the names of Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph and captain Jason Holder, the assistant coach said they are all in the Caribbean tour party for the Test series in England.

“We have got four fast bowlers we think can challenge any team in the world,” he said in a pre-training press conference call.

“I don’t know about living up to the greats, they have got to forge their own identity,” he added.