A tall, offspin-bowling allrounder from Barbados, Roston Chase won a place in West Indies' Test team after strong showings with bat and ball in the 2015-16 Professional Cricket League. He scored 710 runs in 10 matches at an average of 59.16, and bowled more than he ever had in the past. Having only taken 16 wickets in his first four domestic seasons, Chase took 23 wickets in 2015-16 at an average of 17.26, and picked up five-fors in both innings against Guyana.

Slotted in at No. 6 for West Indies' home series against India in July-August 2016, Chase did not take long to show he belonged. At Sabina Park, he bowled more overs than anyone else in India's only innings to finish with figures of 5 for 121, and batted through all of the fifth day to score an unbeaten 137 and lead his side to an improbable draw. In only his second Test, Chase had become only the fourth West Indian, after Denis Atkinson, Collie Smith and Sir Garfield Sobers, to take a five-wicket haul and score a hundred in the same Test match.
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