But, the region's fastest and truest cricket pitch may prompt Barbados to rethink tactical strategy for their second round Busta Cup match against the Leeward Islands starting here today.
Ever since Webster Park staged its first first-class match a few seasons ago, all and sundry have been complimentary about a surface which offers generous, consistent bounce that normally lasts for the entire four days.
Barbados can expect to find a typically shiny, bone-hard pitch similar to the one they experienced on their only previous appearance four seasons ago. That match featured the rare occurrence of both teams passing 400 runs in their second innings.
Teams have been known to show a bias towards fast bowling at Webster Park and Barbados also face the option of going into the match with a quartet of pacers.
Their coach, William Bourne was, however, non-committal about such a possibility.
``We have got to discuss it. I really don't know what we'll come up with,'' he told WEEKENDSPORT yesterday, shortly after the team arrived in the tiny 35-square-mile island which has a population of 10 000.
If Barbados field their full staff of fast bowlers, it means that leg-spinner Dave Marshall may be relegated to 12th man. But on the strength of his impressive performance in Barbados' opening round win over the Windward Islands, he certainly deserves another chance.
Barbados went into that match with Hendy Byran, Pedro Collins and Patterson Thompson as the fast men, but some felt strongly that the gifted Corey Collymore was unfortunate not to make the final XI.
The 21-year-old Collymore, his career twice interrupted by back injuries, could get his chance today even if Barbados opt to retain Marshall and experienced left-arm spinner Winston Reid.
Thompson, who bowled disappointingly against the Windwards last weekend, when he was guilty of spraying the ball all over the place, could find himself under pressure to hold on to his place.
In addition, he has not usually done well against the Leewards and, two seasons ago, he was dropped for a match against them although he had just returned from Australia with the West Indies team.
Barbados' massive win by 236 runs over the Windwards in just over three days has lifted their enthusiasm for the match against the joint defending champions, who themselves crashed to a heavy defeat last weekend.
``I expect that our players will continue to perform as well as they did,'' Bourne said.
``We are well organised at the moment. We are confident. Everybody is looking to do well for himself and for the team.''
There is one area the coach is looking to improve on.
``We need, in the first innings especially, to make sure that we can build a very big score. It makes it a bit easier for us the next time around.
``The batting is the one area that needs to be worked on,'' he said, pointing to a string of individual scores around 11 and 12 in Barbados' first innings total of 241 against the Windwards.
The Leewards' batting appears to be a bit suspect without their West Indies caps - Stuart Williams, Keith Arthurton and Ridley Jacobs - and it was emphasised in their first round away match against Jamaica in which they were beaten by an innings.
Still, Bourne is not underestimating a team that has won the regional first-class championship more times than any other during the 1990s.
``You can never tell with the Leewards. They play good cricket one day, the next day they are erratic. What we really need to do is to concentrate on our game. Once we play to our abilities, we should do well.''
The teams (from):
BARBADOS - Roland Holder (captain), Adrian Griffith, Sherwin Campbell, Horace Waldron, Ryan Hinds, Courtney Browne, Dave Marshall, Hendy Bryan, Winston Reid, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Patterson Thompson, Raymond Griffith.
LEEWARD ISLANDS - Ken Benjamin (captain), Wilden Cornwall, Alex Adams, Runako Morton, Sylvester Joseph, Dave Joseph, Earl Waldron, Warrington Phillip, Anthony Lake, Whitmore Quinn, Carl Tuckett, John Maynard, Jason Williams.