article_snippet.sent: Outgoing Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves, who starts work as Giles Clarke's successor next month, upped the stakes before the tour started by declaring the hosts 'mediocre' and promised 'some inquiries' if England did not win the series.
article_snippet.sent: West Indies ' hung on for a draw on an unresponsive pitch in Antigua last week and the prospect of a similar deck in Grenada on Tuesday means fulfilling Graves' expectations could be a tough task.
article_snippet.sent: I certainly didn't turn up here expecting for those comments (from Graves) to roll over and this to be an easy series.
article_snippet.sent: Ian Bell may have said all the right things but Windies opener Devon Smith, who will become the first Grenadan to play Test cricket on the island, revealed that Graves' comments had not gone unnoticed.
article_snippet.sent: West Indian batsman Devon Smith admitted West Indian batsman Devon Smith were inspired by Colin Graves' comments . '
highlights_snippet.sent: Incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves called West Indies 'mediocre'
  
highlights_snippet.sent: West Indies ' batsman Devon Smith says comments motivated the hosts .