The day five action of the 2nd Test match between England and West Indies is back underway at Old Trafford, Manchester on Sunday (July 19).
Day 5 at Old Trafford, Manchester sees England level the series 1-1 against West Indies. The victory also gets them the desired points on the World Test Championship table.
England had to bowl 196 overs but they managed to win it by 113 runs.
Amid all this, Jofra Archer has been fined and could be available to play the final Test. Archer was ruled out of the ongoing Test for breaking the bio-secure bubble in between the last Test and this one.
ENGLAND vs WEST INDIES: LIVE SCORE
WEST INDIES: 198 all-out in 70.1 overs (287 all-out in 99.0 overs)
ENGLAND: 129/3 in 19 overs DEC. (469/9 DEC.)
1. England lead by 219 runs as they begin Day 5
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Day 4 at Old Trafford, Manchester saw England lead with Ben Stokes and Joe Root at strike. As England lead by 219 runs, it's not just about the Wisden Trophy but the 40 World Test Championship points as well.
England has 196 overs to bowl the visitors out twice and level the series at 1-1. 270 will be the score for both teams.
Amid all this, Jofra Archer has been fined and could be available to play the final Test. Archer was ruled out of the ongoing Test for breaking the bio-secure bubble in between the last Test and this one.
2. 50 for Ben Stokes
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And it's a blazing 50 for Ben Stokes!!!
The all-rounder has been smashing the ball everywhere in the park. Stokes cleared long-off to bring up his fifty in just off 36 balls
3. Root sacrifices himself to get Stokes on strike
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Alzarri Joseph to Root, out Root Run Out!!
Stokes ran up to the striker's end while Root was still occupied with his missed flick shot down the leg side. Dowrich takes the ball and throws it back to Joseph who makes up for the lack of accuracy of his keeper by relaying it to Holder at the non-striker's end.
Root run out (Dowrich/Alzarri Joseph/Holder) 22(33)
4. Broad and Woakes dismiss the Windies openers
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Broad to John Campbell, out Caught by Buttler!!
Root reviewed in time and it's a fair delivery and seems to be a spike when the ball went past the bat. Umpire Kettleborough checks on it and confirms it.
John Campbell c Buttler b Broad 4(4) [4s-1]
As for Woakes, he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite, out Lbw!!
Kraigg Brathwaite has been given OUT LBW, he has a chat with his partner and he's walking. That looked close and Shai Hope sends his partner on his way - just the start England wanted, they have got rid of both openers in the hour before lunch.
Kraigg Brathwaite lbw b Woakes 12(23) [4s-1]
Broad to Shai Hope, out Bowled!!
West Indies are in trouble. Hope had no chance of digging it out - the nip-backer and it caused all the trouble. The ball hopped across and went on to crash into the top of off-stump.
Shai Hope b Broad 7(26) [4s-1]
5. Stuart Broad strikes again, Roston Chase departs for 6
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Broad to Roston Chase, out Lbw!! Third wicket for Stuart Broad!
Chase was expecting the ball to leave him and didn't offer any shot and the ball hit the flap of the back pad. The impact was outside off, but it doesn't matter as the batter had shouldered arms.
Roston Chase lbw b Broad 6(19) [4s-1]
6. 50 for both Jermaine Blackwood and Shamarh Brooks
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Fifty for Blackwood. Once again he has risen to the occasion. Brooks walks up to congratulate his partner. As for Shamarh Brooks, he with a SIX gets to his fifty.
Twin fifties for him in the Test. Not the ideal way to reach there as Brooks chips the loft and just manages to get enough to clear Woakes on the long-on fence.
7. Big wicket for England, Blackwood dismissed for 55
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Ben Stokes makes things easy for England as he dismisses Blackwood. Kept persisting with the short ball, Blackwood decides to play the pull/hook.
He's on one-leg but the ball gets big on him and lobs off the glove to the left of Buttler, who covers the good ground and even dives to take it inches from the ground.
Blackwood c Buttler b Stokes 55(88) [4s-8]
8. Dowrich goes for a duck, Woakes gets his 100th Test wicket
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Woakes to Dowrich, out Lbw!
Dowrich was falling across trying to glance this and with no bat, nothing on UltraEdge and clipping showing the top of leg-stump - umpire's call! That's unfortunate, but Dowrich has to make do with a pair.
Woakes, on the other hand, gets his 100th Test wicket.
Dowrich lbw b Woakes 0(3)
9. Shamarh Brooks departs for 62
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Sam Curran to Shamarh Brooks, out Lbw!
Curran gets the big breakthrough, as the ball skidded through faster than what would be a true bounce.
Brooks has to go and England smell blood now.
Shamarh Brooks lbw b Sam Curran 62(136) [4s-4 6s-2]
10. Windies skipper Jason Holder goes for 35
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Dom Bess to Holder, out Bowled!!
He throws up a flight on this, dipping in sharply on Holder's perhaps a little lazy forward defence and then explodes off the good length area to burst through the bat and pad gap.
Holder b Dom Bess 35(62) [4s-5 6s-1]
11. England level series 1-1
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Stokes to Alzarri Joseph, out Caught by Dom Bess!!
Joseph doesn't plan on keeping his drive down either and slices a wide full one, and it's right down point's throat.
Alzarri Joseph c Dom Bess b Stokes 9(17) [4s-1]
Dom Bess to Roach, out Caught by Ollie Pope!!
Pope's already writing a short-leg fielding manually, and he's added another with this catch.
Roach c Ollie Pope b Dom Bess 5(31) [4s-1]
With this England level the series 1-1 as they win by 113 runs
