| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to 1st Test of the three-match series between the Windies and England. The visitors come into this game in very good form in this format, whereas, the hosts are not in the best of touches. They though will want to turn it around starting from this Test, however, it won't be easy against an English side which has started to come into its own under Root's captaincy. They are favourites heading into this game but the Windies can't be ruled out especially in their own backyard. |
| TOSS - The Windies won the toss and elected to bat. |
| The players and the umpires have taken their positions post the national anthems. Kraigg Brathwaite and debutant, John Campbell to open for Windies while James Anderson has the new cherry in hand for the visitors. All set to go. Let's play... |
| A false start... |
| 0.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Good swing first up, but the line was not that great. Starts off on leg stump, Brathwaite defends from the crease awkwardly. |
| 0.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Better line just outside off, defended easily. |
| 0.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Watchfully kept out once more. |
| 0.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Pushes this a little further up outside off, Kraigg lets it go. |
| 0.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Gets the perfect length this time and on top of off, KB defends not too comfortably but no scares. |
| 0.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Maiden to start off, the last one is left alone outside off. |
| Sam Curran to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Sam Curran to Campbell, FOUR! What a way to start off in Test cricket. A length ball outside off, Campbell just eases this one wide of gully and the ball races to the third man boundary. Windies and John off the mark! |
| 1.2 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Overcompensates too hard, bowls this way down leg. |
| 1.3 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Too close for comfort! This one is just above off stump and Campbell leaves it alone. Bounces above the pole luckily for the batsman. |
| 1.4 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Gets the right line and length this time, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 1.5 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Fuller and on the pads, Campbell comes slightly ahead as he pushes this towards mid on. |
| 1.6 : Sam Curran to Campbell, FOUR! The second of the over. And through the same region. Bowled a tad outside off, Campbell comes ahead and angles this in the gap between gully and point. Runs away to the fence. |
| 2.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Very full one on leg stump from Jimmy, Brathwaite works it square on the leg side for a single. |
| 2.2 : J Anderson to Campbell, On the pads to the left-hander as well, worked away to fine leg for a single by JC. Windies reach double figures. |
| 2.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Good ball on a length outside off, Kraigg lets the ball come on to his bat and defends it towards gully from right under his nose. |
| 2.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Left alone outside off very late, the Brathwaite style. |
| 2.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Goes back in his crease and defends this ball towards the off side. |
| 2.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Left alone outside off to end the over. |
| 3.1 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Fuller length ball on middle, Campbell unlike his partner is playing his shots. Flicks this away to fine leg for a single. Good positive intent. |
| 3.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Curran trying to get this ball come in and bowls this on a fuller length outside off. KB defends on the front foot towards gully. |
| 3.3 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Left alone outside off this time. |
| 3.4 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Quick single! Appreciated by those in the crowd. A length ball outside off, pushed towards cover-point by Brathwaite and his partner is quick to respond for a single. |
| 3.5 : Sam Curran to Campbell, FOUR! Lovely looking shot from Campbell. Doesn't seem to be over-awed by the situation. A short of a length ball outside off this time, John is quick to climb and cut it away stylishly through point for a boundary. Windies flair in that shot. |
| 3.6 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Defended calmly this time. Good start so far for the Windies this. |
| 4.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Pretty full on middle and leg, easily worked away through square leg for a run. |
| 4.2 : J Anderson to Campbell, Well left outside off this time by the lefty. |
| 4.3 : J Anderson to Campbell, Once more outside off and once more, JC doesn't go fishing. |
| 4.4 : J Anderson to Campbell, Length ball on the hips, kept out towards the mid-wicket region. |
| 4.5 : J Anderson to Campbell, How was that? An appeal from the English is turned down by Rod Tucker. Looked like it was doing a little too much to the naked eye. A full and inswinging ball on middle. Campbell misses his flick and gets rapped on the pad, a loud appeal ensues but no reaction from the umpire. The replays show that the ball would have missed leg stump. |
| 4.6 : J Anderson to Campbell, Peach! An absolute peach from Anderson to end the over. The previous one came in and this one is on a length outside off and holds its line. Campbell tried to put bat on ball but plays for the swing and down the wrong line. The cherry whizzes past his outside edge. Brilliant last two balls from Jimmy. This would have surely put doubts in the debutant's mind. |
| 5.1 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Shortish and around middle, KB keeps it out off the back foot. The ball is swinging a little, Curran needs to get it full, make use of the new ball. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Perfect! Fuller in length and around off, it comes back in. Kraigg with the swing works it towards fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 5.3 : Sam Curran to Campbell, FOUR! Too short and it has been dispatched! Campbell picked the length early there and then pulls it over mid-wicket. It races to the fence. JC dealing in boundaries here. |
| 5.4 : Sam Curran to Campbell, The inside edge saves him there! Good length around middle, it shapes away a little. John tries to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 5.5 : Sam Curran to Campbell, This time he gets right behind the line and defends it onto the ground. |
| 5.6 : Sam Curran to Campbell, A little away movement again but the line is outside off, Brathwaite shoulders arms to it. |
| 6.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Full length ball just outside off, Kraigg comes ahead and pats it back to the bowler. |
| 6.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Shortens the length this time, KB defends with a straight bat. |
| 6.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Length ball and it straightens after landing. Brathwaite misses his flick and gets hit high on the thigh pad. |
| 6.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Lots of swing this time but way outside off and left alone by the batsman. |
| 6.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Shouldered arms to outside off once more. |
| 6.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, This one comes in but is defended easily by Kraigg. |
| 7.1 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Curran has not got his line right so far. Length ball on the leg stump line, Campbell fails to get bat on ball and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 7.2 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Outside off and defended watchfully towards cover. |
| 7.3 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Short of a length and above off stump, defended from within the crease. |
| 7.4 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Worked away off the pads by Campbell, wide of fine leg for a couple of runs. |
| 7.5 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Shortens the length once more outside off, defended back towards the bowler on the back foot. |
| 7.6 : Curran to Campbell, Almost snuck through, an inside edge saves the batsman at the last moment. This was on a length and coming in with the angle, Campbell almost played it down the wrong line but the willow comes to his rescue. |
| 8.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Short of a length ball on middle, defended off the back foot by KB. |
| 8.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Kept out from within the crease once more. |
| 8.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Fuller length ball on middle and leg, flicked away to fine leg for a single. |
| 8.4 : J Anderson to Campbell, This one lands on leg stump and comes straight on, Campbell presents a straight bat in defense. |
| 8.5 : J Anderson to Campbell, Another one on length and on off stump, John pushes this back towards the bowler. |
| 8.6 : J Anderson to Campbell, Late inswing on this one after landing on off, JC adjusts and plays it towards mid on. |
| 9.1 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Wide outside off on a length, left alone by the right-hander. |
| 9.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, A short one once more just outside off, good bounce but not enough pace to trouble Brathwaite. Rides the bounce and defends easily. |
| 9.3 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Sprays this on leg stump line, KB misses his flick and gets hit on the thigh pad. Runs fine on the leg side but no run available. |
| 9.4 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, A late leave to this one outside the off stump. |
| 9.5 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, A good length ball on off stump and slightly coming in, defended on the off side by Kraigg. |
| 9.6 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Low bounce on this occasion but the ball is well outside off and Brathwaite lets it go. This is a maiden over but the Windies have been solid in the first 10. |
| 10.1 : J Anderson to Campbell, Loose stroke that one! Full and wide outside off, Campbell throws his bat at it away from his body but gets beaten. First real poor shot from him, not needed those. |
| 10.2 : J Anderson to Campbell, Good length and on off, JC pushes it towards cover for a quick run. |
| 10.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Outside off and it has been left alone. |
| 10.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Bouncer and it has been ducked under. |
| 10.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, BEAUTY! Just too good that one. Unplayable to be honest. That started on middle and then started swinging away. Brathwaite plays inside the line, the ball whizzes past the outside edge and then goes agonizingly close past the off pole. |
| 10.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Now bowls the one that goes straight on. Brathwaite picks the variation and works it to mid-wicket. |
| Ben Stokes is on now. |
| 11.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Starts off with a ball on the pads, John works it to mid-wicket. |
| 11.2 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, FOUR! If you cut, you should cut hard and that is exactly what Campbell did. It was there to be hit, short and outside off, he slashes at it with everything. The ball goes over the leaping point fielder and into the fence. |
| 11.3 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Corrects his length and line by bowling it on off and just behind a driving length. JC keeps it out. |
| 11.4 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Bowls the sucker ball full and wide outside off, Campbell resists the temptation and lets it be. |
| 11.5 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On the fuller side, the batter mistimes his shot to mid off. |
| 11.6 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, A good leave! Ben Stokes gets this one to come back in from outside off, the batsman shoulders arms to it. The ball though does not come in enough to hit the off stump. Good delivery though. |
| 12.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Length and a little too wide outside off, it is left alone. |
| 12.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, On the stumps this time, KB gets right behind the line and defends it onto the ground. Good going by the two Windies openers till now. |
| 12.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, A stifled appeal but nothing from the umpire. On middle and leg, Brathwaite looks to keep it out but misses. The ball hits him high on the pads. |
| 12.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Another one outside off, the batter need not play at those. |
| 12.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, A good surprise bumper, Brathwaite though was upto the task as he ducks under it. |
| 12.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Length delivery and outside off, Brathwaite is not interested in playing at those. Maiden by Anderson. |
| 13.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Campbell was late onto that one! On a length and around off, this one comes back in late. Campbell maybe first thought of leaving it but at the very end keeps it out. |
| 13.2 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, FOUR! Nicely played! Waits for the ball to come to him and then guides it through the gap in the slip cordon. It goes down to the third man fence. |
| 13.3 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, This is fired on off, Campbell keeps it out. He has looked good until now. |
| 13.4 : Ben Stokes to J Campbell, Fuller in length this time, the batter strokes it to mid off. He is a tad late on the shots he has played in this over. |
| 13.5 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, This time he offers no shot as the ball is way too outside off. |
| 13.6 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Changes the angle and lands it on off, he slants it away. Brathwaite keeps it out. |
| 14.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Bowls this full and on the legs, defended back down the ground after coming across by Brathwaite. |
| 14.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Left alone outside off this time. |
| 14.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Another Brathwaite leave as this one outside off swings away late. |
| 14.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, A straight one on off stump and on a good length, pushed back on the front foot. |
| 14.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Beaten! A beauty from Anderson! Length ball on off, looks like it was coming in but it swings away very late and beats the outside edge of Brathwaite. |
| 14.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, This is comfortably left alone by the batsman as the first hour of play comes to a close. |
| Drinks break. A solid hour for the hosts, they have done well to not lose a wicket. There have been a few plays and misses but the important fact is no breakthroughs for the English. The debutant has looked good as well. Expect spin to come on soon. |
| 15.1 : Ben Stokes to J Campbell, Full and outside off, Campbell looks to drive but gets an inside edge down to fine leg and a single is taken. Not sure if unintentionally or deliberately, Campbell is a touch late on his shots against Stokes. |
| 15.2 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Changes the length and bangs it short, Brathwaite ducks under it. |
| 15.3 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Good delivery! The effort delivery this one, bends his back and lands it around off, Kraigg looks to defend but is done in by the extra bounce. The ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 15.4 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Angles this one into the pads, looking to get Braithwaite LBW. He though gets his bat down in time and works it to mid-wicket. |
| 15.5 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Sprays this one down the leg side, it is left alone. |
| 15.6 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, This one is the in-dipper on off, KB takes a hand off his bat and works it to square leg. Stokes is really getting the ball to bounce here. |
| First sight of a spinner this morning. Moeen Ali has been called on to bowl. |
| 16.1 : M Ali to Campbell, Brings out the paddle sweep, he is helped as Moeen fails to land the ball. The batter picks up two as the ball is fielded at fine leg. |
| 16.2 : M Ali to Campbell, FOUR! Swept and swept fine! Campbell this time hits it right off the middle and it races to the square leg fence. |
| 16.3 : M Ali to Campbell, Top edge but safe! John once again goes for the sweep but this time Moeen slows it up and also bowls it outside off, gets it to bounce extra. The ball hits the top edge and lands in no man's land in the square leg region. Two taken. |
| 16.4 : M Ali to Campbell, No sweep shot this time, he lunges and works it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 16.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter and on middle, it is flicked towards mid-wicket with the turn. |
| 16.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Tosses it up on off, Brathwaite covers the stumps and blocks it. 9 from Ali's first, an expensive start by him. |
| 17.1 : Ben Stokes to J Campbell, FOUR! Oozing in confidence is the debutant! That has been creamed! Into the 40s is John. Full and outside off, Campbell strokes it through covers and you need not run for those. |
| 17.2 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On the shorter side and on the body, even before Campbell swivels to pull, the ball hits him on the thigh pad and rolls towards fine leg. A leg bye taken. However, the umpire has signaled it as a dead ball as he feels the batsman did not offer a shot. |
| 17.3 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Outside off, it is left alone. |
| 17.4 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On a good length around off, it is kept out. |
| 17.5 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On the shorter side again, Campbell once again it hurried into the pull shot, he mistimes it towards square leg for a run. |
| 17.6 : Ben Stokes to K Brathwaite, FOUR! 50 up! Ideal start by the openers. A boundary to bring up the 50-run stand. It is not off the middle though. No gully however so it races to the fence. Full and wide outside off, Brathwaite goes after it, he gets an outside edge and the ball crosses the third man fence. |
| 18.1 : M Ali to Campbell, OUT! Plumb in front! The debutant goes 6 shy of a fifty. He was going for his shots and eventually that brings about his downfall as he went for one too many. A full and flighted ball on middle, Campbell goes for the sweep but misses it and gets rapped bang in front of middle. The umpire has no hesitation and raises his finger immediately. The debutant started walking away immediately and with good reason too. It would have been a waste of a review had it been taken as r |
| 0.0 : Shai Hope walks in at number 3. |
| 18.2 : M Ali to Hope, Tosses it up outside off, Hope covers his off stump and makes a leave. |
| 18.3 : M Ali to Hope, On the stumps this time, it is defended onto the ground. |
| 18.4 : M Ali to Hope, Flighted delivery on off, Hope pushes it to covers. |
| 18.5 : M Ali to Hope, Slower through the air outside off, Hope maybe should have played this delivery off the front foot, he though goes back and defends it onto the ground. |
| 18.6 : M Ali to Hope, Prods forward this time and works it with the turn to mid-wicket. |
| 19.1 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Back of a length on off, Kraigg defends it onto the ground. |
| 19.2 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, A little more fuller on off, Brathwaite defends it out. |
| 19.3 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On the shorter side, Brathwaite hops and taps it towards point for a quick run. |
| 19.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, That swing back in a long way! Full and way outside off, it tails back in a lot. Hope first thinks of driving it but then pulls out of the shot. |
| 19.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Another in-dipper but this is on the pads, Hope fails to flick as he is hit on the pads. |
| 19.6 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Back of a length outside off, Shai lets it be. |
| 20.1 : M Ali to Brathwaite, FOUR! Full and flighted outside off, Brathwaite comes ahead and drives this hard through the vacant cover region. No fielder back there and it runs to the fence. |
| 20.2 : M Ali to K Brathwaite, A flatter one on middle, KB pushes this towards mid on and picks up a quick single. |
| 20.3 : M Ali to S Hope, Another quick single, would have been really tight had mid on hit this time. Uneccessary that, from Windies. Looked like Hope was desperate to get off the mark and hence ran. |
| 20.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Defended by the batsman coming ahead. |
| 20.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, SIX! Bratwaite seems to have seen enough now. Comes down the track and lofts this over deep mid-wicket. The ball lands just outside the rope. The first maximum of the game. Moves into the 20s does Kraigg. |
| 20.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Very well defended this time as a follow up to the huge one. Good over for the Windies, 12 off it in the end. |
| 21.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, FOUR! Elegant and beautiful! A fuller one outside off and Hope stands tall and off drives this right back down the ground wide of mid off. No stopping those, just go pick the ball from outside the fence. |
| 21.2 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Another good drive but it goes straight to cover this time. |
| 21.3 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Bouncer! The batsman ducks in time to let that one go over him. |
| 21.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A length ball coming in from outside off, defended back towards the bowler off the back foot. |
| 21.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Bouncer once more and Shai ducks under it once more. |
| 21.6 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Another short of a length ball going down leg and SH ducks third time this over. |
| 22.1 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter ball on a length outside off, Kraigg defends with soft hands towards short leg. |
| 22.2 : M Ali to Brathwaite, FOUR! Beautifully flighted and Brathwaite takes the invitation as he has his dancing shoes on. Lifts this wide of mid on and into the fence. |
| 22.3 : M Ali to Brathwaite, KB comes ahead and dead-bats this one. |
| 22.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 22.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, A touch slower this time, Brathwaite comes ahead and then defends the ball. |
| 22.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Left alone very late outside off this time by Kraigg. |
| 23.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A good length ball straightening after landing on off, Hope defends from the crease. |
| 23.2 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Fuller length ball on the pads, worked towards mid-wicket. |
| 23.3 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Too high! Stokes is getting the ball to swing in but there is good bounce on the wicket. This one lands on a length outside off and beats Hope and raps him on the pads. But it would have gone over the wickets. |
| 23.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Moves this one the other way and Shai is beaten as he tries to stand tall and cut it away. |
| 23.5 : Ben Stokes to S Hope, Fuller one outside off, Hope fails to time his drive as he can only push it towards mid off. |
| 23.6 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Kept out comfortably this time by SH off a good length. |
| 24.1 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flighted outside off, Brathwaite drives it back down the ground. |
| 24.2 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Short outside off this time, a mistimed cut from Kraigg results in a single to deep point. |
| 24.3 : M Ali to Hope, Rapped on the pads but it is too high once more! A flatter one outside off and good turn on it as it beats Hope and raps him high on the pads. |
| 24.4 : M Ali to S Hope, Flatter one outside off, cut away to deep cover for a single. |
| 24.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter one on middle, defended towards short leg by KB. |
| 24.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Pushed back to the bowler off the front foot to end the over. Moeen has picked up the only wicket to fall so far but has been considerably expensive as well. |
| 25.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A length ball outside off, Hope drives this slightly uppishly but straight towards cover. |
| 25.2 : Ben Stokes to S Hope, FOUR! That is the second time Hope has driven Stokes back down the ground for four. Balance and timing, that was what it was all about. Lovely on the eye. |
| 25.3 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Shortens the length and SH goes back in his crease to defend it. |
| 25.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Bouncer! Shai ducks under it and lets it go through. |
| 25.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Hurls this way outside off, left alone. |
| 25.6 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Another leave outside off from Hope to end the over. |
| 26.1 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter one on middle, pushed to deep mid-wicket for a single by Brathwaite. |
| 26.2 : M Ali to S Hope, Lots of air outside off, driven hard towards cover by Hope. |
| 26.3 : M Ali to Hope, Flatter one outside off, punched to deep cover for a single by Hope. |
| 26.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 26.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Another flatter one on middle, kept out towards short leg with soft hands. |
| 26.6 : M Ali to K Brathwaite, Brathwaite pushes this wide of mid off but no run is available. |
| Adil Rashid, the leggie is now into the attack. |
| 27.1 : A Rashid to Hope, Lots of air on this one bowled on leg, flicked away to deep mid-wicket by Hope for a single. |
| 27.2 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Another flighted one, KB waits a long time and lets the ball come onto the bat. |
| 27.3 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Flicked away wide of mid on by Brathwaite for a single to this full ball on middle. |
| 27.4 : A Rashid to Hope, Another single to deep cover this time, off the bat of Shai Hope. |
| 27.5 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Brathwaite comes ahead a bit this time and flicks it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 27.6 : A Rashid to Hope, Hope keeps the last ball out. 4 runs off Rashid's first over. |
| 28.1 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Almost! Ali bowls it slightly quicker and fuller. Brathwaite instead of coming forward tries to play it from his crease. He gets his bat down at the very end, it hits the inner half and goes towards fine leg for a run. |
| 28.2 : M Ali to Hope, Flatter and outside off, it is kept out. |
| 28.3 : M Ali to Hope, Eased through covers and the batter takes a single. |
| 28.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter and outside off, Brathwaite guides it through point and takes a single. |
| 28.5 : M Ali to S Hope, Very full on middle, it is hit down to mid on. |
| 28.6 : M Ali to Hope, Another very full delivery on middle, once again it is played with the turn to mid on. |
| Should be the last over before Lunch... |
| 29.1 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Flatter one outside off, Brathwaite comes ahead and defends it onto the ground. |
| 29.2 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Another front foot defense from KB. |
| 29.3 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Driven to mid off this time. |
| 29.4 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Flatter one on middle, Kraigg rocks back and works it to mid-wicket. |
| 29.5 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, The batsman covers the spin on the ball and defends it. |
| 29.6 : A Rashid to K Brathwaite, A pushy-drive from Brathwaite towards cover brings the over to an end. A maiden. It also is LUNCH ON DAY 1! 30 overs bowled in the session, excellent over rate from the visitors. |
| An excellent session for the Windies, everything right from the toss has gone their way till now. They elected to bat and their openers gave them the ideal start adding 53. It was the debutant, Campbell who did majority of the scoring but missed out on a well-deserved half ton. Hope then carried on the good work and he with Brathwaite who is started to get into his own now are amidst a good stand. Windies would hope the two can continue and build a big stand. |
| The visitors on the other hand, did not look at their best. There was swing on offer earlier for their bowlers but they could not capitalize. Moeen Ali is the sole wicket-taker but has not looked that threatening since. England will hope for a few quick wickets after the break. Do join us to find out who dominates Session 2. |
| ... Day 1, Session 2 ... |
| Welcome back for the second session of play. Can the hosts continue the good work? We will find out now as the players take their positions. Shai Hope to take strike to James Anderson. |
| 30.1 : J Anderson to Hope, A length ball outside off to start with, Hope keeps it down towards the gully fielder. |
| 30.2 : J Anderson to Hope, Length ball on the pads, pushed to mid-wicket. |
| 30.3 : J Anderson to Hope, Very full and outside off, Shai drives it but does not get good timing on it. |
| 30.4 : J Anderson to Hope, A good length delivery on off stump line, Hope stands tall and defends this onto the ground. |
| 30.5 : J Anderson to Hope, Some outswing on this occasion, left alone outside off by the batsman. |
| 30.6 : J Anderson to Hope, On the hips and worked away fine for a single by Hope. He keeps strike. |
| Adil Rashid to bowl from the other end. |
| 31.1 : A Rashid to S Hope, Pretty flat and full outside off, driven just wide of mid off by Hope but he decides against the single. |
| 31.2 : A Rashid to Hope, Good ball that outside off, no problems for Hope though as he comes ahead and defends it. |
| 31.3 : A Rashid to Hope, Drives this on a bounce to the fielder at cover. |
| 31.4 : A Rashid to Hope, Pushed by the batsman towards the cover fielder once more. |
| 31.5 : A Rashid to Hope, Finally manages to find the gap as Hope gets his drive wide of the cover fielder. A couple is taken by the time the fielder in the deep covers up. Good running! |
| 31.6 : A Rashid to Hope, Shortens the length on the pads, flicked away to the square leg region for a single by Shai. |
| 32.1 : J Anderson to Hope, Fuller length ball on middle, Hope on-drives this but it goes straight to the fielder at mid on. |
| 32.2 : J Anderson to Hope, Swinging away after landing outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 32.3 : J Anderson to Hope, Left alone by Shai once more as it is outside off. |
| 32.4 : J Anderson to Hope, Length ball on the middle and leg stump line, defended back down the ground with a straight bat. |
| 32.5 : J Anderson to Hope, Hurls this well outside off, the batsman shoulders arms to it. |
| 32.6 : J Anderson to Hope, Outside off yet again, yet again no shot offered. |
| 33.1 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Short and wide outside off, cut away to deep cover-point for a single by Brathwaite. |
| 33.2 : A Rashid to Hope, Flatter one on leg stump and turning a bit, Hope works it away wristily to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 33.3 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Brathwaite prods ahead and dead-bats this ball on middle. |
| 33.4 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, A googly this time and the batsman picks it up as he drops it with soft hands towards mid-wicket and runs through for a quick one. |
| 33.5 : A Rashid to Hope, Direct hit! No issue though as Hope was well in. Pushed this one towards mid off and was off for a quick single. Good running by the batsmen. |
| 33.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Another single to end the over as Kraigg works it towards the mid-wicket region for a single. Retains strike. |
| 34.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Length ball outside off and some shape on it, Brathwaite defends it with soft hands on the off side. |
| 34.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Length ball outside off and angling away, left alone by KB. |
| 34.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Well outside off and shouldered arms to, once more. |
| 34.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, On a good length just outside off, Kraigg presents a straight bat in defense. |
| 34.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Delivers this one wide outside off, Brathwaite wants nothing to do with it. |
| 34.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Good ball just outside off to end the over, no issues for the batsman though as he defends it solidly from the middle of the bat. Only 9 runs off the first 5 overs after Lunch, good tight stuff from England here. |
| 35.1 : A Rashid to Hope, Flatter one outside off, Hope rocks back and punches it to mid off. |
| 35.2 : A Rashid to Hope, Was that a chance? No it wasn't. The ball was on the pads and Hope flicked it away but found the short leg fielder's leg. Saved at least a couple there did Jennings. Was disappointed for some reason, maybe considering how good he has been at that position in his career so far. |
| 35.3 : A Rashid to Hope, Pushes this one quicker outside off, cut away to deep point for a single by Hope. |
| 35.4 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Once again cut away to the deep cover fielder for a single. The 100 comes up for the visitors. They would have surely taken this at the Toss. |
| 35.5 : A Rashid to Hope, Another ball on the pads, flicked away to the deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 35.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Brathwaite comes ahead and dead-bats the final ball of the over. |
| 36.1 : J Anderson to Hope, A little bit of shape away from off, Hope blocks it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 36.2 : J Anderson to Hope, Full and outside off, the batter makes a leave. |
| 36.3 : J Anderson to Hope, On the pads, the batter tries to flick but misses, it hits his pads and rolls towards the fine leg region. A leg bye taken. |
| 36.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, On off, blocked. |
| 36.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Stump-to-stump line again, Brathwaite has no problem in defending it out. |
| 36.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Goes fuller this time but the ball is outside off, Brathwaite is in no mood of going after those. |
| 37.1 : A Rashid to Hope, Very short this time, Hope rocks back deep in his crease and pulls this away to deep mid-wicket for a single. The 50-run stand comes up. |
| 37.2 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Full and flighted outside off, pushed to cover by Kraigg. |
| 37.3 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Short once more, enough time for Brathwaite to rock back and cuts it away to deep cover for a single. |
| 37.4 : A Rashid to Hope, Hope prods ahead and pushes this one to the cover fielder. |
| 37.5 : A Rashid to Hope, Shai goes back in his crease and punches the ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 37.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, The batsman defends the ball from the middle of his bat. An erratic over from Rashid considering the lengths. |
| 38.1 : J Anderson to Hope, A length ball on middle, Hope slightly moves forwards and plays this one with a straight bat. |
| 38.2 : J Anderson to Hope, Short of a length delivery, Shai rides the bounce and defends it onto the ground. |
| 38.3 : J Anderson to Hope, Left alone this time as the ball was wide outside off and swinging away. |
| 38.4 : J Anderson to Hope, Gets this one to come in a bit after landing but Hope has no issues as he defends this ball back to Anderson. |
| 38.5 : J Anderson to Hope, A slightly shorter length ball on middle, SH defends from within the crease. |
| 38.6 : J Anderson to Hope, Short and wide, Hope misses out! He goes for the cut but mistimes it and the ball goes straight towards the cover fielder. Was a real good chance to get a boundary. |
| 39.1 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Pushed through quicker outside off, Brathwaite comes ahead and defends it towards cover. |
| 39.2 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, This one is flatter and hurled down the leg side, KB misses his flick and the ball runs fine for a leg bye after hitting the thigh pad. |
| 39.3 : A Rashid to Hope, Hope defends this one on middle from within the crease. |
| 39.4 : A Rashid to Hope, On the pads once more, Shai flicks it away towards deep square leg. Bairstow comes in quickly and prevents the second run. |
| 39.5 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Another one outside off, Kraigg comes well ahead and plays it with soft hands. |
| 39.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, A dot ball to end the over. The Windies seem to be at ease here. |
| 40.1 : J Anderson to Hope, Very full and on off, it is stroked to the man at mid off. |
| 40.2 : J Anderson to Hope, Pulls his length back but the line is outside off, Hope lets it be. The ball goes on the bounce to the keeper. |
| 40.3 : J Anderson to Hope, FOUR! That went to the boundary in a jiffy! Short and outside off, Hope stylishly cuts it through point and the ball races away. First boundary after Lunch. |
| 40.4 : J Anderson to S Hope, Back of a length on off, Hope goes back and defends it onto the ground. |
| 40.5 : J Anderson to Hope, FOUR! This is even better than the last one! Class! Not a bad delivery, it was slightly full and on off, Hope leans into it and strokes it through extra cover, it races away. That was a textbook cover drive. |
| 40.6 : J Anderson to Hope, Now makes a leave as the ball is outside off. 8 runs from the over. |
| 41.1 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, On the shorter side around off, Brathwaite goes back and cuts it through point for a single. |
| 41.2 : A Rashid to Hope, Flatter and outside off, Hope slaps it through covers and another run results. |
| 41.3 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Tosses it up on off, Brathwaite lunges and keeps it out. |
| 41.4 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, On middle, Kraigg prods forward and keeps it out. |
| 41.5 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Extra bounce this time as the ball lands on middle, KB though goes back and does well to defend it onto the ground. |
| Ben Stokes seen warming up. |
| 41.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Gives it a little more air outside off, enticing the batsman for a drive. Kraigg though has shown excellent patience till now and he continues to do so as he makes another leave. |
| Ben Stokes has been called on to bowl, replacing James Anderson. He was bowling from the other end in the previous session. |
| 42.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A little movement away from the right-hander after landing it around off, Hope shoulders arms to it. |
| 42.2 : Ben Stokes to Hope, On the shorter side this time and the line is once again outside off, Hope stands tall and slaps it through covers for a run. |
| 42.3 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On a good length and around off, Kraigg defends it onto the ground. |
| 42.4 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Back of a length again on off, Kraigg is solid in defense. |
| 42.5 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Driven towards the mid on region. |
| 42.6 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On the fuller side but the line is outside off, left alone. |
| 43.1 : A Rashid to Hope, Short ball and Hope slaps it hard but straight to the man at covers. |
| 43.2 : A Rashid to Hope, Flighted ball on off, Hope at the very end opens the face of the bat and guides it through cover-point for a single. |
| 43.3 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, The googly, Brathwaite waits for the ball to do its bit and then guides it through the off side for a single. |
| 43.4 : A Rashid to Hope, On the stumps this time, it is blocked. |
| 43.5 : A Rashid to Hope, On the shorter side, Hope hits it towards sweeper cover and gets to the other end. He is now one run behind Brathwaite. |
| 43.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Kraigg though now goes three ahead of him as he works this one fine on the leg side and collects a brace. |
| 44.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Top delivery! Stoke now first angles it into the batter due to which Hope has to play at it. He tries to with a back foot defense. The ball though pitches and then moves away, beats the outside edge by a whisker. |
| 44.2 : Ben Stokes to Hope, This time he angles it into the batter, Hope works it with that angle to mid on. |
| 44.3 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Almost drags it on! Three very good balls by Stokes here. This is also on a back of a length on off, it pitches, angles in and also skids through. Hope tries to defend away from the body but the ball hits the inside edge and goes towards the keeper. |
| 44.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A little fuller on middle, Hope strokes it to mid on. Seems a lot more comfortable with the deliveries pitched up. |
| 44.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, That in between length by Stokes around off, Hope is not sure whether to come forward or stay back. He has a tentative push at it, the ball goes off the outer half through point for a run. |
| 44.6 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Back of a length to Brathwaite this time, he easily defends it. |
| 45.1 : A Rashid to Hope, Slower through the air on off, it pitches and then turns away. Hope pushes it through covers and gets to the other end. |
| 45.2 : A Rashid to K Brathwaite, Tosses it above the eye line and lands it on middle, Brathwaite works it against the turn to mid on. Hope thinks about a single but is rightly sent back by his partner. |
| 45.3 : A Rashid to K Brathwaite, The batsman has driven it through mid off. |
| 45.4 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Flatter and outside off, it is the flipper, the batter makes a leave. |
| 45.5 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, This time it is on the stumps but KB is solid in defense. |
| 45.6 : A Rashid to Brathwaite, Very slow but short, it pitches and then turns away. Kraigg goes back and keeps it out. |
| A very fast moving hour of play. 16 overs have been bowled. The two Windies batsmen have carried on superbly after Lunch, looking really solid. Will there be a mistake from them? Or can the English weave some magic against the run of play? They will have to or else it could be a really long day out in the sun. |
| 46.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A bumper but it is down the leg side, ducked under. |
| 46.2 : Ben Stokes to Hope, On the leg side, it is worked around the corner for a single. |
| 46.3 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On off, Brathwaite shuffles across and defends it onto the ground. |
| 46.4 : Ben Stokes to K Brathwaite, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Stokes provides the breakthrough England needed so desperately. End of the 73-run stand and Brathwaite's gritty knock has been cut short. A well-deserved wicket this for Stokes, he has looked threatening throughout and finally gets one. Alters his length this time, he has been slightly short but bowls it just ahead of a length he was bowling. It is around off, pitches and straightens just a touch. Kraigg ends up defending inside the line. T |
| Darren Bravo walks in at number 4, replacing Kraigg Brathwaite. |
| 46.5 : Ben Stokes to Bravo, A bumper to welcome the new batsman, Bravo works it uppishly but away from the square leg fielder for a run. |
| 46.6 : Ben Stokes to S Hope, Fullish and on middle, Hope strokes it to mid on. End of a successful over by Stokes. |
| 47.1 : A Rashid to Bravo, Flatter one on middle, Bravo defends with soft hands. |
| 47.2 : A Rashid to Bravo, Hurled on middle and slightly turning in, Bravo tucks it fine on the leg side for a single. |
| 47.3 : A Rashid to Hope, Flighted outside off, driven to cover for no run by Hope. |
| 47.4 : A Rashid to Hope, Quicker and straighter on middle, defended back towards the bowler. |
| 47.5 : A Rashid to Hope, Another flatter one outside off, Hope plays for the spin and gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 47.6 : A Rashid to Hope, Shorter length this time, punched back to the bowler by the batsman. Good over from Adil. |
| 48.1 : Ben Stokes to Bravo, Loose stroke that, just not needed especially so early in the innings. It is a full ball outside off, Bravo who is facing his fourth ball, goes after it but gets beaten. |
| 48.2 : Ben Stokes to Bravo, OUT! One brings two! That is exactly the case here for Stokes. What a top delivery this is. It has been pace, pace, pace all this while. This time though he rolls his fingers across the delivery and the length is extremely full, a yorker almost. Bravo is foxed completely. He plays down the wrong line, the ball hits him on the pads. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Bravo walks back without even thinking of reviewing it as he knew he was a dead duck. H |
| Roston Chase walks in next. |
| 48.3 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Wide outside off to the new batsman and shaping away, no need to play at those. |
| 48.4 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Short of a length ball, defended back down the ground off the back foot. |
| 48.5 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Short of a length once more, Chase defends it really late towards the slip cordon. |
| 48.6 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Length ball outside off, Roston is half-ahead in defense. |
| 49.1 : A Rashid to Hope, Flatter and on off, it is pushed to cover-point for a run. |
| 49.2 : A Rashid to Chase, This is tossed up on off, Chase strokes it back to the bowler. |
| 49.3 : A Rashid to Chase, Flatter and on middle, the batter goes back and works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 49.4 : A Rashid to Hope, Flatter and on off, Hope guides it to point. |
| 49.5 : A Rashid to Hope, On the stumps, it has been defended. |
| 49.6 : A Rashid to Hope, On off, kept out. |
| 50.1 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Length ball on top of off stump, Chase defends on the off side and looks for a single but is sent back wisely by his partner. |
| 50.2 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Bouncer! Roston ducks under it and lets it through to Foakes. |
| 50.3 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Outside off and not a great shot from Chase as he chases this one wide away from his body. Gets an inside edge that goes towards short leg. |
| 50.4 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Short of a length ball on middle, the batsman plays the bounce and defends it back down the ground. |
| 50.5 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Very full this time outside off, Chase reaches out and plays it wide of point for a single. |
| 50.6 : Ben Stokes to S Hope, This is really good bowling from Stokes. Full effort once more and he goes for a yorker on middle. Hope manages to jam it out towards fine leg for a single. He will keep strike. |
| Sam Curran is back into the attack now. Had bowled 5 overs at the start of the day. |
| 51.1 : Sam Curran to Hope, Bowls this one on a length outside off, Hope decides not to go after that one. |
| 51.2 : Sam Curran to Hope, Shortens the length this time outside off, left alone once more. |
| 51.3 : Sam Curran to Hope, A length ball outside off, going on with the angle. Hope defends it late towards the slip cordon. |
| 51.4 : Sam Curran to Hope, Shai shoulders arms to this one which is going well outside off. |
| 51.5 : Sam Curran to Hope, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump again. |
| 1414 Local - Now then! This wasn't expected but the heavens have opened up. The covers are brought on. Doesn't look it is going to be a long delay though. |
| EARLY TEA has been taken due to the rain stoppage. This session has gone to the visitors and more so, Ben Stokes in particular. He removed the well-set Brathwaite first and then got rid of Darren Bravo who returned to whites after a very long time. Shai Hope is looking solid in the middle but will need partners to ensure Windies don't throw away the good work done in the morning session. Hopefully the rain will clear away quickly and we resume post the time allotted for Tea. |
| ... Day 1, Session 3 ... |
| We are back! Good news! The weather has cleared and the players are back out in the middle. The England team is in a huddle and all set to go for the final session. It will be an extended one. What's in store? Let's find out...Curran to bowl the one remaining ball in the over to Shai Hope. |
| 51.6 : Sam Curran to Hope, A length ball on top of off stump, Hope defends it with soft hands. |
| Ben Stokes to continue bowling from the other end. |
| 52.1 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Bouncer to start off! Chase ducks under that one and lets it go through. |
| 52.2 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Length ball going down leg, Roston fails to get any bat on that one. |
| 52.3 : Ben Stokes to Chase, It seems to be a plan this, bowls this one on the hips once more. There is a leg gully in place. Chase manages to guide it fine though for a single. |
| 52.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A good solid defense from Hope to a shorter length ball outside off. |
| 52.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Length ball outside off, Shai guides it with soft hands wide of point. Waits a little before confirming that the ball is away from the fielder and then runs through to the other end. |
| 52.6 : Ben Stokes to Chase, A good length ball on middle, a straight bat is presented in defense by Roston. |
| 53.1 : Sam Curran to Hope, A very full length ball on middle and shaping in slightly. Hope drives it back down the ground but Curran gets low to his right and stops the ball. Also, flicks the ball back onto the stumps at the non-striker's end. Chase never went out of the crease though. |
| 53.2 : Sam Curran to Hope, Shape again after landing on middle, Shai works it to mid-wicket. |
| 53.3 : Sam Curran to Hope, Fuller length ball and this carries on with the angle outside off. Left alone by SH. |
| 53.4 : Sam Curran to Hope, A back foot push towards point for no run from Shai. |
| 53.5 : Sam Curran to S Hope, FOUR! A very short length ball and it sits up to be hit. Hope gleefully accepts the bad ball and pulls it away for an easy boundary. No pace for Curran to trouble the batsman with a short ball. |
| 53.6 : Sam Curran to Hope, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump. |
| 54.1 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Another length ball on the pads, Chase misses his flick and gets hit on the thigh pad. The ball runs fine but there is no chance for a leg bye. |
| 54.2 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Bowls this one on the off stump line, Roston defends it back standing tall. |
| 54.3 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Goes wide of the crease to create an angle, Chase is solid in defense though. |
| 54.4 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Played back down the ground confidently but not with much timing this time off a length ball on off and middle. |
| 54.5 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Tries to tuck up Chase by bowling it on his hips, the batsman manages to work it fine on the leg side for a run to fine leg. |
| 54.6 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Under edge! A bouncer outside off, Hope looks to cut it away but the ball does not bounce as much as the batsman expects it to. Takes the under edge and rolls to the slip cordon. |
| 55.1 : Sam Curran to Chase, Short of a length ball outside off, Chase stands tall and punches it towards cover. |
| 55.2 : Sam Curran to Chase, Left alone by Roston as this one is served well outside off. |
| 55.3 : Sam Curran to Chase, Gets this one on the off stump line, RC manages to keep it out towards the leg side bringing his bat down in time. |
| 55.4 : Sam Curran to Chase, A solid push from the batsman towards the covers. |
| 55.5 : Sam Curran to Chase, Short of a length ball outside off here, a back foot punch follows but the ball runs straight to point. |
| 55.6 : Sam Curran to Chase, Chase tries flicking a ball that is down the leg side but fails to get bat on it. Maiden over. |
| 56.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Short of a length delivery above middle stump, Hope is on his toes as he defends this one. |
| 56.2 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Surely saved three there! A full length ball outside off, Hope drives hard but a diving Anderson at cover gets his hand to the ball and half-stops it. Only a single is taken. It would have been a sure boundary. Brilliant effort. Lifts the whole team. |
| 56.3 : Ben Stokes to Chase, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the backfoot. |
| 56.4 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Another short length ball that is defended off the back foot by Chase. |
| 56.5 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Chase fails to get bat on that one and is hit on the pad. A strong appeal from the bowler and fielders. The umpire shakes his head and with good reason too. It was a tad too high. |
| 56.6 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Bowls this one very full and way outside off stump, it is an easy leave for RC. |
| 57.1 : Sam Curran to Hope, Curran delivers this one on a length outside off, Hope guides it towards third man for a single. |
| 57.2 : Sam Curran to Chase, A good solid back foot defense by Chase to this one on a short length. |
| Moeen Ali was seen warming up after the previous ball. |
| 57.3 : Sam Curran to Chase, Another one that is just dead-batted by RC. |
| 57.4 : Sam Curran to R Chase, FOUR! Too full on this occasion and Chase is quick to prowl on it. Goes for the expansive cover drive and gets it to the fence as he finds the gap wide of mid off. |
| 57.5 : Sam Curran to Chase, Curran strays on to the pads and gets flicked for a single down to fine leg. |
| 57.6 : Sam Curran to Hope, Short of a length outside off, Hope stands tall and punches it behind point for a couple of runs. It brings up his FIFTY! His fifth in Test cricket. Great innings so far but needs to carry on and go on to make a big one here. |
| 58.1 : Ben Stokes to Chase, A length ball outside off, Chase pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 58.2 : Ben Stokes to Chase, A short of a length ball that is bouncing a bit more than Chase expected it to. The ball also comes in and cramps the batsman for room as he tried to guide it in the gap between slip and gully. |
| 58.3 : Ben Stokes to Chase, Bouncer! The batsman ducks in time to let that one go over him. |
| 58.4 : Ben Stokes to Chase, A ball served outside off on a short length, Chase rocks back and cuts it through point for a single. Moves into double figures with that one. |
| 58.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Effort ball from Stokes. Bouncer on middle and leg but Shai is happy to duck under it and let the ball go. |
| 58.6 : Ben Stokes to S Hope, A fuller length ball outside off that is driven straight back towards mid off by Hope. |
| 59.1 : Sam Curran to Chase, Around the wicket now, Chase has no hassles defending this ball that is on a length just outside off. |
| 59.2 : Sam Curran to Chase, Gets this one to come in with the angle as well as the breeze, Roston works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 59.3 : Sam Curran to Chase, Too full outside off, Chase comes ahead a step and bends his knee as he drives this beautifully through cover point. The timing is not excellent and it allows Bairstow to chase the ball and stop it just inside the rope. Three runs are taken. |
| 59.4 : Sam Curran to Hope, A pushy cover drive but the ball goes straight to the fielder. |
| 59.5 : Sam Curran to Hope, Served on a good length outside off, Hope defends it with soft hands. |
| 59.6 : Sam Curran to Hope, Fuller one to end the over, Hope clips this one towards the straighter of the two mid-wickets present. |
| Moeen Ali replaces Ben Stokes who seemed to have tired after bowling for a long time. |
| 60.1 : M Ali to Chase, FOUR! Welcome back into the attack, Moeen. This is tossed up very full outside off, the spin is out of contention, hence easy pickings for the batter. He reaches out for it and strokes it through covers. The ball races away. |
| 60.2 : M Ali to Chase, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Easy this. A full toss this time on off, Chase once again strokes it through covers to fetch himself another boundary. |
| 60.3 : M Ali to Chase, Slightly overpitched again, this is closer to the off pole and hence, Chase times it to mid off. |
| 60.4 : M Ali to Chase, Better! Flatter and behind a driving length, it skids through. Chase tries to defend but the ball takes the outside edge and goes on the bounce to Stokes at first slip. |
| 60.5 : M Ali to Chase, Quicker and outside off, it turned back in. Chase blocks it out off the back foot. |
| 60.6 : M Ali to Chase, Ends the over with a lovely delivery. This is flighted and it is landed just behind the driving length. Chase goes for the drive through the off side but gets beaten. An appeal follows but the umpire shakes his head. There was a noise but it was of the bat hitting the ground. |
| James Anderson is back on. |
| 61.1 : J Anderson to S Hope, Starts off right on the money. On a length and around off, this one jags back in. Hope tries to defend but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 61.2 : J Anderson to Hope, The away swinger this time but the line is a little too wide outside off, left alone. |
| 61.3 : J Anderson to Hope, Another delivery outside off, left alone. |
| 61.4 : J Anderson to Hope, Full and on middle, it is stroked nicely but straight back to the bowler. |
| 61.5 : J Anderson to Hope, FOUR! Streaky but effective. On the shorter side, Hope stands tall and tries to guide it through the gully region, he gets an outside edge which races to the third man fence. |
| 61.6 : J Anderson to Hope, Another length delivery and on off, Hope defends it off the back foot. |
| 62.1 : M Ali to R Chase, A little too full again, Chase strokes it towards mid on. Root there runs to his left, dives and keeps it down to one. |
| 62.2 : M Ali to Hope, On the shorter side, Hope goes back and pulls it to mid on. |
| 62.3 : M Ali to Hope, The batsman has played the square drive. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 62.4 : M Ali to R Chase, Lands it outside off from around the wicket, it is pushed to mid off. |
| 62.5 : M Ali to Chase, Lands it on off again and Chase keeps it out. |
| 62.6 : M Ali to Chase, SIX! All the way! Top shot! Stand and deliver! Moeen tosses it up around off, Chase clears the front leg and lofts it over the long on fence. He hit that with the spin so the risk factor was not a lot. |
| 63.1 : J Anderson to Hope, Outside off, left alone. |
| 63.2 : J Anderson to Hope, Slightly fuller and it comes back in. Hope times it right off the middle but finds mid off. |
| 63.3 : J Anderson to Hope, On a length and around off, it is guided to point. |
| 63.4 : J Anderson to Hope, Fullish and on off, it is eased to mid off. Hope is really hitting the ball off the middle. |
| 63.5 : J Anderson to Hope, Solid off the front foot and now solid off the back foot as he guides this to the man at point. |
| 63.6 : J Anderson to Hope, Back of a length again on off, Hope once again defends it to point. |
| 64.1 : M Ali to Chase, Tosses it up on off, Chase lunges and keeps it out. |
| 64.2 : M Ali to Chase, Flatter and outside off, Chase pushes it to covers. |
| 64.3 : M Ali to Chase, Flatter again on middle, Chase pushes it towards mid on. Short mid-wicket runs to his left and saves a run. |
| 64.4 : M Ali to Chase, An easy run this time as it is flicked through mid-wicket. |
| 64.5 : M Ali to Hope, Another run as Hope this time flicks it through mid-wicket. Looking at ease against Moeen who is getting no purchase from the wicket. |
| 64.6 : M Ali to Chase, Wide outside off, left alone. |
| 65.1 : J Anderson to Hope, Length delivery and outside off, Hope shoulders arms to it. |
| 65.2 : J Anderson to Hope, OUT! Anderson gets Windies' talisman. From 126 for 1, Windies are now 174 for 4. Hope fails to convert and he trudges off slowly, disgusted with himself is the no. 3 batsman. He probably takes along with him the hopes of the Windies getting to a big first innings score. Anderson on the other hand is a delighted man. He is finally rewarded for continuously bowling in the avenue of apprehension. It is once again bowled there, this one comes back in a little. Hope looks to |
| Shimron Hetmyer is out to the middle at number 6. |
| 65.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Good length on off, Hetmyer is solid in defense. |
| 65.4 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Back of a length on off, Hetmyer defends it by standing tall. |
| 65.5 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Lovely stuff here! Anderson now seems to have his tail up here. He angles it into the batsman from around the wicket and then gets it to leave him. Hetmyer tries to defend but is done in by the away movement. The ball whizzes past the outside edge. Not a lot you can do with that, just hope it does not take the edge. |
| 65.6 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Good length on off, Hetmyer this time gets bat to ball and defends it onto the ground. |
| 66.1 : M Ali to R Chase, Flatter one bowled outside off, Chase drives it all along the ground towards a deepish mid off. No run as the ball was timed too well. |
| 66.2 : M Ali to R Chase, Another excellent diving stop from Anderson towards his left at cover. Prevents what would have been a certain boundary. This could frustrate the batsman. |
| 66.3 : M Ali to Chase, Shortens the length this time, worked on the leg side by Chase towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 66.4 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Hetmyer gets off the mark as he works this flatter ball on the pads towards mid-wicket and runs to the other end. |
| 66.5 : M Ali to Chase, Chase comes ahead to this flighted ball on middle and defends it onto the ground. |
| 66.6 : M Ali to Chase, Flatter delivery outside off, Chase goes back in his crease and punches it but the ball goes straight towards the cover fielder. |
| 67.1 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Trying to swing it from leg stump to the off but there is no movement, it is flicked through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 67.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Goes back to bowling on off, Hetmyer goes back and keeps it out. |
| 67.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Angles this one into the batsman, it is a little too straight though. Worked to mid-wicket. |
| 67.4 : J Anderson to S Hetmyer, DROPPED! Easy chance that! Windies could have, actually should have been five down. Buttler is the culprit. It is just ahead of a length outside off, Hetmyer tries to drive it on the up, he does so uppishly towards short cover. Buttler there dives to his right and gets two hands to it but fails to hang on. Hetmyer would like to make this reprieve count. The batsmen take a run. |
| 67.5 : J Anderson to Chase, Back of a length on off, Chase blocks it out. |
| 67.6 : J Anderson to Chase, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump. End of what could have been another successful over. |
| 68.1 : M Ali to Hetmyer, On middle, Hetmyer defends it out. |
| 68.2 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Flatter and on middle, Hetmyer keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 68.3 : Ali to Hetmyer, Daces down the track but ends up yorking himself. It is jammed out. |
| 68.4 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Dances down the track again but does not get to the pitch of the ball this time, it is pushed back towards the bowler. |
| 68.5 : M Ali to Hetmyer, SIX! Jos Buttler won't enjoy watching this but we surely enjoyed this shot. Hetmyer uses his feet for the third time in a row, this time gets to the pitch of it and lofts it over the long on fence. This is how he plays, he stays for longer, we are in for some entertainment. |
| 68.6 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Now strokes this down to long on and takes a run. Smart batting. |
| Drinks break. Half of the lengthy third session has been played. England will be delighted to have gotten Shai Hope's wicket but will like a few more in the remaining overs. Meanwhile, Windies would like Chase to remain solid and Hetmyer to make the most of the life given to him. Let us wait and watch what happens in the final passage of play today... |
| 69.1 : J Anderson to S Hetmyer, A short of a length ball on off stump line, Hetmyer gets a thick outside edge that runs towards the gully fielder. |
| 69.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, FOUR! Smashed! Overpitched outside off and Hetmyer takes a stride ahead and creams his drive through the covers for a boundary. Buttler won't be liking this at all. |
| 69.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump. |
| 69.4 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Coming in with the angle from around the wicket, Shimron drops it towards mid-wicket with soft hands and a quick single is taken. |
| 69.5 : J Anderson to Chase, Length ball outside off, defended with a straight bat by Chase. |
| 69.6 : J Anderson to Chase, A tad more outside off, Roston manages to push it in the gap towards deep point for a single. Retains the strike. |
| Joe Root, the skipper decides to come on for a bowl now. |
| 70.1 : Joe Root to Chase, Flatter one outside off, slight drift on it. Chase comes ahead and defends it. |
| 70.2 : Joe Root to R Chase, Arm ball on middle, pushed back down the ground by the batsman. |
| 70.3 : Joe Root to Chase, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 70.4 : Joe Root to Chase, Flatter one on the pads, worked away to deep square leg for a single by the right-hander. |
| 70.5 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Around the wicket to the lefty, fires it in on off stump. Hetmyer comes ahead and defends it onto the ground. |
| 70.6 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Slightly shorter length now, worked away to deep mid-wicket for a single. Shimron keeps strike. |
| Adil Rashid to replace James Anderson from the Joel Garner End. The helmet comes off for Shimron Hetmyer. |
| 71.1 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, A flatter one outside off, Hetmyer nudges it towards deep cover for a single. |
| 71.2 : A Rashid to Chase, Defended off the front foot by RC presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 71.3 : A Rashid to Chase, FOUR! Finds the gap through the covers this time. Lots of flight on this one and Chase drives it wide to the left of mid off for a good boundary. |
| 71.4 : A Rashid to Chase, Oooh! A slight outside edge from Chase this time but the ball runs all along the ground towards short third man for a single. It brings up the 200 for the hosts. |
| 71.5 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, SIX! That is huge! That's how this guy bats. A flighted ball outside off, Hetmyer comes ahead a bit and lifts it over the long off boundary and deep into the stands. A strike rate of more than 100 for him now. |
| 71.6 : A Rashid to S Hetmyer, FOUR! It just gets even better now. Short and wide from Rashid, looked like the one that goes the other way. Hetmyer cuts it very late and towards the vacant deep backward point boundary. James Anderson tries to come around from deep cover but cannot reach the ball even with a dive. Big over for the Windies, 16 off it in the end. |
| 72.1 : Joe Root to Chase, Just short! Flatter and outside off, Chase looks to punch it through the off side but the ball takes the outside edge. Luckily for the batter it lands just short of Stokes at first slip. |
| 72.2 : Joe Root to Chase, On off, it is kept out. |
| 72.3 : Joe Root to Chase, On the pads, Chase looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 72.4 : Joe Root to Chase, Flighted ball on off, Chase strokes it back to the bowler. He is getting good drift here. |
| 72.5 : Joe Root to Chase, A little too short this time, Chase goes back and works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 72.6 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Shortish again outside off, Hetmyer opens the face of the bat and guides it to point. |
| 73.1 : A Rashid to Chase, Flatter one on middle, Chase rocks back and whips it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 73.2 : A Rashid to Chase, Flighted one on middle and spinning slightly, Roston is watchful in defense. |
| 73.3 : A Rashid to Chase, Worked on the leg side towards mid-wicket but no run available. |
| 73.4 : A Rashid to Chase, Well outside off and spinning away from the batsman, he lets it go. |
| 73.5 : A Rashid to Chase, Flighted delivery on middle, defended from within the crease by RC. |
| 73.6 : A Rashid to Chase, Chase drives this one but does not get the timing he intends. The ball goes to the cover fielder. |
| 74.1 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Fired in on off and middle stump, Hetmyer manages to jam it out towards mid-wicket. |
| 74.2 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Shimron comes ahead and dead-bats on this occasion. |
| 74.3 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Another quicker one just outside off, SH is on the back foot as he punches it towards cover. |
| 74.4 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, The southpaw is ahead in defense to this fuller one outside off but the ball goes off the inside edge towards the leg side for a single. |
| 74.5 : Joe Root to Chase, Chase works this flatter and quicker ball on the leg side for a single. He gets to the other end. |
| 74.6 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Hurls this pacy and well outside off, Shimron cuts this away to deep point for a single. Quick, quick over that from Root. Looks like he is trying to get to the second new ball really quickly. |
| 75.1 : A Rashid to S Hetmyer, Slower through the air outside off, Hetmyer cuts it away to deep point for a single. |
| 75.2 : A Rashid to Chase, Wide outside off stump, the batsman leaves it alone. |
| 75.3 : A Rashid to Chase, NOT OUT! As we thought so. The ball was flighted on middle, Chase hits it back hard down the ground. Rashid gets a finger tip on it and it hits the stumps at the non-striker's end. Luckily though for Windies, Hetmyer is not backing up and his bat is grounded in the crease. The green signal flashes. |
| Run-out appeal from the bowler as he gets a fingertip on a very straight drive from the batsman and angles it onto the stumps...It has been taken upstairs. It seemed that Hetmyer had his bat in the crease all along though. |
| 75.4 : A Rashid to Chase, Flatter ball on middle, defended off the back foot by Chase. |
| 75.5 : A Rashid to R Chase, Driven through the covers by RC. |
| 75.6 : A Rashid to Chase, Finds the gap through mid on for a single. Chase will face the first ball of the next over. |
| 76.1 : Joe Root to Chase, On off, defended. |
| 76.2 : Joe Root to Chase, Fuller in length this time, it is stroked to covers. |
| 76.3 : Joe Root to Chase, Quicker and on off, Chase blocks it. |
| 76.4 : Joe Root to Chase, On the middle pole, Chase drives it back to the bowler. |
| 76.5 : Joe Root to Chase, This is eased down to long on for a run. |
| 76.6 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Fires it on the stumps, Hetmyer punches it back to the man at covers. |
| 77.1 : A Rashid to Chase, Flatter one on the off stump, Chase lets the ball come onto his bat as he defends. |
| 77.2 : A Rashid to R Chase, Flatter one on middle, Roston gets the inside half of the bat as he tried to drive this ball towards mid on. |
| 77.3 : A Rashid to Chase, Drifts onto the pads this time, RC works it fine on the leg side for a run. |
| 77.4 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, Flighted ball on middle and leg, Hetmyer defends it onto the leg side with soft hands. |
| 77.5 : A Rashid to S Hetmyer, The southpaw has driven it through mid off. One run added to the total. |
| 77.6 : A Rashid to R Chase, Tosses this one up, Chase tries to defend this one coming ahead. It takes a thick outside edge and runs wide of slip for a single. |
| 78.1 : Joe Root to Chase, Hurled in on the pads this time by Root, Chase misses his flick and gets hit on the pads. The ball runs fine for a couple of leg byes. It brings up the 50-run stand between these two. |
| 78.2 : Joe Root to Chase, Flighted outside off, cut away by Roston to deep point for a single. |
| 78.3 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Quicker one on the off stump line, Hetmyer comes ahead and dead-bats this. |
| 78.4 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, Flatter and quicker again on off stump, Shimron punches it towards long off. Straightish cover half-stops it but cannot prevent the single. |
| 78.5 : Joe Root to Chase, Chase drives this beautifully through the covers but a fielder is present in the deep and only a single can be taken. |
| 78.6 : Joe Root to Hetmyer, This one is slightly slower on off stump, SH pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 79.1 : A Rashid to Chase, Flighted ball on off stump and slight turn on it. Chase waits for the ball and defends it. |
| 79.2 : A Rashid to Chase, Defended off the front foot by Chase presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 79.3 : A Rashid to Chase, Short one outside off, cut away to the deep cover-point fielder for a single. |
| 79.4 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, Goes slower through the air on this one to Hetmyer, the batsman waits patiently and keeps it out. |
| 79.5 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, Googly on the pads, Hetmyer sweeps it away fine on the leg side for a couple of runs. Good running that, late in the day. |
| 79.6 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, Another googly on leg stump, Shimron reads it and defends it with a straight bat back to the bowler. |
| The second new ball is now available. The English side are seen in a huddle and now it Anderson who comes into the attack. Also, the second new ball has been taken. Not sure what the meeting was about, maybe a discussion whether to take the second new cherry or now. |
| 80.1 : J Anderson to Chase, Good length on off, it is defended. |
| 80.2 : J Anderson to Chase, Back of a length on off, Chase stands tall and punches it to covers. |
| 80.3 : J Anderson to Chase, On middle, Chase strokes it to mid on. Not a lot of swing visible in the first three balls bowled with the second new ball. |
| 80.4 : J Anderson to Chase, Fuller this time and there is a hint of movement away from the batsman. Chase tries to drive but it goes off the inner half towards square leg for a run. |
| 80.5 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Good length on off, Hetmyer is solid in defense. |
| 80.6 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Outside off this time, Hetmyer lets it be. End of the first over with the second new cherry, not a threatening one. |
| Sam Curran is back on. |
| 81.1 : Curran to Chase, Full and tailing back in, Chase misses the flick and gets hit high on the back pad. An appeal follows but nothing from the umpire. |
| 81.2 : Sam Curran to Chase, On the pads, it is worked around the corner for a run. Brings up Chase's 7th fifty in Tests. A vital knock as he came out when the Windies lost two quickly. He needs to carry on though. |
| 81.3 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Sweetly timed! Full and on off, Hetmyer strokes it through mid off, Ali gives it a chase and manages to save a run for his side. |
| 81.4 : Sam Curran to Chase, Nicely bowled! He usually gets the ball to tail back in, this time he gets it to leave the batsman from outside off, Chase plays inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 81.5 : Sam Curran to Chase, FOUR! Poor bowling and easy pickings for the batsman. Full and on the pads, it did swing back in late but the line was wrong. Chase flicks it to the fine leg fence. |
| 81.6 : Sam Curran to Chase, On the shorter side and on the pads, Chase looks to flick but misses to get hit on the thigh pad. It rolls towards fine leg, the batsmen run a leg bye. |
| 82.1 : J Anderson to Chase, On the shorter side and outside off, Chase stands tall and punches it through covers for a run. |
| 82.2 : J Anderson to Chase, Fullish and on off, it shapes away a touch. Chase looks to drive but the ball goes off the inner half back to the bowler. |
| 82.3 : J Anderson to Chase, Edged but well short again! Played that with soft hands. Length ball on off, Chase tries to defend but the ball goes off the outside edge and on the bounce to second slip. |
| 82.4 : J Anderson to Chase, The in-dipper this time, jags back in sharply from middle, Chase tries to flick but misses to get hit high on the thigh pad. |
| 82.5 : J Anderson to R Chase, OUT! Chase is out of here! Anderson strikes in his second over with the second new ball. He is a class act this guy. The last one came back in sharply, this one goes away and Chase had no answers to it. The length and line is also immaculate. Around off and just behind the driving length. Chase is half forward as he tries to defend. The ball takes the outside edge and goes at a comfortable height to Joe Root at first slip. He takes it with ease. Chase starts walking |
| Shane Dowrich is in at number 7. |
| 82.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, On a good length around off, Dowrich gets right behind the line and blocks it. |
| 83.1 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, A short of a length delivery on top of middle stump, Hetmyer defends off the back foot. |
| 83.2 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Very full and driven straight back down the ground towards the bowler. |
| 83.3 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, FOUR! A creamy cover drive through the gap wide of the cover fielder. Fuller length ball outside off, Shimron comes ahead and a brilliant shot followed. |
| 83.4 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the backfoot. |
| 83.5 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Wow! What an innovative shot! A fuller length ball on middle and Hetmyer chips it in the air over mid on for a couple of runs. This is how this guy plays. |
| 83.6 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, FOUR! Dismissed! A length ball on the off stump line, Hetmyer just punches it back down towards long on. No one moved. The ball reaches the fence. Brilliant batting this. The 250 comes up for the hosts with that shot. 10 runs off that over, an expensive one from Curran. |
| 84.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Good length and on middle, it is worked to mid on. |
| 84.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, JAFFA! Banana swing there. Length which starts on middle, it shapes away and beats the outside edge of the bat. Beautiful seam position on that delivery and the curve on the ball was also delightful to watch. |
| 84.3 : J Anderson to S Dowrich, Goes fuller but does not get the desired movement. It is stroked to mid off. |
| 84.4 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Good length outside off, left alone. |
| 84.5 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Once again it is on off, Dowrich strokes it to covers. |
| 84.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, OUT! In the air... gone! Another one bites the dust and once again, England manage to take two in quick succession. The decision of taking the second new ball is proving to be a master stroke here. The leg cutter from Anderson, it is on middle, it takes off after pitching. Dowrich initially thinks of pulling but then seeing the extra bounce, takes his eyes off the ball. It hits the upper part of the bat and lobs towards the slip cordon. Buttler from third slip runs i |
| Jason Holder, the skipper walks in next. Also, Ben Stokes will bowl the next over. Only two overs with the new ball for Curran. |
| 85.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, No ball! A very high full toss, Hetmyer is surprised by it. The umpire immediately calls it no ball. Stokes is quick to apologize but that will not prevent him from getting a warning. |
| Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Fuller one outside off, Shimron drives it straight to the cover fielder. |
| 85.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, FOUR! Does not time this one too well but the ball goes wide of the cover fielder and runs away to the fence. The third man fielder cannot come around. It brings up the FIFTY for Hetmyer. His fifth in Test cricket. A great innings so far but he should not throw it away like the guys before him. |
| 85.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, On the pads this time, flicked away wristily for a single to deep mid-wicket. |
| 85.4 : Stokes to Holder, Another full length ball on middle, Holder looked to flick that one but missed to get hit high on the pads. |
| 85.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, This time Jason works it away through the square leg region for a single. |
| 85.6 : Ben Stokes to S Hetmyer, Very full ball outside off, SH drives this but cannot find the gap through the covers. |
| 86.1 : J Anderson to Holder, Excellent! Continues bowling in the corridor of uncertainty. Holder defends it out. |
| 86.2 : J Anderson to Holder, FOUR! Uppish but a boundary. Holder uses his long reach and then drives it square on the off side. A huge gap there and a boundary results. |
| 86.3 : J Anderson to J Holder, Edged but once again it falls short. On a length and around off, Holder looks to defend but due to the away movement. The ball takes the outside edge and goes on the bounce to second slip. |
| 86.4 : J Anderson to Holder, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 86.5 : J Anderson to Holder, On off, kept out. |
| 86.6 : Anderson to Holder, OUT! Anderson is on fire here! The Windies batsman are now falling like nine pins. Four-fer for Jimmy and it is his third with the second new ball. He goes full again around off, Holder looks to drive but then checks his shot, maybe because he wasn't to the pitch of the delivery. Ends up chipping it to the right of Anderson who takes a sharp catch in his followthrough. The Windies have completely lost their way here. England now into the tail. |
| Kemar Roach walks out to bat at number 9. |
| 87.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Good one on a length and coming in slightly late, Hetmyer jams it towards backward point for a single. |
| 87.2 : Ben Stokes to Roach, Wide outside off to the tail ender, Roach lets it go through. |
| 87.3 : Ben Stokes to Roach, Another ball outside off and Kemar is content in leaving it. |
| 87.4 : Ben Stokes to Roach, That one took off from nowhere! Bounces on a length outside off and then rockets off. Foakes collects it over his head. |
| 87.5 : Ben Stokes to Roach, Fuller yorker length ball on off stump, Roach comes ahead and defends with a straight bat. |
| 87.6 : Ben Stokes to Roach, KR tries to play at this one just outsid off but lets it go in the end. |
| 88.1 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 88.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, On the pads, it is worked to square leg. |
| 88.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Back of a length on off, Hetmyer is solid in defense. |
| 88.4 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Tucked around the corner for a run. |
| 88.5 : J Anderson to Roach, NASTY! Back of a length ball, it keeps on rising after pitching. Roach tries to defend but is hit on the glove due to the extra bounce. |
| 88.6 : J Anderson to Roach, Good length again on middle, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 89.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, On middle, it is worked towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 89.2 : Ben Stokes to K Roach, OUT! Stokes strikes now in the last over of the day! A brute of a delivery this one. It is banged in slightly short, takes off after pitching. Roach looks to defend but can't get on top of the bounce. It hits the handle and goes straight into the hands of Root at first slip. His third catch. Roach walks back and with him so do the other players and the umpires as IT IS STUMPS ON DAY 1! |
| This session - 37.3 overs, 132 runs and 5 wickets. What a turnaround we saw in this last session, actually in the last 10 overs I should say. It was all going smoothly for the hosts when Hetmyer and Chase were going along pretty well but then England decided to take the second new ball and then it was all about them. Anderson took three in no time and then Stokes chipped in with one. Barrage of wickets towards the end sees the day belong to the visitors. |
| Windies on the other hand will be disappointed with where they have finished Day 1. They won a good toss and elected to bat, everyone in their top order except for Bravo came to the fore. They seemed like they would get a very good first innings score but they needed someone to score a big one. However, their batters failed to do so, everybody got starts but could not covert and 4 wickets for 24 right at the end suddenly finds the hosts in trouble. |
| For England, it was hard work for their bowlers today. Anderson was exceptional and was the pick of the bowlers with a four-fer. He was well-supported by Stokes who bowled his heart out and ended with a three-fer. The rest though weren't at their best, not only did they struggle to take wickets but also went for runs. It would have been a different story had they bowled well too. |
| What can we now expect on Day 2? England continuing their domination or the Windies fighting back? Well, they still have Hetmyer out there and they would hope he could somehow take them close to the 300-run mark. England on the other hand, will want to wrap this up quickly and then bat well. The wicket played well throughout but showed signs of quickening up towards the end. Windies won't mind that though as they have four pacers in their rank. We witnessed an exciting day of cricket today and w |
| ... Day 2, Session 1 ... |
| After a see-saw first day, it is the visitors who head into Day 2 with their noses in front. They now have two wickets to take and they would look to pick it as quickly as possible. The hosts on the other hand, do have Hetmyer out there. One would expect him to come out and look for some quick runs. The hosts would hope he can take them close to the 300-run mark. The wicket did show signs of quickening up toward the end of yesterday. It will be interesting to see how it plays today. |
| The fielders are in position so are the umpires. Alzarri Joseph walks in at number 10 and will take strike against Ben Stokes who has four balls to go in his over. |
| 89.3 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Lots of inswing first up, but the ball was hurled down the leg side. No problem for the no.10 batsman as he lets it go. |
| 89.4 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Joseph comes half ahead and defends this ball onto the ground. |
| 89.5 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Another one on a good length, Alzarri stays in his crease and defends the ball. |
| 89.6 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Yorker but the tail ender manages to keep it out by bringing his bat down just in time. |
| James Anderson to bowl from the other end. |
| 90.1 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, A length ball on middle and slightly coming in, Hetmyer was looking to defend but gets an inside edge that runs to fine leg. The single is not taken. |
| 90.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, A solid defense to this one on a length outside off. |
| 90.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, A push to mid-wicket by Shimron to this one on the pads. The single is taken this time. |
| 90.4 : J Anderson to Joseph, Good away swinging delivery outside off, left alone by Joseph. |
| 90.5 : J Anderson to Joseph, Left alone outside off by the batsman once more. |
| 90.6 : J Anderson to Joseph, Fuller length ball on middle, Alzarri defends it on the front foot. |
| 91.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Delivers this one well outside off does Stokes, left alone by Hetmyer. |
| 91.2 : Ben Stokes to S Hetmyer, Pretty full on middle and Shimron times it really well to the left of mid on where Curran makes a good tumbling stop. An easy single would have been available but is not taken. |
| 91.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Banged in short outside off, left alone by the batsman. |
| 91.4 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, A length ball just on top of off stump, defended back down towards the bowler. |
| 91.5 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, A slower ball yorker that goes as a full toss. Hetmyer failed to read it but manages to adjust well and work it through square leg for a single. |
| 91.6 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, A length ball on middle, defended back down the ground by Joseph. |
| 92.1 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, The ball is down the leg side but Hetmyer still goes after it but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 92.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Defended from the crease this time. |
| 92.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball back on the off side. |
| 92.4 : Anderson to Hetmyer, FOUR! Smashed back over the bowler's head! Stand and deliver stuff from the southpaw. A full length ball just outside off, the typical Windies flair comes out as he lofts it right back over the head of the bowler for a boundary. |
| 92.5 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Driven through the covers this time for a single to deep cover. Hetmyer leaves Joseph with one ball to play. |
| 92.6 : J Anderson to Joseph, Easily defends this full one on middle does Alzarri. |
| 93.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Wide outside off stump, Hetmyer leaves it alone. |
| 93.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Shimron shoulders arms to let that one through outside off again. |
| 93.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Fuller length ball on middle once more, defended onto the ground by the southpaw on his front foot. |
| 93.4 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Bouncer on middle, SH ducks under it and lets the ball go. |
| 93.5 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Hetmyer gets to the other end on the fifth ball once more. Guides this length ball outside off towards the deep point region. |
| 93.6 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, A length ball on middle kept out successfully by Joseph to end the over. |
| 94.1 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Hetmyer chases after this ball wide outside off but misses the ball. |
| 94.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Shimron has played that off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 94.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Another big shot attempted to a very wide ball outside off. Hetmyer connects only with thin air once more. Looks like a set plan from Anderson. |
| 94.4 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Gets to the other end with two balls to go this time. A length ball on off pushed back to long off for a run by Hetmyer. |
| 94.5 : J Anderson to Joseph, Swinging fuller length delivery outside off, left alone by Joseph. |
| 94.6 : J Anderson to Joseph, Yorker speared in on the base of off stump, dug out well by Alzarri. Not yet off the mark though. |
| 95.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Serves this ball outside off, Hetmyer raises his arms and lets the ball go. |
| 95.2 : Ben Stokes to S Hetmyer, A fuller length delivery on off stump, pushed back towards mid off by SH. |
| 95.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, FOUR! Brilliant placement from Hetmyer here. A length ball on off stump, Shimron lifts it over the head of an extra cover present but well wide of long off. Runs into the fence after a couple of bounces. |
| 95.4 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Left alone outside the off stump this time. |
| 95.5 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Good bouncer! Aims this short delivery on the rib region, Hetmyer is really uncomfortable and tries to fend it off uncomfortably. The ball takes the gloves but luckily, it does not carry to the keeper behind. |
| 95.6 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Another one with good spice here! Bounces a lot and is aimed at the head of the batsman. Tries to fend it off once more but gets a very faint tickle off the glove that carries over the head of the keeper. Goes behind for a single. Replays show that there was daylight between the bat and ball though, but it was given as runs. |
| 96.1 : J Anderson to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Another lucky one for the southpaw. Bowls this outside off, Hetmyer goes for an expansive cover drive. The ball though takes the outside edge and goes over the head of the slip cordon for a boundary. Windies riding their luck here. |
| 96.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, A front foot defense attempted by Shimron but the ball takes the inside edge and goes onto the pads. |
| 96.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Left alone by SH outside off on this occasion. |
| 96.4 : J Anderson to S Hetmyer, The batsman has driven it through mid on and they have run through for a single. |
| 96.5 : Anderson to Joseph, Hit on the pads but the ball was doing too much this time. Height was a factor too on this length ball that landed outside off and came in a long way. Joseph looked to defend the ball but missed it to get hit on his pads. |
| 96.6 : J Anderson to Joseph, Much better defensive technique this time from Alzarri. |
| 97.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, A fuller length ball outside off, Hetmyer comes ahead and defends the ball onto the ground. |
| 97.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Full toss but Hetmyer misses out this time. Mistimes his attempted lofted shot towards mid-wicket. The ball runs towards the bowler. |
| 97.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Brilliant effort from Rory Burns, the substitute fielder. Hetmyer cuts this one very late and places it wide of third man to his left. The fielder runs and dives before stopping the ball. Saves three there as the batsmen stopped running after one looking at the ball. Poor cricket from the Windies. |
| 97.4 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Joseph stands in his crease and defends this ball towards short leg. |
| 97.5 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Very wide outside off, Alzarri goes after the ball but cannot get bat on ball. |
| 97.6 : Ben Stokes to Joseph, Beaten! This is a better ball just outside off and moving away slightly, Joseph plays inside the line and is beaten on the outside. |
| 98.1 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Wide outside off and moving even further away, Shimron chases after the ball looking to cut but can't connect. |
| 98.2 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Hetmyer is living a charmed life here. Goes for a lofted shot over mid off to this ball outside off on a fuller length. Gets a thick outside edge but the ball goes over first slip. There is a very fine third man who stops the ball. The single is not taken though. |
| 98.3 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through. |
| 98.4 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Another ball outside off that is left alone by the southpaw. |
| 98.5 : J Anderson to Hetmyer, Wide outside off, guided towards the third man for a single by Shimron. |
| 98.6 : J Anderson to Joseph, As has been the case all morning, Joseph keeps out the last ball of the over well as he defends this length ball on middle from the crease. |
| 99.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Outside edge from Hetmyer once more but this time the ball runs all along the ground wide of the slip present. Third man stops the ball but there is no single taken by the batsmen. |
| 99.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Peach! Lovely shape from Stokes on this ball. Landed it on middle and got it to swing away and beat the outside edge of Shimron who was trying to defend from the crease. |
| 99.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Length ball on the middle, pushed to cover. |
| Hetmyer has been caught behind and it has been given out by the umpire. There was surely some sort of noise on that but the batsman has taken it upstairs for some reason. Maybe he feels he has not touched it. Let's wait for the replays. |
| 99.4 : Stokes to Hetmyer, NOT OUT! Ultra Edge shows nothing there! So not sure what the sound was. Shimron survives to fight another day. Excellent use of the review from him. This is a short delivery outside off. Hetmyer tries to guide it down to third man. There is a noise as the ball passes the bat, an appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. SH reviews straightaway. Replays roll in and it shows that there was no bat involved. |
| 99.5 : Ben Stokes to S Hetmyer, A bumper now on middle, Hetmyer evades it. |
| 99.6 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, FOUR! Into the 80s is Hetmyer. However, he would have preferred a single here. This is short again on middle, Hetmyer makes room and then flat-bats it over the bowler's head. Safest area to hit as there is no fielder. A boundary. |
| 100.1 : J Anderson to Joseph, Fuller length ball outside off, driven back towards the cover fielder by Joseph. |
| 100.2 : J Anderson to Joseph, Hurls this one on a length down the leg side, left alone by the batsman this time. |
| 100.3 : J Anderson to Joseph, Just short of a good length above middle stump, Alzarri trusts the bounce and lets it go. |
| 100.4 : J Anderson to A Joseph, OUT! There it is. That is the breakthrough and also the fifth wicket for Anderson. The 27th time he has done in Tests. A typical Jimmy wicket, bowls this one on a good length outside off and makes it tail away very slightly. Too good for the number 10 batsman who pokes at the ball. The ball goes to Buttler at third slip in a good height. He pouches it easily and England after a frustrating 10 overs have finally broken through. The stand worth 25 has ended. |
| Shannon Gabriel is the last man to walk in. |
| 100.5 : J Anderson to Gabriel, Length ball on middle, a front foot defense by Gabriel back towards the bowler. |
| 100.6 : J Anderson to Gabriel, Well outside off to end the over, left alone by the no. 11 bat. |
| 101.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Short of a length ball on middle, Hetmyer was lining up for a big shot but decides against it in the end. |
| 101.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Aimed at the hips once more, flicked away to fine leg by the southpaw but the single is not taken. |
| 101.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, OUT! Gone! No hundred for Hetmyer. Caught behind acrobatically by Foakes diving to his left. A fuller length ball on leg and moving away from the lefty, he goes for the full throttle and gives a wild slog. The ball takes the outside edge and it flies to the left of Foakes who takes a lovely catch. Stokes ends with four wickets of his own. WINDIES END ON 289. The last 5 batsmen together have contributed exactly 5 runs from their willows. 3 ducks and the number 11 not |
| The English side are seen walking off with happy faces and they are led off the field by the pacer who bagged a fifer here, James Anderson. A standing ovation for him by the crowd and he deserves every bit of it. |
| Windies though did manage to add a few handy runs this morning but they will be disappointed with their overall performance. One can say they finish with a score slightly under par but they should have had a lot more especially after their top order batted well. 40s from their openers and 50-plus scores from Hetmyer, Chase and Hope saw them well-placed at 240 for 4. |
| The second new ball though changed things as Anderson then came to life. He was well supported by Stokes, the two combined took 9 amongst them. From 240 for 4 the hosts got bundled out for 289. However, it is a competitive total but they will have to bowl well. England on the other hand, will need to bat well and probably take the lead. The wicket does have something on offer for the pacers but is not a bad one to bat on. The home side has 4 good pacers in their ranks and we can surely expect an |
| 0.1 : K Roach to Burns, A fuller length ball on off stump to start off with, Burns comes ahead and defends this one back down the ground. |
| 0.2 : K Roach to Burns, Left alone outside off by the lefty this time. |
| 0.3 : K Roach to Burns, A well-judged leave by the southpaw once more outside off. Lots of inward movement with the breeze there. |
| 0.4 : K Roach to Burns, This one is way outside off and holds its line. Burns wants nothing to do with it. |
| 0.5 : K Roach to Burns, Rory shoulders arms to this one outside off once more. |
| 0.6 : K Roach to Burns, Peach! A length delivery outside off and straightens at the last moment to beat the outside edge of Burns who was ahead to defend. |
| Shannon Gabriel to share the new cherry. |
| 1.1 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Starts off from around the wicket, lands it on a length just outside off, Jennings shoulders arms to it. |
| 1.2 : S Gabriel to K Jennings, Hits the bat hard as he lands it on a length, Jennings guides it to point. |
| 1.3 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Extra bounce there! Slightly short and on middle, keeps rising on the batsman. Jennings does well to defend it by taking a hand off the handle. |
| 1.4 : S Gabriel to Jennings, FOUR LEG BYES! England are underway courtesy extras. On the pads, Jennings looks to flick but misses. It hits his pads and goes down to the fine leg fence. |
| 1.5 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Fuller this time around off, no swing on offer for the pacer. KJ lunges and defends it onto the ground. |
| 1.6 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Jennings is away with a nicely judged single! He drops this back of a length ball towards cover-point and retains strike. |
| 2.1 : K Roach to Jennings, Too wide outside off to worry the batsman. It is left alone. |
| 2.2 : K Roach to Jennings, Good length again around off, Jennings tries to defend but it goes off the inner half towards mid-wicket. |
| 2.3 : K Roach to Jennings, Good line! On a length and around off, it straightens a touch. Jennings plays inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 2.4 : K Roach to Jennings, BEATEN AGAIN! Almost an action replay of the last ball. This time though the length was a touch fuller, once again straightens after pitching around off. Jennings is beaten as he tries to keep it out off the front foot. |
| 2.5 : K Roach to Jennings, Down the leg side, KJ looks to flick but misses. Two good balls and then a poor one. Does not go for runs though. |
| 2.6 : K Roach to K Jennings, In the air... FOUR! First boundary of the bad but it has come in a fortunate manner. Full and wide outside off, Keaton throws his bat at it, it goes off the outer half uppishly towards the point fielder. He dives full stretch to his left but can't reach it. |
| 3.1 : S Gabriel to Burns, On off, Burns gets right behind the line and keeps it out. |
| 3.2 : S Gabriel to Burns, This is angled into the batter, he tries to flick but misses to get hit high on the pads. |
| 3.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, This is worked with the angle through mid-wicket by Burns and he gets off the mark. |
| 3.4 : S Gabriel to Jennings, On the shorter side on off, Jennings defends it off the back foot. |
| 3.5 : S Gabriel to Jennings, A bumper now and it is on the body of the batsman, he ducks under it. |
| 3.6 : S Gabriel to K Jennings, Now follows the bumper with a very full delivery on the stumps, it is stroked to mid off. No movement for Gabriel whereas, Roach is getting some. |
| 4.1 : K Roach to Burns, Outside off, the batsman need not play at those. |
| 4.2 : K Roach to Burns, Good length again outside off, Burns makes another leave. |
| 4.3 : K Roach to Burns, Overcompensates and bowls it way down the leg side. Wasting the new ball here, need to make the batsman play more. |
| 4.4 : K Roach to Burns, 2 outside off, one down the leg side and another one outside off. It is once again left alone. |
| 4.5 : K Roach to Burns, BEAUTY! This is what he should keep bowling, this is the length and line is what I mean. It first angles into the batsman from around the wicket which means the batter has to play at it. It pitches and leaves him, Burns is beaten as he plays inside the line. |
| 4.6 : K Roach to Burns, Goes back to bowling deliveries he has been bowling so far. Way wide outside off, left alone. |
| 5.1 : S Gabriel to Jennings, On off and it is on a length, it is defended. |
| 5.2 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 5.3 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Change in length by Gabriel, he bangs it short and it has been wided. |
| 5.4 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Another short ball on middle, it is once again ducked under. |
| 5.5 : S Gabriel to Jennings, A little too straight this time, Jennings tries to flick but misses. It hits his pads and rolls towards square leg. A leg bye taken. |
| 5.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, Hits the length hard on off, Burns keeps it out. |
| Jason Holder now into the attack. |
| 6.1 : J Holder to Jennings, Good length and on middle, hint of movement for Holder. Jennings keeps it out. |
| 6.2 : J Holder to Jennings, Good length again around off, it comes in again, Jennings easily gets behind the line and defends it. |
| 6.3 : J Holder to Jennings, Angles this one away after bowling two inswingers but it is too wide outside off. Left alone. |
| 6.4 : J Holder to Jennings, Goes back to bowling in-dippers and attacks the stumps. Kept out. |
| 6.5 : J Holder to Jennings, A little too straight this time, KJ clips it to mid on for a run. |
| 6.6 : J Holder to Burns, From around the wicket bowls it on middle, Burns works it with the angle towards mid-wicket. So Windies are managing to keep it tight here. |
| 7.1 : S Gabriel to Jennings, FOUR! Excellent shot! Short and outside off, it bounces at a good height for the batsman. Jennings stands tall and then guides it through point. The ball races away. |
| 7.2 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Another solid looking punch but this time finds the man at point. Batting seems easy right now on this wicket. |
| 7.3 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Nicely timed! Does not got the fence but three taken. After two back of a length deliveries, Gabriel goes very full. Jennings though is upto the mark, he strokes it past mid off and takes three. |
| 7.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, Late onto that shot! Full and outside off, drawing Burns into a loose shot. He is late in bringing his bat down and the ball goes to the keeper. |
| 7.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good delivery! Bowls it in the corridor of uncertanity, gets it to straighten. Burns first thinks of playing at it but then pulls his bat out of the way. |
| 7.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, Attacks the off stump on the last ball, defended. |
| 8.1 : J Holder to Jennings, Angles this across the batter, Jennings plays inside the line and lets it go to the keeper. Replays show that he was actually beaten there. |
| 8.2 : J Holder to Jennings, FOUR! No need to run for those! Jennings is looking really good out there. Jason is guilty of bowling a little too full here, Keaton strokes it through mid off and the ball races away. |
| 8.3 : J Holder to Jennings, Shortens his length and bowls it on off, blocked. |
| 8.4 : J Holder to Jennings, Outside off, shouldered arms to. |
| 8.5 : J Holder to Jennings, OHHH! Good length there, this was just behind the driving length, Jennings prods forward and looks to drive but gets beaten as it shapes away a touch. |
| 8.6 : J Holder to Jennings, OUT! The skipper strikes, he draws first blood here. Jennings who looked nice till now perishes. Very good by Holder, he continues to bowl it on a fuller length, this one is slightly outside off. Keaton once again goes for the drive but ends up playing inside the line. The ball takes a fat outside edge and goes into the hands of Hope at gully. Holder is ecstatic as he provides Windies the breakthrough they desperately wanted before the break. Still a few minutes to go, |
| Jonny Bairstow walks in at number 3. |
| 9.1 : S Gabriel to R Burns, Outside edge but does not carry! A fuller length ball just outside off and straightening a bit. Burns looks to defend with soft hands but gets an edge that falls short of third slip towards his left. A half stop is made but the single cannot be prevented. |
| 9.2 : S Gabriel to J Bairstow, Oooh! Good line and length this from Gabriel. Just on top of off stump, Bairstow looks to defend towards the off side but gets a thick outside edge towards gully who misfields. No single is taken though, as the point fielder is quick to reach the ball. |
| 9.3 : S Gabriel to Bairstow, Solid defense this time from Jonny coming ahead. |
| 9.4 : S Gabriel to Bairstow, FOUR BYES! Poor Shane Dowrich, this will go as a wicket-keeping error whereas in real, he had no chance to reach that ball. It was banged in short by Shannon on middle and leg and the ball moves wildly down the leg side as Bairstow ducked to let it go. Even a full length dive from the keeper couldn't help him reach it. |
| 9.5 : S Gabriel to Bairstow, The batsman has driven this fuller one on off towards mid off. |
| 9.6 : S Gabriel to Bairstow, On the hips this time, YJB works it away to deep fine leg for a single and keeps strike. |
| 10.1 : J Holder to Bairstow, Another good delivery, slightly short and it lands around off, pitches and then leaves the batter. Now due to the length, Bairstow has time to adjust to the movement and he makes a leave. |
| 0.0 : Should be the last over before Lunch... |
| 10.2 : J Holder to Bairstow, Back of a length on middle, this one comes in with the angle, JB works it around the corner and takes a run. |
| 10.3 : J Holder to Burns, Outside off, the batsman need not play at those. |
| 10.4 : J Holder to Burns, Another ball way outside off, the batter is not interested in playing at those. |
| 10.5 : J Holder to R Burns, Closer to the off pole, Burns defends it. |
| 10.6 : J Holder to R Burns, Good delivery to end the session! Goes short this time, Burns looks to leave but the ball gets big on him. He fails to get his hands out in time, the ball hits the handle and then rolls towards gully. Lucky that as it could have lobbed to the fielders in the slip cordon. THAT WILL BE LUNCH ON DAY 2! |
| A shared session one can say! It however was all going well for the English side after they bundled out the Windies under 300. Their openers started off in an assured manner but could not score freely. A few minutes before Lunch, Holder sent Jennings back which sees both the sides head into the break pleased with where the match stands at the moment. |
| Now what will the two teams look for after the break? England will surely want a partnership to be built so that they can assert their position. The Windies, on the other hand, will need to pick a few quick wickets as this English batting line-up is a long one. Do join us for the afternoon session in a short while. |
| ... Day 2, Session 2 ... |
| The two batsmen, the fielders and the umpires are back out in the middle. All set for the second session, who will do better? Jonny Bairstow to face Kemar Roach. |
| 11.1 : K Roach to Bairstow, A length ball outside off and straightening later, left alone by Jonny. |
| 11.2 : K Roach to Bairstow, Bairstow lets this one go outside off again. |
| 11.3 : K Roach to Bairstow, On the off stump line, Jonny was ahead to defend. The ball runs off the thick inside edge and goes towards square leg. A couple is taken. |
| 11.4 : K Roach to J Bairstow, A length ball just outside off, YJB comes ahead and punches it down the ground. Brathwaite at mid off gets his hand to it but cannot stop it fully. The ball runs towards the fence but he chases it and saves a run for his team. |
| 11.5 : K Roach to Burns, OUT! Soft, soft dismissal. Rory Burns has played it on here and Windies have a wicket just after Lunch. Around the wicket to the lefty, Roach delivers this one on a length outside off stump and angles it in slightly. Burns was looking to defend it with soft hands and does not present a full straight bat. The ball bounces a bit more as well and hits the top of the willow before bouncing on to go and hit the top of off stump. Looks gutted, it was the first ball he was facin |
| Joe Root, the skipper walks in next. |
| 11.6 : K Roach to Root, Wide outside off stump, Root leaves it alone. |
| Jason Holder to continue from the other end. |
| 12.1 : J Holder to Bairstow, Good length around off, Bairstow tries to defend but it goes off the inner half towards square leg. A run is taken. |
| 12.2 : J Holder to Root, FOUR! Off the mark in style! Full and swinging away around off, Root just leans into it and strokes it through covers for a boundary. He did not look to hit it hard there, just let the ball come to him and then just timed it. |
| 12.3 : J Holder to Root, Drags his length back and bowls it around off, Root defends it onto the ground. |
| 12.4 : J Holder to Root, Bends his back on this one as he gets it to bounce a touch extra. Root goes back and guides it to gully. |
| 12.5 : J Holder to Root, Fuller and on off, this one also swings away. Root plays it with an angled bat to covers. |
| 12.6 : J Holder to Root, Goes wide of the crease and angles this one in. It is still outside off, the batsman shoulders arms to it. |
| 13.1 : K Roach to Bairstow, A short length ball outside off, Bairstow pushes it to the right of point who moves and makes a good diving stop, preventing any runs from being taken. |
| 13.2 : K Roach to Bairstow, Length ball on middle, defended back down the ground with a straight bat. |
| 13.3 : K Roach to Bairstow, Beaten! Good line just outside off and the ball straightens a tad bit to whiz past the outside edge of Bairstow who was looking to defend it. |
| 13.4 : K Roach to Bairstow, FOUR! Goes a little too full this time and Jonny is quick to pounce on that one. Bairstow comes ahead and drives this to the right of mid off for a boundary. Good shot! |
| 13.5 : K Roach to J Bairstow, OUT! Played on again! In fact, elbowed on by Bairstow! Roach is on fire here, what ever he ate at Lunch has helped a lot certainly. A scrambled seam delivery from him once more and it moves in a bit after landing. The ball bounces more as well and beats the inside edge and goes on to hit the elbow. It knocks the bottom of off stump and the bails are off. Brilliant start for Windies whereas Jonny is standing wondering what has happened there. England like so often rec |
| Ben Stokes walks in at number 5. |
| 13.6 : K Roach to Stokes, Bouncer! Stokes evades it by ducking. |
| 14.1 : J Holder to Root, Good length and on off, Root goes back and defends it onto the ground. |
| 14.2 : J Holder to Root, Right off the middle but straight to the fielder! On off, Root lunges and then strokes it to mid off. |
| 14.3 : J Holder to Root, A little too wide outside off to make the batsman play. |
| 14.4 : J Holder to Root, Another delivery on the shorter side, Root hops and keeps it down onto the ground. |
| 14.5 : J Holder to Root, On a length and around off, Root prods forward and keeps it out. |
| 14.6 : J Holder to Root, Tight line and length once again! Back of a length around off, it is blocked. |
| 15.1 : K Roach to Stokes, A good leave from Stokes trusting the bounce of the surface. A length ball outside off and coming in, left alone by the batsman. |
| 15.2 : K Roach to Stokes, Going the other way this time, too wide outside off to make Ben play though. |
| 15.3 : K Roach to Stokes, Another leave outside the off stump from Stokes. Roach getting the ball to move both ways here. |
| 15.4 : K Roach to Stokes, Left alone again but it is too close for comfort. A good length ball outside off and it comes in this time, Stokes shoulders arms to see it just go inches above the off pole. Good leave it will have to be said though. |
| 15.5 : K Roach to Stokes, Beaten this time by the away movement. A length ball just outside off to which Ben is ahead to defend but the ball moves away late and beats the willow by inches. Lovely bowling from Roach and BS is having a tough time here. |
| 15.6 : K Roach to Stokes, A good solid front foot defense from Stokes to end the over. |
| 16.1 : J Holder to Root, Length ball on off and coming in with the angle, Root tries to flick it away but does not get good timing. |
| 16.2 : J Holder to Root, OUT! The big fish is gone too! What a passage of play this is for the hosts. The fast bowlers are turning this game on its head. Joe Root has been caught in front here by his counter-part. A slightly fuller length ball on off and coming in quite a bit, Root is beaten as he plays outside the line and gets rapped on the pads in front of the stumps. A loud appeal and the umpire raises his finger almost immediately. Root goes up to his partner and consults him but then togeth |
| Jos Buttler comes in next, replacing his skipper. |
| 16.3 : Holder to Buttler, Yorker first up on the off stump line to Buttler, dug out by Jos. |
| 16.4 : J Holder to Buttler, A length ball on middle and straightens a tad bit, Jos defends it with soft hands. |
| 16.5 : J Holder to Buttler, Wide outside off, left alone this time by the batsman. |
| 16.6 : J Holder to Buttler, Wide outside off, Buttler drives this after reaching out for the ball. |
| 17.1 : K Roach to Stokes, A length ball on middle, Stokes stands tall and defends the ball back down the ground. |
| 17.2 : K Roach to Stokes, A short of a length ball outside off that is left alone by Ben this time. |
| 17.3 : K Roach to Stokes, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump once more. |
| 17.4 : K Roach to Stokes, Hurls this one down at the pads, Stokes fails to connect his attempted glance and the ball goes off the pad to Dowrich who dives and takes it down the leg side. |
| 17.5 : K Roach to Stokes, Left alone outside off this time by the southpaw. |
| 17.6 : K Roach to Stokes, Another one that is shouldered arms to by Stokes outside off. |
| 18.1 : J Holder to Buttler, A good length ball outside off and slightly shaping away, left alone by Buttler. |
| 18.2 : J Holder to Buttler, Goes full on the middle stump, Jos comes ahead and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 18.3 : J Holder to Buttler, FOUR! A lovely drive from Jos that. Fuller one on off, Buttler clears his front leg and times it superbly past mid off for a boundary. |
| 18.4 : J Holder to Buttler, Almost a similar one to the previous ball but this is hit straight back to the bowler. Holder fields it and shadow practices a throw. |
| 18.5 : J Holder to Buttler, Peach! An absolute peach from the skip that one. Short of a length ball on off and moves away just enough to beat the outside edge of Buttler's willow. |
| 18.6 : J Holder to Buttler, Jos takes a couple of paces down the track to defend the ball and prevent it from swinging. Good over. |
| 19.1 : K Roach to Stokes, Left alone once more, Stokes trusting the Barbados bounce as it goes over the off stump. |
| 19.2 : K Roach to Stokes, Left alone by the lefty as it is well outside off. |
| 19.3 : K Roach to Stokes, A back foot defense from within the crease towards the off side by Stokes. Looks for a quick single but it is not available. |
| Stokes has been given out LBW! He has reviewed though. Looks close, could go either way. Big moment in the game. |
| 19.4 : K Roach to Stokes, OUT! Umpire's call on the Hawk Eye and Stokes will have to walk back. Half of England is back in the dressing room now. Is this even real? Roach has his third and Windies are right on top here. Bowls the previous three balls on a short length and pushes this one to a good length. Stokes is beaten by pace and swing and gets rapped on the back foot. A loud appeal beckons and the umpire thinks a bit before raising his finger. Stokes will review it. The ball goes on to clip |
| Moeen Ali walks in at no. 7 with his team in all sorts of trouble. |
| 19.5 : Roach to M Ali, OUT! In the air... taken! My colleague did mention, bowl short to Moeen Ali on this pacey wicket and he won't last for long and that is exactly what happened. None of us thought he would depart on the very first ball though. Kemar Roach however, is amidst a brilliant spell. He has four to his name now and England from 35 for 1 are 48 for 6. They are in tatters at the moment. Coming to the ball now - it is a fast short delivery, right on the body of Ali. He tries to nudge it |
| Hat-trick ball. Ben Foakes is the batsman. |
| 19.6 : K Roach to Foakes, No hat-trick. A poor hat-trick ball to be honest. He should be making the batsman play but instead bowls it outside off, Foakes makes an easy leave. An excellent over though by Roach. A double-wicket maiden. |
| 20.1 : J Holder to Buttler, A length ball outside off, swinging away a bit and Buttler plays it with soft hands towards the gully region. |
| 20.2 : J Holder to Buttler, Left alone outside off by the batsman. |
| 20.3 : J Holder to Buttler, Yes, no, yes, no and finally the leg bye is taken. A length ball coming in slightly and Buttler misses his flick and gets hit on the thigh pad. Confusion between the batsmen as they finally complete the leg bye. This is what pressure can do. |
| 20.4 : J Holder to Foakes, Foakes shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. |
| 20.5 : J Holder to Foakes, A good straight drive back down the ground to this full ball on off stump. |
| 20.6 : J Holder to Foakes, On the pads this time and Ben flicks it away off his pads. |
| 21.1 : K Roach to Buttler, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Another one bites the dust. This time it is the man who has most of the times bailed England out of trouble, Jos Buttler. Fifer for Roach, his 9th in Tests and he is on cloud 9 at the moment. Another brute of a delivery this, shortish and on off, it keeps climbing on the batsman. Buttler pokes at it and gets an outside edge to the keeper. Into the bowling all-rounders now. The visitors still need another 40 runs to avoid the follow on. The way the |
| 0.0 : Drinks break. An insane hour of play since Lunch and Windies have broken the back and more of the English as they have picked up 6 wickets for 19 runs. The famed English lower order will today, have their toughest test surely. Let alone getting a lead now, will the follow-on be avoided with Roach spitting fireballs here? Everything is going on here at Barbados, you surely do not want to miss it. The next batsman in is Sam Curran, he did it against India last year but he has a big role to play wi |
| 21.2 : K Roach to Curran, A bumper to welcome Curran, he ducks under it. |
| 21.3 : K Roach to Curran, A loose stroke that! Roach won't mind it. Full and wide outside off, Curran goes after it away from his body but gets beaten. |
| 21.4 : K Roach to Curran, Another short one and down the leg side, Curran once again ducks under it. |
| 21.5 : K Roach to Curran, Well bowled and well played! Another short ball which keeps rising after pitching. Curran does well to get on top of the bounce and keep it out. |
| 21.6 : K Roach to Sam Curran, EDGY FOUR! Welcome runs for England, they will take it any which way. Short and outside off, Curran throws his bat at it, it takes the outside edge and goes over the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| Alzarri Joseph to bowl now. |
| 22.1 : A Joseph to Foakes, On the shorter side around off, Foakes pulls it towards wide mid on for a run. |
| 22.2 : A Joseph to Curran, FOUR! No, this is not what Windies need. Joseph needs to continue building the pressure, he cannot give away such loose deliveries. It is short and wide outside off, Curran slaps it through covers and the ball races away. |
| 22.3 : A Joseph to Curran, Back of a length on off, Curran defends it onto the ground. |
| 22.4 : A Joseph to Curran, On the pads again, it is worked to square leg. |
| 22.5 : A Joseph to Curran, On the shorter side, Curran guides it towards point. The fielder there makes a good diving stop to his left, can't stop a run though. Curran has looked to play his shot since he has come out. we have seen how good he is with the bat, need to get him early here. |
| 22.6 : A Joseph to Foakes, Foakes too is handy and is in decent tough. He now pushes this through cover-point and gets to the other end. |
| 23.1 : K Roach to Foakes, Hits the length hard, gets it to bounce extra, hits the sticker of Foakes' bat as he tries to defend. |
| 23.2 : K Roach to Foakes, Whizzes past the outside edge! The sucker ball that from Foakes, it is full and outside off. Ben looks to drive but ends up playing inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 23.3 : K Roach to Foakes, Good length outside off, left alone. |
| 23.4 : K Roach to Foakes, Back of a length around off, the batter defends it onto the ground. |
| 23.5 : K Roach to Foakes, A nice looking back foot punch to the man at point. |
| 23.6 : K Roach to Foakes, Clips it with the angle to the man at mid on. |
| 24.1 : A Joseph to Curran, On the pads, it is clipped through square leg and the batsmen take one. |
| 24.2 : A Joseph to Foakes, OUT! Joseph now has a wicket to his name! Another top, top nut this one and the last recognized batsman for England is out of here. This is in the corridor of uncertainty. Shapes away a touch. Foakes lunges and tries to block but is done in by the movement. It takes the outside edge and Dowrich behind takes a neat catch diving to his right. 29 more needed to avoid the follow-on, 2 wickets in hand. |
| Adil Rashid walks in at number 10, he has 10 FC centuries to his name. England would not mind one here. |
| 24.3 : A Joseph to Rashid, Another nice delivery! Goes wide of the crease and angles it into the batsman, gets it to shape away late. Rashid tries to defend but it goes off the outer half towards point. |
| 24.4 : A Joseph to Rashid, Good short ball on middle, Rashid stands tall and defends it onto the ground. |
| 24.5 : A Joseph to Rashid, PEACH! Unplayable! You just have to hope that does not take the edge! Length delivery angled into the batsman. Pitches and leaves him. Rashid plays the original trajectory but gets beaten by the away movement. |
| 24.6 : A Joseph to Rashid, Twice in a row Rashid is beaten! In the fifth stump channel. Rashid plays inside the line and the ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 25.1 : K Roach to Curran, On the shorter side, Curran goes back and punches it to covers. |
| 25.2 : K Roach to Curran, Fuller this time, Curran is rooted to the crease as he goes for the drive, it goes off the outer half to point. |
| 25.3 : K Roach to Curran, A little too short this time, Curran stands tall and defends it onto the ground. |
| 25.4 : K Roach to Sam Curran, Fuller in length and way outside off, Curran throws his bat at it, guilty of going too hard. The ball goes off the inner half towards mid on. |
| 25.5 : K Roach to Curran, The tempter way outside off and full, Curran is tempted and goes after it, luckily for him it does not take the outside edge. |
| 25.6 : K Roach to Curran, Solid back foot punch but straight to the man at mid off. |
| 26.1 : A Joseph to Rashid, FOUR! Stylish flick that! Full and on middle, Rashid uses his wrists and flicks it against the swing and over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 26.2 : A Joseph to Rashid, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! This time through the off side, full and outside off, Rashid has a go at it. He manages to get it behind point and into the fence. |
| 26.3 : A Joseph to Rashid, This time he is pushed onto the back foot, Rashid opens the face and guides it to point. |
| 26.4 : A Joseph to Rashid, Angles this one into the batter, Rashid works it to mid-wicket. |
| 26.5 : A Joseph to Rashid, Some away movement again from outside off, Rashid shoulders arms to it. |
| 26.6 : A Joseph to Rashid, On a back of a length around off, Rashid guides it to point. |
| Shannon Gabriel comes back into the attack. |
| 27.1 : S Gabriel to Curran, Short of a length delivery on off, Curran rides the bounce and defends it onto the ground. |
| 27.2 : S Gabriel to Curran, Yorker length ball on middle, Sam pushes it back towards mid on. |
| 27.3 : S Gabriel to Curran, FOUR! Too full, and Curran times is right back past mid off. Once it crosses the fielder in the ring, there is no stopping that one. |
| 27.4 : S Gabriel to Curran, Shortens the length this time and Sam is immediately on the back foot to defend the ball onto the ground. |
| 27.5 : S Gabriel to Curran, Bouncer! It is outside off and SC ducks and lets it go through. |
| 27.6 : S Gabriel to Curran, A ripper to end the over! Lands on off and straightens a lot to beat Curran's outside edge by a whisker. Lovely ball. |
| 28.1 : A Joseph to Rashid, Shortish again on off, Rashid goes back, opens the face of the bat and then guides it to point. |
| 28.2 : A Joseph to Rashid, Well left! It is slightly outside off, Rashid covers his off pole and shoulders arms to it. |
| 28.3 : A Joseph to Rashid, WOW! Pitches on off and then moves away to square the batsman up as he tries to defend. Gets beaten. |
| 28.4 : A Joseph to Rashid, On the fuller side, Rashid strokes it to covers. |
| 28.5 : A Joseph to Rashid, Down the leg side, Rashid misses the flick and the ball goes to the keeper. |
| 28.6 : A Joseph to Rashid, DROPPED OR SHORT? By the reaction of the Windies' players, it seems it has fallen just short. Another away swinger on off, Rashid lunges to defend but the ball takes the outside edge. Goes towards Holder who gets low to take it at second slip but the ball lands just short. |
| 29.1 : S Gabriel to Curran, Fuller and on off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 29.2 : S Gabriel to Curran, Bouncer and on the body of the batsman, Curran ducks under it. |
| 29.3 : S Gabriel to Curran, Another short ball and once again Curran ducks under it. |
| 29.4 : S Gabriel to Curran, Fullish and on off, Curran drives it square on the off side. |
| 29.5 : Gabriel to Sam Curran, OUT! No. 9 goes down! An absolute snorter that one. Just too much for Curran. Right on the body of the batsman. Curran takes his eyes off the ball and looks to duck awkwardly, the ball though is too quick and before he gets down, it hits his gloves and lobs towards gully. Hope there runs in and takes it easily. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Curran starts walking back but he is asked to wait. The umpires want to check if Gabriel is cutting the si |
| James Anderson walks in at number 11. |
| 29.6 : S Gabriel to Anderson, On the shorter side, Anderson gets right behind the line and defends it well. |
| 30.1 : A Joseph to Rashid, FOUR! Rashid becomes the fourth batsmen to cross double figures. Flicks this full one away over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 30.2 : A Joseph to A Rashid, OUT! ENGLAND HAVE BEEN BOWLED OUT FOR 77. That is the lowest total by any team on this ground. Windies lead by 212 runs and have the option of making England come out to bat again. Coming to this ball, it was bowled just outside off on a good length and it shapes away at the last moment to take the outside edge and go to Holder in at second slip. Joseph picks up his second one to finish off the innings. That will also be TEA on Day 2. Incredible bowling, 9 wickets in |
| An absolute demolition there! The Windies bowlers have just rolled back the years. Fast hostile bowling at its best and they get a huge ovation as they walk off the field. Just like Anderson, who took a fifer this morning, it is Roach who leads them off the field. He raises the ball to acknowledge the applause as he walks into the dressing room. |
| 9 wickets for 47 runs fell in this session! Roach struck in the first over after the break as he got rid of Burns. England never recovered after that. From 35 for 1 they have been bundled out for 77. It was more of exceptional bowling than poor batting. Roach was the star as he got five. Holder and Joseph also shared 4 between them and Gabriel had the sole wicket of Curran to his name. |
| Not a lot you can write about the England batting. They had no answers to the pace and swing on display. 17 was their highest individual score and only 4 batsman managed to cross the double-digit mark. A sorry display with the bat by them! |
| Windies now lead by 212 when they come out to bat as they HAVEN'T FORCED THE FOLLOW-ON. They are way ahead in this game at the moment and some sensible batting will probably see them bat England out of the match. The visitors, on the other hand, need to do what their opposition's bowlers did to them or one would believe they would not stand a chance in this game. Do join us in a while for the last session. |
| 0.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Length ball to start off with outside off and swinging away, a late leave from Brathwaite. |
| 0.2 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, A short of a length delivery on off once more played with soft hands towards point. |
| 0.3 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Good length ball on middle and swinging away a bit, defended back down the ground by Kraigg. |
| 0.4 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, FOUR! The gift is accepted by KB. Short and wide outside off, cut away by Brathwaite for a boundary. First runs of the second innings for Windies. |
| 0.5 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, A single to follow the boundary. Good batting. Length ball on the pads is pushed towards mid-wicket. |
| 0.6 : J Anderson to Campbell, Solid defense on the front foot from Campbell towards cover. |
| Sam Curran to share the new ball. |
| 1.1 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Length ball outside off, the ball keeps low and holds its line and goes through to Foakes behind the wicket. |
| 1.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Left alone outside off once more by Brathwaite. |
| 1.3 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Good length ball on middle and shaping in a tad bit, Kraigg flicks it towards square leg. |
| 1.4 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, FOUR! Lovely shot using the bottom hand. A full, inswinging delivery on middle and it is pushed back down past mid on for a boundary by Brathwaite. |
| 1.5 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, The ball is too wide on the off side to force the batsman to make any contact. |
| 1.6 : Sam Curran to K Brathwaite, FOUR! 'Shades of Gordon Greenidge' quips Ian Bishop on air. A short of a length delivery on middle, Brathwaite hops on one leg and flicks it away towards mid-wicket for a boundary. Windies and he are into double figures. |
| 2.1 : J Anderson to Campbell, Wayward delivery outside off, left alone by Campbell. |
| 2.2 : J Anderson to Campbell, Brings this one a bit closer to the off pole and takes it away, John is drawn into a cover drive as he is beaten on the outside due to the swing. |
| 2.3 : J Anderson to Campbell, Beaten! Another peach. A length one and this just shapes away very slightly and beats the outside edge once more. Too good for any batsman. |
| 2.4 : J Anderson to Campbell, A length ball on off, defended back down the ground. |
| Review time. Campbell has been rapped in front and there is a loud appeal from the bowler and the fielders. The umpire shakes his head but Root decides to take it upstairs. Looked like it was going down leg to the naked eye... |
| 2.5 : Anderson to Campbell, NOT OUT! Swinging too much and it misses the leg pole. England lose a review too. Length ball on middle and it shapes in beautifully. Campbell is ahead to play it but misses the ball and gets rapped on the pads. Root takes it upstairs after it was called not out. Replays roll on and show that the ball would have missed the stumps. Poor review, done more due to the desperate situation the team is in maybe. Windies won't mind though. Lovely bowling from James but no rewa |
| 2.6 : J Anderson to Campbell, Flicked away this time to square leg wristily for a single. |
| 3.1 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Good running! Good cricket all around. It was a good delivery around off, it shapes away a touch. Campbell pushes it towards covers and takes off for a run. |
| 3.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Good length delivery on off, Brathwaite keeps it out. |
| 3.3 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Back of a length on off, Kraigg stands tall and punches it to mid off. |
| 3.4 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, On the pads, it is tucked around the corner for a run, |
| 3.5 : Sam Curran to Campbell, On the fuller side, Capmbell looks to drive but it goes off the inner half towards mid-wicket. |
| 3.6 : Sam Curran to Campbell, A little too straight, it is clipped around the corner for a single. |
| 4.1 : J Anderson to Campbell, Well outside off and let be by Campbell this time. |
| 4.2 : J Anderson to Campbell, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump once more. |
| 4.3 : J Anderson to Campbell, Bowls this one on top of off stump line, John comes a bit ahead and defends it onto the ground. |
| 4.4 : J Anderson to Campbell, Swings away from the lefty after landing well outside off, left alone by the southpaw. Looks like Anderson slipped a bit there while bowling which made him lose the trajectory. |
| 4.5 : J Anderson to Campbell, Hurls this one down the leg side but Campbell fails to connect the ball while attempting to glance the ball. |
| 4.6 : J Anderson to Campbell, Left alone outside off to end the over. Maiden. |
| 5.1 : Curran to Brathwaite, Good fuller length ball on middle and shaping in. Brathwaite digs it out pretty comfortably. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Left alone outside off this time by Kraigg. |
| 5.3 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Shortens the length a bit and bowls it just outside off, KB stands tall and defends this ball. |
| 5.4 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Falls short of Stokes at third slip. A genuine edge on this ball on a length on middle and off. It does not carry because Brathwaite played it with really soft hands. Good ball from Curran though. |
| 5.5 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Kraigg flicks it off his pads and picks up a single to deep square leg. |
| 5.6 : Sam Curran to Campbell, A length ball on off stump, Campbell comes ahead a bit and defends with a straight bat. |
| 6.1 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, Full and some banana swing there on that one, Brathwaite does well to place it between gully and point for a run. |
| 6.2 : J Anderson to Campbell, Good length ball shaping into the left-hander but it is well played by John towards mid on. |
| 6.3 : J Anderson to Campbell, Length ball outside off, Campbell works it towards mid-wicket but the fielder dives to his right and makes a good stop. |
| 6.4 : J Anderson to Campbell, Similar ball and similar shot played to the same fielder. |
| 6.5 : J Anderson to Campbell, Fuller one on the pads, flicked away to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 6.6 : J Anderson to Brathwaite, On the middle stump line, placed towards mid-wicket by Brathwaite as he picks up a single and keeps strike. |
| 7.1 : Sam Curran to K Brathwaite, Around the wicket, Curran gets this one to come in with the angle. Brathwaite looks to flick it away but it takes the inside edge and goes on to the pads. |
| 7.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, This one is on a good length and coming in, Kraigg defends it back down the ground. |
| 7.3 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Full one again now, KB looks to flick it but gets a leading edge that rolls towards cover. |
| 7.4 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Bouncer! Kraigg ducks under it and lets it go. |
| 7.5 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Shaping in after landing on a length, Brathwaite defends it back towards mid on. |
| 7.6 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Pushed towards the vacant mid off area for a couple of runs by the right-hander. |
| Moeen Ali has been called on to bowl now. |
| 8.1 : M Ali to J Campbell, Full toss on off, Campbell misses out as he hits it straight back to mid off. |
| 8.2 : M Ali to Campbell, Fuller one outside off, driven to cover. |
| 8.3 : M Ali to J Campbell, Flighted outside off, driven down to long off for a single by the left-hander. |
| 8.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Brathwaite gets behind the line of the ball and defend it back down the ground. |
| 8.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Short length ball on middle and leg, flicked away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 8.6 : M Ali to Campbell, A good front foot defense by Campbell coming ahead. |
| 9.1 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Length ball on off and coming in with the angle, blunted back down the ground by the batsman. |
| 9.2 : Sam Curran to Brathwaite, Fuller length on the pads, flicked away by the righty to deep square leg for a solitary run. |
| 9.3 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Attempts a yorker, Campbell takes it on the full and opens the face of his bat towards the left of cover for a couple of runs. |
| 9.4 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Flicked away off the pads this time towards square leg by the southpaw for two. |
| 9.5 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Short of a length ball on top of middle, a back foot defense ensues. |
| 9.6 : Sam Curran to Campbell, Guided towards the third man region for a single. Campbell retains strike. |
| 10.1 : M Ali to Campbell, SIX! Out of here! What a shot that! Sees the flighted ball, takes his leg out of the way and whacks it over the long on fence for a biggie. |
| 10.2 : M Ali to Campbell, 250 is the lead now! This is swept right off the middle towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 10.3 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Floats it up on off, Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 10.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Works it with the turn to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 10.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter and on off, it is clipped to mid-wicket off the back foot. |
| 10.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, On the stumps yet again, negotiated easily by Kraigg. |
| Ben Stokes comes on. Can he produce some magic? |
| 11.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On off, defended. |
| 11.2 : Stokes to Campbell, Down the leg side, Campbell misses the flick. It brushes the pad and goes to the keeper. He is excited but nothing from the umpire. |
| 11.3 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Outside off, left alone. |
| 11.4 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, In the air... safe! Lucky there the batsman. Stokes immediately makes something happen here. He bowls a well-directed short ball. Capmbell looks to pull but is late on the shot. It hits the top edge and goes over mid off for a couple. |
| 11.5 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Full and on middle, Campbell defends it on the back foot. |
| 11.6 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, This is the in-dipper, it is a full toss but on the pads, the batter looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. An appeal follows but it is missing leg. |
| 12.1 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Uses his feet but ends up yorking himself. Brathwaite jams it out to mid off. |
| 12.2 : M Ali to Brathwaite, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 12.3 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flatter and on off, it is kept out. |
| 12.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Fired on middle, it is tucked to short fine leg. |
| 12.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Flighted delivery on off, KB lunges and defends it onto the ground. |
| 12.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Another tossed up ball on off, blocked. |
| 13.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Eased through covers for a single. |
| 13.2 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On the shorter side, Kraigg stands tall and blocks it out. |
| 13.3 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On the shorter side, it is on the body. Kraigg awkwardly pulls it ovre the leg gully and down to fine leg for a run. |
| 13.4 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Outside off, it is left alone. |
| 13.5 : Ben Stokes to J Campbell, Short and on the body, Campbell mistimes his pull through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 13.6 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, On the off pole, Kraigg keeps it out. |
| 14.1 : M Ali to Campbell, Down the leg side, the batter tries to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 14.2 : M Ali to Campbell, FOUR! Swept and swept fine! Goes down on one knee and sweeps it very nicely through square leg for a boundary. |
| 14.3 : M Ali to Campbell, Very full and on middle, it is worked towards short fine leg. |
| 14.4 : M Ali to Campbell, Flatter and on middle, defended. |
| 14.5 : M Ali to Campbell, On middle, it is negotiated easily. |
| 14.6 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Works it with the turn to short leg. |
| 15.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On the fuller side, it is stroked to mid off. |
| 15.2 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, BEAUTY! This is one starts off from leg stump and then swings away. Campbell tries to defend but gets beaten. |
| 15.3 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Another big outswinger on off, kept out. |
| 15.4 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Outside off, it is left alone. |
| 15.5 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, EDGY RUN! Good length around off, Campbell tries to defend but it goes off the outer half towards third man for a run. |
| 15.6 : Ben Stokes to Brathwaite, Fuller on off, it is timed down to long off for a couple. 50-run stand up, once again the openers have provided a good start. |
| Change of gloves for the openers here. |
| 16.1 : M Ali to Campbell, Outside off, left alone. |
| 16.2 : M Ali to Campbell, Flatter and outside off, it is slapped through covers for a run. |
| 16.3 : M Ali to Brathwaite, Works it with the turn to mid-wicket. |
| 16.4 : M Ali to Brathwaite, On the pads, worked to short fine leg, |
| 16.5 : M Ali to Brathwaite, OUT! Once again Moeen Ali draws first blood! This was plumb in front! Quicker and flatter on off, it turns back in just a touch. Brathwaite goes back and tries to flick. He misses, it hits him on the pads. An appeal follows and the umpire raises his finger. Brathwaite once again walks back after getting a start. England need a few more quickly as the Windies are effectively 264 for 1. |
| Shai Hope walks in at number 3 for the hosts. |
| 16.6 : M Ali to Hope, Tosses it up on off, Hope lunges and keeps it out. |
| 17.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Loose stroke that! Full and wide outside off, Campbell can probably leave that but he goes after it and gets beaten. |
| 17.2 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, Outside off, left alone. |
| 17.3 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On the pad, it is worked around the corner for a run. |
| 17.4 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A full toss on off, Hope strokes it through covers for a couple. |
| 17.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Back of a length on off, it is blocked out. |
| 17.6 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, The batsman plays the pull shot. One run added to the total. |
| 18.1 : M Ali to Campbell, Full and on the pads, Campbell flicks it but finds the man at short fine leg. |
| 18.2 : M Ali to Campbell, Flatter and on off, the batter goes back and keeps it out. |
| 18.3 : M Ali to Campbell, Another flighted ball on middle, JC lunges and keeps it out. |
| 18.4 : M Ali to Campbell, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 18.5 : M Ali to J Campbell, Just short! Luck too needs to go Windies' way. A hint of turn there after it pitched on off, Campbell goes back and tries to defend. The ball hits the outside edge and lands just short of the diving Stokes. |
| 18.6 : M Ali to Campbell, The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total. |
| Drinks break. Windies have lost Brathwaite but are surely batting the English out of the game slowly. They lead by 270 now and have all the time in the world. The visitors desperately need a lot of quick wickets. Let's watch what happens in the last passage of play on Day 2... |
| 19.1 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, On the fuller side, it is flicked through mid-wicket and the batter takes two. |
| 19.2 : Ben Stokes to Campbell, OUT! The Drinks break does the trick for England. A very strange dismissal though and now both the openers are back in the hut. A short delivery by Stokes outside off, it pitches and it might have come slow off the surface. Campbell is way too early into his pull shot. It goes off the toe end towards covers where Jennings takes a dolly. Two wickets in quick succession, they need more here. |
| Darren Bravo is the new man in. |
| 19.3 : Ben Stokes to Bravo, On the shorter side, Bravo evades it. |
| 19.4 : Ben Stokes to Bravo, A little too straight, it is worked around the corner for a run. |
| 19.5 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Good delivery! On a length and around off, pitches and straightens. Hope tries to defend but gets beaten. |
| 19.6 : Ben Stokes to Hope, Hits the length hard again, Hope tries to defend but it goes off the outer half towards gully. |
| 20.1 : M Ali to Bravo, Flatter one on off stump, defended on the front foot by Bravo. |
| 20.2 : M Ali to D Bravo, OUT! Bravo fails in the second innings as well. You just can't keep Stokes out of the game, pockets an easy catch at slip with his bucket hands. A good one with some drift bowled on off stump line, Darren is ahead to defend. Gets a slight edge that carries to Ben at slip. The nightmare return to Test cricket continues for Bravo. England have three quick ones. Can't have enough of saying this, they still need the wickets to keep coming. |
| Roston Chase walks in at number 5. |
| 20.3 : M Ali to Chase, Fuller and on middle, it is worked with the turn to mid-wicket. |
| 20.4 : M Ali to Chase, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Two in the over for Ali and Chase bags a duck. This is tossed up outside off, it pitches and goes straight on. Chase defends for the non-existent turn. The ball takes the outside edge and goes into the big hands of Ben Stokes. A good passage of play for England this. |
| Shimron Hetmyer comes in at 6, replacing Chase. |
| 20.5 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Flatter and outside off, Hetmyer leaves it along. |
| Review time. Stokes seems to have heard something and has forced his captain to take this one upstairs. There is a smile on Hetmyer's face though. Did not seem like there was anything on it. Replays awaited... |
| 20.6 : M Ali to Hetmyer, NOT OUT! Nothing on Ultra Edge and England now have lost both their reviews. Moeen Ali tosses it up around off, it pitches turns and bounce a touch extra. Goes agonizingly close past the gloves. Foakes takes it and then there is an appeal. Stokes is pleading as he feels it is out. The umpire though shakes his head. Stokes wants this to be reviewed and Root does so. Replays roll in and it shows no spike as the ball passes the glove. |
| 21.1 : Ben Stokes to Hope, A length ball outside off, Hope defends it off the back foot. |
| 21.2 : Ben Stokes to S Hope, OUT! Stokes has made up for him making his team lose a review here. Jennings has taken this at short leg. Hope is the one to go and that is the 17th wicket to fall today. Windies have slipped from 60/1 to 61/5. 4 wickets for 1 run. Unbelievable stuff this. A length ball on off stump, jags in a bit and Hope who was playing outside the line of the ball, tries to adjust but can only get an inside edge that goes onto the pads and then to Jennings at short leg. A very shar |
| Shane Dowrich walks in at number 7. |
| 21.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, A short of a length ball, Dowrich defends it towards the off side on his back foot. |
| 21.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 21.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Shane is on his toes as he flicks this one towards short fine leg. |
| 21.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Left alone outside off to end the over. Another successful one for England. |
| 22.1 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Sharp turn there but Hetmyer prods ahead and pads it away. |
| 22.2 : M Ali to Hetmyer, A flatter and quicker one on middle, Hetmyer comes ahead to defend but gets a thick inside edge towards short leg on the bounce. |
| 22.3 : M Ali to Hetmyer, On the pads and flicked away towards the square leg fielder. |
| 22.4 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Shimron clears his front leg and lifts this over extra cover for a couple of runs. Gets off the mark with the same shot. |
| 22.5 : M Ali to Hetmyer, SH slightly comes ahead and dead-bats this ball. |
| 22.6 : Ali to Hetmyer, Fired in at the middle stump, Hetmyer digs it out by bringing his bat down in time. An appeal from Ali but nothing more to it. |
| 23.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Bowls this on a length outside off, defended with soft hands by Dowrich. |
| 23.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Short of a length one on middle stump, Dowrich gets on top of the bounce and fends the ball down. |
| 23.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Well down leg side now and Shane tries to flick but does not get bat on ball. |
| 23.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich,The batsman has stood up on his toes to defend that one. |
| 23.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, FOUR! Every run is vital here and England will be hurt by this boundary. A short length ball outside off, Dowrich is on his toes as he pulls this away to the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 23.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, FOUR! Two in two! On the pads and easily flicked away to the rope for a boundary to deep square leg. Windies will love the runs that are getting added. |
| 24.1 : M Ali to Hetmyer, SIX! Lifted handsomely over long off! That is 14 off the last 3 balls. This one is flighted outside off and Hetmyer doesn't need a second invite to smash this over the fence for a maximum, the first of this innings. |
| 24.2 : Ali to Hetmyer, Fired in quick and full on middle, dug out by Shimron. |
| 24.3 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Flatter ball on the pads this time, SH comes down the ground and then flicks it away for a single to deep square leg. |
| 24.4 : M Ali to Dowrich, SIX! Another maximum, the second of this over. 4 boundaries in the last 6 balls. Brilliant shot this, stand and deliver stuff from Dowrich. A flatter one outside off, Shane picks it up and deposits it over the long on fence. The lead is nearing 300. |
| 24.5 : M Ali to Dowrich, This one is defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 24.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, SD comes ahead and dead-bats this one to end the over. |
| 25.1 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, FOUR! 'Not many do that to Ben Stokes' says Nasser Hussain on air, and he is right. No one treats the all-rounder with that kind of disdain. A fuller length ball on middle bowled with effort and Hetmyer clears his front leg and smashes it back over mid on for a boundary. This is lovely counter-attacking cricket from Windies. The lead is now 300. |
| 25.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Bouncer! A reply from Stokes as he goes for the short pitched one to the left-hander. Shimron ducks under it and lets it go. |
| 25.3 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Another bumper and SH lets it go. |
| 25.4 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Trying to bounce him out Stokes here. Hetmyer sways out of the way once more. |
| 25.5 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Four on a trot, this bouncer is down leg side though. Left alone. |
| 25.6 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Five on the trot! Brilliant bowling from Stokes and equally smart by Hetmyer to leave all of these alone and not play at them. It could be Stokes' last over of this spell. |
| 26.1 : M Ali to Dowrich, Dowrich has played that off the front foot and onto the ground. |
| 26.2 : M Ali to Dowrich, Lands this one on middle and it spins way down the leg side. Left alone by the batsman. |
| 26.3 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flatter one on middle, Shane plays a cross batted shot down to long on for a single. |
| 26.4 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Well down the leg side and Hetmyer tries to flick it but misses his connection. |
| 26.5 : M Ali to Hetmyer, A front foot defense to this flatter one on middle. |
| 26.6 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Another ball on middle that is dead-batted into the ground. |
| 27.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Fuller length ball on the pads, flicked away to deep fine leg for a single. |
| 27.2 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Short of a length ball on middle and off, Shimron fends it off towards the off side for a single to the point region. |
| 27.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Wide down the leg side, no trouble at all for Dowrich. |
| 27.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another bumper from Stokes, defended after getting on top of the bounce by Shane. |
| 27.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Bounce is the template but currently Dowrich is playing it pretty well. |
| 27.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another short ball to end the over but it is kept down by the wicket-keeper batsman. |
| 28.1 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Flatter ball that is going down with the angle, Hetmyer gets rapped on the pad and the ball lobs towards short leg. A small appeal but nothing more. |
| 28.2 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Bowls this full and quick at the pads, flicked away to short fine leg who makes a tumbling stop. |
| 28.3 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Slower this time outside off on a short length, Hetmyer hangs back and defends it. |
| 28.4 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Hetmyer throws everything he has on that one as he tried to slog it over deep mid-wicket. The ball misses the bat but goes off the keeper and rolls fine on the leg side for a bye. |
| 28.5 : M Ali to S Dowrich, Fuller one on middle, pushed down to long on for a single. |
| 28.6 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Good placement from Hetmyer. A fuller one outside off, driven wide of long off and an easy couple is picked up. |
| 29.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, What else but of a short of a length? Dowrich climbs on top of the ball and keeps it down. |
| 29.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Bouncer down the leg side, Shane jumps as he lets this ball go. |
| 29.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, A bouncer on middle, SD fends this off, not very comfortably though. |
| A helmet coming in. Buttler going under the lid on the off side. |
| 29.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, The batsman watches this bouncer go way above his head. |
| 29.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another one banged in short of a length. Really good effort here from Stokes. It is his 10th over on the trot. Have to give it to man for commitment. Not easy in the sun. |
| 29.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Short of a length on the leg side to end the over, fended down fine on the leg side. No run though. |
| 30.1 : M Ali to Hetmyer, Flatter and on the pads, Hetmyer nudges it away. |
| 30.2 : M Ali to Hetmyer, He plays these strokes really nicely! Comes down the track again and lofts it over covers for a run. |
| 30.3 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flatter and it turns back into the batter, Dowrich works it towards short leg. |
| 30.4 : M Ali to S Dowrich, Short and outside off, Dowrich cuts it through point. Curran in the deep runs to his left and does well to keep it in place. Three taken for the batsmen. |
| 30.5 : M Ali to Hetmyer, 100 up for the Windies as Hetmyer eases this down to long on for a single. The lead is now 312 and the partnership is 39. |
| 30.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, Nice shot down the ground by Dowrich. Long on runs to his left and keeps it to one. |
| 31.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Shorter in length, Dowrich hops and defends it onto the ground. |
| 31.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Shortish again on the body, it is tucked towards leg gully. |
| 31.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Works it with the agnle through square leg for a single. |
| 31.4 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Short and outside off, Hetmyer evades it. |
| 31.5 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Continues with the short ball ploy, SH blocks it onto the ground quite easily. |
| 31.6 : Ben Stokes to Hetmyer, Another bouncer down the leg side, Hetmyer easily ducks under it. Getting too predictable now is Stokes. Time for a change? Maybe. |
| Adil Rashid to bowl some leg spin now. |
| 32.1 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Tosses it up on middle, Dowrich defends it off the inner half. Good start that by the leggie. |
| 32.2 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Slightly shorter and quicker, it is punched down to long on for a single. |
| 32.3 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, SIX! Stand and deliver stuff! Right in his arc this one. Full and turning back in. Hetmyer hits it with the turn so the risk is minimum. The connection is outstanding, it sails into the mid-wicket stand. Lead crosses 320 now. |
| 32.4 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, The googly now, Hetmyer picks it and punches it through covers for a run. |
| 32.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, On the shorter side, pulled through mid-wicket for a single. 50-run stand is up between the two and it has come at a very good pace. A good counter-attacking stand and a vital one as when the two joined association, the Windies were in a spot of bother. |
| 32.6 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, FOUR! Poor ball and it has been put away! 13 from the over, expensive start by Rashid. Short and wide outside off, SH slaps it through covers and the ball races away. |
| Sam Curran is back on now. |
| 33.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Good length on off, Dowrich drops it towards cover and gets to the other end. |
| 33.2 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Outside off, left alone. |
| 33.3 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Close! A good leave in the end! An off cutter outside off, Hetmyer leaves it, it does come in but not enough. |
| 33.4 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, On the shorter side, Hetmyer guides it to point. Then practices the pull shot. Don't think that shot was on though. |
| 33.5 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Way too wide outside off to make the batsman play. |
| 33.6 : Sam Curran to Hetmyer, Full and wide outside off, Hetmyer reaches out for it but ends up mistiming it to covers. |
| 34.1 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Slower and outside off, turning away. Dowrich lets it be. |
| 34.2 : A Rashid to Dowrich, The slider there, it is pushed to mid on. |
| 34.3 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Short and outside off, it is hit to the man at sweeper cover for a single. |
| 34.4 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, Whipped with the turn towards wide long on for a single. |
| 34.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, The googly and it has been picked again, Dowrich flicks it towards deep square leg for a run. |
| 34.6 : A Rashid to Hetmyer, Pulled hard but too close to the fielder at deep mid-wicket, only a run. So a better second over by Rashid. |
| 35.1 : Sam Curran to S Hetmyer, OUT! They have got a wicket! England have broken the 59-run stand. Sam Curran picks up his first of the game. A length ball on middle and slightly shaping away. Hetmyer tries to drive on the up but gets an outside edge and the ball carries to Buttler who takes a good, low catch. This should lift the shoulders of England that were dropping a bit. Windies are effectively 332/6. Can they get one more before Stumps? |
| 35.2 : Sam Curran to Holder, FOUR! A gift for Holder on the very first ball. A full toss outside off, it still has to be put away and Holder does exactly that as he guides it through backward point for a boundary. |
| 35.3 : Sam Curran to Holder, A good length ball outside off, left alone. |
| 35.4 : Sam Curran to Holder, A huge appeal but not given! Going down leg. Full and tailing back in on middle, Holder looks to flick but misses to get hit on the back pad. A huge appeal follows but the umpire shakes his head. The fielder at slip collects the ball and hits the stumps at the keeper's end. Holder is in though. |
| 35.5 : Sam Curran to Holder, Outside off, left alone. |
| 35.6 : Sam Curran to Holder, Full and wide outside off, Holder drives is square on the off side. The fielder there misfields, he though recovers well, runs behind the ball and saves a run for his side. The umpire do go upstairs to check and replays show that he has done well. The players in the meantime have already started walking back to the pavilion as IT IS STUMPS ON DAY 2! |
| What a day of Test cricket did we witness! At the end of it, it is the hosts who are in the driver's seat here. They have a lead of one short of 340 and still 4 wickets in hand. |
| The day however, began with England bundling out the hosts for below 300 with Hetmyer being the top scorer. For England, Anderson and Stokes took one each today. The former finished with a 5-fer whereas the latter with a 4-wicket haul. However, the Windies blew away the English batters courtesy an outstanding spell by Roach. He took 5 and ensured the Windies take a massive lead. |
| Windies in their second innings, once again got off to a good start as their openers stitched a fifty-run stand. Just as they seemed like they were running away with the game a collapse is what we witnessed. From 60 for 1 they derailed to 61 for 5. England at that time did sense an opening but Hetmyer and Dowrich counter-attacked. The two added a 50-plus run stand and took the lead above 300. The former perished but one would believe the partnership did the damage. |
| The hosts now have their captain and a well-set batsman out there. One more partnership will probably see them bat England out of the game. The visitors on the other hand, need to take the remaining wickets quickly if they are to have a chance here. Will the Windies continue their dominance or will the away side fight back? Join us on Day 3 to find out at 1000 local (1400 GMT). Till then, take care and goodbye! |
| ... Day 3, Session 1 ... |
| If you ever thought we would enter Day 3 with the hosts comfortably ahead in the game, you should probably buy a lottery ticket. Their lead is close to 350 and another 50 runs or so will probably see them bat the visitors out of the game. |
| The visitors on the other hand, need to pick the remaining wickets as quickly as possible and then try and bat well on a wicket which has started to play tricks. An interesting day awaits. Welcome to the coverage. |
| We are all set for the action to begin. Out comm the England players along with the umpires. Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich will continue their innings. The former will be on strike and he will be facing James Anderson. Here we go... |
| 36.1 : J Anderson to Holder, A loosener to start off with, gentle delivery on off, it is on a length. Holder taps it towards covers and takes a run. |
| 36.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, On the shorter side, it is tucked around the corner for a single. First run for Dowrich today. |
| 36.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Another one on the hips, Holder this time works it through square leg and a single is taken. |
| 36.4 : J Anderson to S Dowrich, Around off this time, it is guided through point for a run. No swing on offer for Anderson till now. |
| 36.5 : J Anderson to Holder, On the shorter side this time, Holder guides it to gully, thinks of a run but is sent back rightly by his partner. |
| 36.6 : J Anderson to Holder, A little too straight this time, it is worked to the man at mid-wicket. End of a good first over for the Windies. |
| Ben Stokes to bowl from the other end. |
| 37.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, He too strats off with a loosener which is way down the leg side, Dowrich lets it be. The keeper makes a half stop, no extra run conceded though. |
| 37.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Gets his line right this time and lands it around off, blocked. |
| 37.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Down the leg side, Dowrich misses the flick. Hasn't got it right here Ben Stokes. |
| 37.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Oversteps now and the line is once again on the pads, it is clipped around the corner for a single. |
| Ben Stokes to Holder, First good delivery and it goes past the outside off. On a length and around off, it pitches and straightens. Holder looks to defend but is beaten. |
| 37.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Shoritsh and outside off again, Holder this time plays inside the line and lets it be. |
| 37.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump. |
| 38.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, On a length and around off, it is kept out. |
| 38.2 : J Anderson to S Dowrich, Hits the length hard and bowls it on off, defended. |
| 38.3 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Fuller in length on off, it is stroked to covers. |
| 38.4 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Good length on off, Dowrich gets behind the line and keeps it out. |
| 38.5 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Another good length delivery on off, the batsman goes back and blocks it. |
| 38.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 39.1 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Angles this one into the batter and then gets it to leave him. Holder defends inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 39.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Angles it on off, Holder gets behind the line and keeps it out towards cover for a run. |
| 39.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, A little too straight, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 39.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Fullish and on middle, it is stroked towards mid on for a single. |
| 39.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Leading edge but safe. Back of a length on middle, Holder tries to flick but closes the face of his bat a little early. It goes off the outer half towards point for a single. |
| 39.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Finishes the over with a half volley outside off, left alone. |
| 40.1 : J Anderson to Holder, FOUR! Misfield and a boundary! A little but of away movement from the batsman. It is on a fuller length on off, Holder looks to drive but it goes off the outer half towards point. Bairstow there slides and lets it go through. The cover fielder runs behind it, slides but can't stop the boundary. |
| 40.2 : J Anderson to Holder, BEATEN! Once again gets the ball to move away from a length on off, Holder looks to defend but the ball whizzes past the outside edge. |
| 40.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Fullish on off, Holder strokes it to mid off. |
| 40.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 40.5 : J Anderson to Holder, Good length on off, Holder lunges and keeps it out. |
| 40.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Another defensive stroke to end the over. |
| 41.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another play and a miss! However, this could have been left. Good length ball a little too wide outside off. Dowrich reaches out for it and looks to push it through the off side. He gets beaten. |
| 41.2 : Ben Stokes to S Dowrich, Nicely pulled! He gets on top of the bounce and hits it all along the ground towards deep square leg. A single taken. |
| 41.3 : Ben Stokes to Holder, On middle, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 41.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Another short one outside off, Holder plays inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 41.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total. |
| 41.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Good delivery this! He first slants it into the off pole, it pitches and then moves away. Dowrich looks to defend but is beaten by the away movement. |
| 42.1 : J Anderson to Holder, Once again goes full on off, Holder times it nicely but finds the man at covers. |
| 42.2 : J Anderson to Holder, Good length again, Holder once again strokes ti crisply but finds the man at covers. |
| 42.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Just behind a length and outside off, Holder stays rooted to his crease and pushes it to covers. Three balls in a row he is unable to find the gap. |
| 42.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Good length on off, this one comes back in a touch. Holder keeps it out. |
| 42.5 : J Anderson to Holder, FOUR! In the gap and you need not run for those! Full and on off, Holder just leans into it and strokes it through covers. No stopping those. |
| 42.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Good leave! Slightly outside off, it is left alone. |
| 43.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Angles it into the batsman, it is worked through square leg for a single. |
| 43.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Stokes is guilty of overstepping once again. He bowls it short and outside off, Holder evades. |
| Ben Stokes to Holder, On the shorter side, it is tucked around the corner for a single. |
| 43.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another short of a length delivery on middle, Dowrich this time clips it towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 43.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Works it with the angle towards mid-wicket and takes another run. |
| 43.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Once again Stokes beats the outside edge. Once again he angles it in first and then gets it to leave the batsman. Dowrich again plays inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 43.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another play and a miss! Dowrich is once again guilty of playing at a ball which he need not. Good length and outside off, Dowrich hangs his bat out and gets beaten. |
| 44.1 : J Anderson to Holder, On the fuller side, it is driven to covers. Holder's cover drives are delightful, he is struggling to find the gaps though. |
| 44.2 : J Anderson to Holder, On the pads, it is worked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 44.3 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Outside off, it is left alone. |
| 44.4 : J Anderson to Dowrich, FOUR! EDGY BOUNDARY! Full and around off, it shapes away. Dowrich lunges and tries to defend but it goes off the outer half through the slip cordon and it races to the fence. |
| 44.5 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Another delivery outside off, no need to play at those. |
| 44.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Lands it on a length around off, Dowrich is solid in defense. |
| 45.1 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Back of a length around off, Holder blocks it. |
| 45.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Full on off, Jason drives it straight to the fielder at mid off. |
| 45.3 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length delivery on middle and off, Holder defends it from the crease. |
| 45.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Shorter in length, Holder gets on his back foot and keeps it down. |
| 45.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length delivery on middle and off, the ball comes in after pitching. Jason tries to defend but gets hit on the mid riff region. |
| 45.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, FOUR! Good length delivery on middle and leg, Holder just flicks it fine towards fine leg and the ball races away to the fence. Poor delivery from Stokes to finish off the over. |
| 46.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full on off, Dowrich defends it off his front foot. |
| 46.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full length delivery on middle and leg, Dowrich flicks it to mid-wicket and gets a single. |
| 46.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Pull his length back this time and bowls it outside off, Holder is not tempted to play that one and lets it go. |
| 46.4 : J Anderson to Holder, FOUR! Back of a length on middle and leg, Holder flicks it fine on the leg side, wide of Moeen Ali in the deep. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 46.5 : J Anderson to Holder, Full and straight outside off, Jason shoulders arms to it. |
| 46.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Once again full outside off, Holder is not going to go chasing at that one, so he leaves it. |
| 47.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Sam Curran is introduced in the attack. He starts with a full length delivery on off, Dowrich watchfully defends it. |
| 47.2 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Full outside off, Shane decides to let that one go. |
| 47.3 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Shorter in length, Dowrich pulls it to mid-wicket and rotates the strike. |
| 47.4 : Sam Curran to Holder, Full outside off, Jason shoulders arms to it. The ball swings inwards after it goes past the stumps. |
| 47.5 : Sam Curran to Holder, Outside off, once again Holder shoulders arms to it. |
| 47.6 : Sam Curran to Holder, Full around off,the ball jags back in and Jason blocks it to see off the over. |
| 48.1 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tossed up on middle, Shane blocks it off his front foot. |
| 48.2 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flighted around off, Dowrich defends it with soft hands and takes a single. |
| 48.3 : M Ali to Holder, FOUR! Tossed up on off, Holder gets his front foot in line and brilliantly drives it through covers for a boundary. Brings up the 50 run stand between these two. They are taking away any slight hope England have from this game. |
| 48.4 : M Ali to Holder, FOUR! Two in two. Once again it is tossed up and overpitched around off, Holder drives it again in the same region and gets exactly the same result. |
| 48.5 : M Ali to Holder, FOUR!! Three boundaries in three consecutive balls. Jason Holder is taking the attack to the off spinner. Slow and flighted around off, Holder this time lofts it over mid off for a boundary. Can he score 4 in 4? |
| 48.6 : M Ali to Holder, No he cannot. Flighted on off, Holder decides to take the foot of the gas and defends that one. 13 runs off that Moeen Ali over. |
| 49.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, This one shapes back in from outside off, Dowrich looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pads. The ball rolls towards mid-wicket and the batsmen run a leg bye. |
| 49.2 : Sam Curran to Holder, FOUR! Holder is on the charge here! His fourth boundary in the last 7 balls he has faced. Short and it sits up to be hit. Holder pulls it through backward square leg and it races away. |
| 49.3 : Sam Curran to Holder, Another length delivery, Holder guides it to point for a single. |
| 49.4 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Outside off, left alone. |
| 49.5 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, FOUR! Lovely shot! Full and on off, Dowrich leans into it and strokes it through covers. It is in the gap and it races to the fence. Lead crosses 400. |
| 49.6 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Back of a length on off, it is kept out. 10 runs from the over. The Windies getting a move on here. |
| Drinks. |
| 50.1 : M Ali to Holder, Tossed up around off. It is an offspinner and Holder blocks it off his front foot. |
| 50.2 : M Ali to Holder, Flatter outside off, this one goes straight. Jason decides to leave that one. |
| 50.3 : M Ali to Holder, Pulls back his length on this occasion and Holder keeps it out. |
| 50.4 : M Ali to Holder, Once again shorter in length outside off, Jason punches it on the off side straight to the fielder. |
| 50.5 : M Ali to Holder, Slow and flighted on middle and leg, Jason pushes it to long on and takes a run. |
| 50.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, Drifting on the pads, Shane flicks it to square leg straight to the fielder. |
| 51.1 : Sam Curran to Holder, Fifty for Holder, top innings from him. An attacking one and he raises the bat to soak in the applause by the crowd. He taps this towards point and gets to the other end to get to that milestone. |
| 51.2 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, On off again, Dowrich lunges and keeps it out. |
| 51.3 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, On off, blocked. |
| 51.4 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Slower short ball this time, it is pulled all along the ground to square leg. |
| 51.5 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| 51.6 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, On the shorter, the batter ducks under it. |
| 52.1 : M Ali to Holder, The straighter one outside off, Jason plays for the non-existent turn and gets beaten. |
| 52.2 : M Ali to Holder, Tosses it up on off, it is driven through covers for a run. |
| It has started to rain here and it is coming down pretty heavy. However, it seems to have eased off a little. The umpires started to walk off but then decide to resume play. |
| 52.3 : M Ali to Dowrich, Another flighted delivery on off, Dowrich dirves it square on the off side. |
| 52.4 : M Ali to Dowrich, Shortish and outside off, it is cut nicely through point for a couple. |
| 52.5 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tosses it up on off, blocked. |
| 52.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, A drag down by Ali, it may have not come out right. Dowrich goes back and pulls it through mid-wicket. Rory in the deep makes a good diving stop and saves two for his side. |
| Adil Rashid is on. |
| 53.1 : A Rashid to Holder, Starts with a tossed up delivery on middle, no spin on that one and Holder blocks it off the front foot. |
| 53.2 : A Rashid to Holder, Googly down the leg side, Jason tries to flick but misses it completely. |
| 53.3 : A Rashid to Holder, SIX! Googly gone wrong and Holder picks it up perfectly. Shorter around off, Jason gets on his back foot and pulls it over mid-wicket. The ball goes sailing into the stands for a maximum. |
| 53.4 : A Rashid to Holder, Tossed up on middle and off, Jason plays it with a front foot defense. |
| 53.5 : A Rashid to Holder, Flighted on middle, Holder blocks it away. |
| 53.6 : A Rashid to Holder, Full around off, pushed to cover for a single. |
| Change of ends for Sam Curran. |
| 54.1 : Sam Curran to Holder, Back of a length around off, Jason plays it with soft hands and takes a single. |
| 54.2 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Good length delivery outside off, Shane leaves that away. |
| 54.3 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Full on middle and off, Dowrich pushes it straight to the fielder at cover. |
| 54.4 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, On the fourth stump line and Shane does not tease that one. He shoulders arms to it. |
| 54.5 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, FOUR! Wonderful way to get to his 50. A good and patient innings from Shane Dowrich. It is full on middle and off, he flicks it away brilliantly through mid-wicket for a boundary. Brings up his 9th Test fifty. With the lead 420 now he will look to up the ante. |
| 54.6 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Finishes off the over with a classic front foot defense. |
| 55.1 : A Rashid to Holder, Floats it up on middle, Holder blocks it out. |
| 55.2 : A Rashid to Holder, SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one! Goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it against the turn and over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 55.3 : A Rashid to Holder, Tosses it up on off, Holder defends it. |
| 55.4 : A Rashid to Holder, Another flighted ball on off, Holder pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 55.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Flatter and on off, the batter goes back and defends it onto the ground. |
| 55.6 : A Rashid to Dowrich, On the shorter side, it is pulled through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 56.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Good length delivery outside off, Shane shoulders arms to it. |
| 56.2 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Trying to tempt Shane into a drive by bowling it on the 4th stump line but he calmly leaves the ball. |
| 56.3 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Full on off, this time he drives it straight to the fielder at mid off. |
| 56.4 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Full on middle and off, pushed away to mid on. |
| 56.5 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Lands it full on off, Shane defends it off his front foot. |
| 56.6 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Back of a length around off, Dowrich looks to defend it but gets a thick outside edge. He plays it with soft hands so it goes to gully on a bounce. |
| 57.1 : A Rashid to Holder, Slow leg spinner shorter in length on middle, Holder pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 57.2 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Once again leg spinner on length, pitching on off. Shane punches it on the off side straight to the fielder. |
| 57.3 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Pitching on off, spinning away from Dowrich. He leaves it alone. |
| 57.4 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Once again outside off, Dowrich does not disturb that. |
| 57.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Drifting on the pads, flicked away on the on side for a single. |
| 57.6 : A Rashid to Holder, Shorter in length, punched away by Holder for a run. He will keep the strike for the start of the next over. |
| 58.1 : Sam Curran to Holder, SIX! Take that, says Holder. That is huge. It brings up the 100-run stand also between the two. This was bowled on a fuller length around off, Holder clears his front leg and tonks it over the long off fence. |
| 58.2 : Sam Curran to Holder, Good length on off, kept out. |
| 58.3 : Sam Curran to J Holder, Now slaps this towards deepish mid off for no runs. Holder seems to be going for it now. |
| 58.4 : Sam Curran to Holder, Good length and outside off, left alone. |
| 58.5 : Sam Curran to Holder, A little full on off, Holder lunges and keeps it out. |
| 58.6 : Sam Curran to Holder, Well fielded by Stokes. This is fuller and outside off, Holder drives it square on the off side. Stokes at cover-point dives to his left and makes a good stop. |
| 59.1 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Leg spinner shorter in length and pitched on leg, punched away to long on for a run. |
| 59.2 : A Rashid to Holder, Tossed up leg spinner pitching on middle and leg. Holder tries to defend it off his front foot but the ball goes past the bat and off pole. |
| 59.3 : A Rashid to Holder, Good length on middle and leg, flicked to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 59.4 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Tossed up on middle and leg, Dowrich plays it with a front foot defense. |
| 59.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Flighted on middle and leg, Shane gets his fornt foot and defends it. The ball strikes the inside edge and onto the pads. |
| 59.6 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| Ben Stokes is back. |
| 60.1 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Strats by bowling it down the leg side, Jason tries to flick it but misses. |
| 60.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length delivery on off, Holder defends it off his back foot. |
| 60.3 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Shorter in length on middle and off, the skipper pulls it away to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 60.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Good length delivery on middle and off, Shane flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. Holder looks to take the second but Shane sends him back. |
| 60.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Back of a length , pushed to cover and rotates the strike. |
| 60.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Outside off and full, Shane shoulders arms to it. |
| 61.1 : A Rashid to Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg, Jason tries to defend but gets an inside edge. The ball goes on the on side and he rotates the strike. |
| 61.2 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Short in length, pitched around leg, Dowrich pulls it to mid-wicket. Sam Curran in the deep does well to cover the ground and puts in the dive to his right. He saves couple of runs for his side. |
| 61.3 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Flighted delivery on middle and off, blocked away by Shane. |
| 61.4 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Looped up delivery on off, Dowrich pushes it to mid off, from the inner half of the bat. |
| 61.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Drifts it on the pads, Shane flicks it away on the on side for a run. |
| 61.6 : A Rashid to J Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg, Jason pushes it to long on to keep the strike. |
| 62.1 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Back of a length on middle, Holder shuffles across and works it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 62.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Another bumper outside off, the batsman ducks under it. |
| 62.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Good length on off, Dowrich pushes it to covers and gets to the other end. |
| 62.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, The batsman fails to get bat on that one and is hit on the pad. |
| 62.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length on off, kept out. |
| 62.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, A back foot defense on the last ball of the session. IT IS LUNCH ON DAY 3! |
| I don't think I need to mention whose session this is! The Windies have strengthened their grip on this game by extending their lead to one short of 450. Both Holder and Dowrich have got to their half ton and have added a 100-plus run stand between the two. They are still not done and one would expect them to come out and look for some quick runs after the break. Also, it will be interesting to see when will the Windies declare. Maybe when they reach 500? Time will tell. Do join us for the secon |
| ... Day 3, Session 2 ... |
| We are back for the post lunch session. Windies skipper Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich will continue their innings. Adil Rashid to bowl the first over after Lunch. |
| 63.1 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Starts with a short leg spinner, pitching on leg. Shane punches it on the off side for a run. The lead now is 450 for the hosts. |
| 63.2 : A Rashid to Holder, SIX! Tossed up on middle and it is overpitched by Rashid. Holder heaves it over long on. He does not time it well but has enough to clear the man at long on. |
| 63.3 : A Rashid to Holder, Pulls back the length after being hit for six. Pitches the leg spinner on leg, Jason flicks it away towards mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 63.4 : A Rashid to Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg and Jason pushes it to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 63.5 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Full on middle and leg, Dowrich defends it off his front foot. |
| 63.6 : A Rashid to Dowrich, Flighted on middle, Shane keeps it out to finish off the over. 10 runs off the first over post lunch. |
| Joe Root to bowl from the other end. |
| 64.1 : Joe Root to J Holder, FOUR! Flatter and it drifts away from off, Holder looks to defend but ends up playing inside the line. It goes off the outside edge and to the third man fence. In to the 90s. |
| 64.2 : Joe Root to Holder, This is now stroked down to long on for a single. |
| 64.3 : Joe Root to Dowrich, A huge appeal but not given! This is flatter and on the pads, Root looks to flick but misses. The ball hits him on the pads. Root appeals but the umpire shakes his head. Pitched outside leg. However, Hawk Eye shows different, it returns three reds. No review left for England though. |
| 64.4 : Joe Root to Dowrich, This is worked with the turn to mid-wicket. |
| 64.5 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 64.6 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Tosses it up outside off, SH flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 65.1 : Rashid to Holder, SIX! Brings up the century for the skipper and an aggressive one from him. Tossed up on middle and leg. Holder humiliates Adil Rashid by hitting it straight over his head for a maximum. 3rd century for Jason Holder in Test cricket. |
| 65.2 : A Rashid to Holder, Flighted on leg, Jason follows that maximum with a front foot defense. |
| 65.3 : A Rashid to Holder, Shorter in length, Holder keeps it out. |
| 65.4 : A Rashid to J Holder, Full on middle and leg, driven through mid on for a couple. |
| 65.5 : A Rashid to Holder, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 65.6 : A Rashid to Holder, Leg spinner around off, Jason shoulders arms to it. Rashid overstepped his line and the umpire signals it as no ball. |
| A Rashid to Holder, Flighted on middle and leg, Jason defends it to finish off the over. |
| 66.1 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Fuller and on middle, it is stroked down to mid on. |
| 66.2 : Joe Root to Dowrich, On off, it is kept out. |
| 66.3 : Joe Root to S Dowrich, Driven through mid on by the batsman. They pick up a single. |
| 66.4 : Joe Root to Holder, This is eased down to long off for a single. |
| 66.5 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Now Dowrich pushes this down to long on for another run. |
| 66.6 : Joe Root to Holder, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| Ben Stokes replaces Adil Rashid. |
| 67.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Starts with a shorter length delivery, pulled away to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 67.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length delivery on off, Holder keeps it out off the back foot. |
| 67.3 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Fuller delivery on off, Jason shows his defensive skills and blocks it off the front foot. |
| 67.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, FOUR! Shorter in length, Holder pulls it over mid-wicket and the ball races to the fence on a bounce. |
| 67.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length delivery on off, Jason punches it to the fielder on the off side. |
| 67.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 68.1 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Shorter and around off, Shane cuts it to point. The fielder there dives to his left and stops the boundary. |
| 68.2 : Joe Root to Dowrich, On middle and leg, flicked away towards mid-wicket for a single. Brings up the 150 run stand between these two. This is the highest 7th wicket partnership vs England in test. |
| 68.3 : Joe Root to Holder, Sprays it down the leg side, Jason leaves it alone. |
| 68.4 : Joe Root to Holder, Full on off, defended off the front foot by the skipper. |
| 68.5 : Joe Root to Holder, On the legs of Holder. He flicks it to the fielder at square leg. |
| 68.6 : Joe Root to Holder, Once again on the pads, flicked away to the on side straight to the fielder. |
| 69.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Good delivery! Now due to the way Stokes bowls, the batter feels it will be slanting in so he lunges to defend. The ball though pitches and then moves away, beating the outside edge. |
| 69.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Fuller and on off, it is stroked to covers. |
| 69.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Bouncer and the batsman ducks under it. |
| 69.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Outside off, left alone. |
| 69.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, On a length and around off, it straightens a touch. Dowrich tries to block it out but it goes off the outer half to point. |
| 69.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Outside off, Dowrich need not play at those but he has a poke at it and gets beaten. |
| 70.1 : Joe Root to Holder, Outside leg, Holder offers no shot to it. |
| 70.2 : Joe Root to Holder, Full on the pads outside leg, Jason tries to flick but gets hit on the pad. |
| 70.3 : Joe Root to Holder, Almost chops it onto the stumps. Shorter on middle and off, Holder defends it off the back foot. The ball hits the ground and goes past the stump. |
| 70.4 : Joe Root to J Holder, FOUR! Unlucky for England. Shorter leg break on middle, the ball doesn't spin as much as Holder expected it to. So it goes off the inside edge of his defensive bat towards fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 70.5 : Joe Root to Holder, Shorter in length outside off, Holder defends it with soft hand and takes a single. |
| 70.6 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Wide down the leg side, the batsman leaves it alone. |
| 71.1 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Slower ball outside off, Holder first thinks of playing at it but then leaves it alone. |
| 71.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Back of a length on off, Holder defends it off the back foot. |
| 71.3 : Ben Stokes to J Holder, A full toss on off, Holder looks to drive but it goes off the outer half towards second slip. The first slip fielder dives and saves a certain boundary. A run taken. |
| 71.4 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Angles it into the batter, Dowrich tries to flick but he ends up getting a leading edge towards point for a run. |
| 71.5 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Wide outside off, left alone. |
| 71.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Back of a length on off, Dowrich defends it onto the ground. |
| 72.1 : Joe Root to Holder, Quick leg spinner pitching on middle and leg. It goes past Holder's bat. |
| 72.2 : Joe Root to Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg, Jason pushes it to long on for an easy single. |
| 72.3 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Short around off, Dowrich cuts it away to deep point for a run. |
| 72.4 : Joe Root to Holder, Back of a length, Jason defends it off his back foot. |
| 72.5 : Joe Root to Holder, Tossed up on middle, Holder keeps that one away. |
| 72.6 : Joe Root to Holder, On the pads, Jason flicks it straight to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| James Anderson is on now. |
| 73.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Starts with a full length delivery on off, Shane defends it off his front foot. |
| 73.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Good length delivery around off, Dowrich plays it with soft hands towards point and takes a single. |
| 73.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Length delivery outside off, Holder attempts a front foot defense but the ball is wide outside off. |
| 73.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Full outside off, Jason shoulders arms to it. |
| 73.5 : J Anderson to Holder, Lands it full on off, Holder blocks it off the front foot. |
| 73.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Back of a length and the skipper sees off the over by blocking it away. |
| 74.1 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Leg break pitching on leg, pushed away to long on for a run. |
| 74.2 : Joe Root to Holder, Tossed up on middle, Jason watchfully defends it. |
| 74.3 : Joe Root to Holder, Quick on middle and leg, the Windies skipper flicks it to the on side. |
| 74.4 : Joe Root to Holder, yorker on the legs by Root. It hits the boot of Holder. |
| 74.5 : Joe Root to Holder, Tossed up on middle, Jason brings out the front foot defense. |
| 74.6 : Joe Root to Holder, Flighted on middle, Holder defends by getting right behind it. |
| 75.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Good length delivery around off, Shane defends it. |
| 75.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full on off, Dowrich plays it with soft hands towards point for a single. |
| 75.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Full outside off, Holder cuts it square towards backward point for a brace. |
| 75.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Length delivery on off, the ball moves away after pitching and goes past Holder's bat. |
| 75.5 : J Anderson to Holder, On middle and leg, Jason pushes it to the on side. |
| 75.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Full on middle and leg, Holder brings out the classic front foot defense to finish the over. |
| 76.1 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Leg spinner outside off, kept away by Shane. |
| 76.2 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Tossed up outside off, Dowrich plays it with soft and the ball goes towards backward point. They are quick between the wickets and come back for the second. |
| 76.3 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Shorter in length, the ball raises onto the batsman after pitching. Shane tries to cut but the extra bounce takes the ball over his bat. |
| 76.4 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Once again shorter in length around off, Shane punches it on the off side. There is a misfield there which allows the batsman to come back for the third. Takes the lead to 500. |
| 76.5 : Joe Root to Holder, On the pads flicked away towards square leg for a single. |
| 76.6 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Tossed up on middle, Dowrich calmly defends it. |
| 77.1 : J Anderson to Holder, Goes wide of the crease and angles it into the batsman. Holder defends it out. |
| 77.2 : J Anderson to J Holder, On the fuller side, it is stroked to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 77.3 : J Anderson to Holder, FOUR! Deliberate? Maybe. Length delivery around off, Holder waits for it and then he seems to have guided it past first slip and to the third man fence. |
| 77.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Full and on the pads, it is flicked towards deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 77.5 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Back of a length on off, Dowrich hops and keeps it out. |
| 77.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 78.1 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Outside off, the ball difts after pitching. Shane leaves that away. |
| 78.2 : Joe Root to Dowrich,Tossed up on middle and off, pushed away to the fielder at mid off. |
| 78.3 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Short on middle and leg, flicked away to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 78.4 : Joe Root to Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg, Jason pushes it wide of the bowler. Root does well diving to his left and stops the ball. The skipper saves runs for his side. |
| 78.5 : Joe Root to Holder, On middle and leg flicked away on the on side for a single. |
| 78.6 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Shorter on off, Dowrich waits for it and cuts it through backward point for a boundary. Brings up the 300 for the Windies. |
| Keaton Jennings is on now. Root trying everything here. |
| 79.1 : K Jennings to Holder, FOUR! Welcome into the attack! Slightly short, Holder picks the length early and then short-arm jabs it over the mid-wicket fielder and into the fence. |
| 79.2 : K Jennings to Holder, Goes fuller now and Holder strokes it to mid off. |
| 79.3 : K Jennings to Holder, In the air... dropped! Burns is the culprit! A tough catch though. Jennings lands it on a length and around off, Holder splices it high up in the air towards point. Burns there turns and runs after it, he then gets two hands to it but fails to hang on. The batsmen run two. |
| 79.4 : K Jennings to Holder, Pushed to the cover region by the batsman. |
| 79.5 : K Jennings to Holder, Very full on off, Holder finds mid off with his drive. |
| 79.6 : K Jennings to Holder, Full again, Holder once again finds a fielder with his drive, this time the man at covers. |
| 80.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full on off, Shane defends it off his front foot. |
| 80.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full length delivery outside off, Shane leaves it alone. |
| 80.3 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Back of a length outside off, Dowrich shoulders arms to it. |
| 80.4 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full on off, Shane blocks it off the front foot. |
| 80.5 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Lands it full outside off, Dowrich doesn't play that one. |
| 80.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Length delivery outside off, Shane calmly leaves it. |
| Sam Curran is back on now. Also, the second new ball has been taken. |
| 81.1 : Sam Curran to Holder, Swing! Sam Curran starts with a full length delivery on middle. The ball jags back in after pitching. It misses Jason;s bat and hits him high on the pads. The players appeal but it's turned down by the umpire. Looked high and away from the leg pole to the naked eye. |
| 81.2 : Sam Curran to Holder, Back of a length, tapped back at the bowler by Jason. |
| 81.3 : Sam Curran to Holder, Once again on a length, the ball goes past Holder's bat. |
| 81.4 : Sam Curran to J Holder, On middle and leg, Holder flicks it to mid-wicket and takes a run. |
| 81.5 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Shorter in length, Shane pulls it to deep square leg and rotates the strike. |
| 81.6 : Sam Curran to Holder, Once again on middle and leg, flicked away to keep the strike. |
| 82.1 : J Anderson to Holder, Hint of away swing for Anderson. Outside off on a length, Holder shoulders arms to it. |
| 82.2 : J Anderson to Holder, Full pitching on off, the ball moves away after pitching and goes past Jason's bat. |
| 82.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Full delivery pushed away to the fielder at cover. |
| 82.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Back of a length, Windies skipper blocks it off the back foot. |
| 82.5 : J Anderson to Holder, Good length delivery, Holder defends it with soft hands and looks to rotate the strike but Shane quickly responds with a loud no. |
| 82.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Full on off, swinging away. It misses Holder's bat and goes to the keeper. |
| 83.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Back of a length on off, the ball comes back in after pitching and hits high on Shane's bat and to the on side. |
| 83.2 : Sam Curran to Dowrich,Full outside off, Dowrich tries to push it away but misses the ball completely. |
| 83.3 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Full on off, pushed to point for a single. |
| 83.4 : Sam Curran to Holder, Good length delivery on middle, the ball jags back in and Holder flicks it to square leg for a run. |
| 83.5 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, On middle and leg, Dowrich works it down the leg side for a run. |
| 83.6 : Sam Curran to Holder, FOUR! Overpitched and punished. Full on middle and off, Holder is well set to miss out on that one. He drives it straight through mid off for a boundary. |
| 84.1 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Length delivery outside off, Dowrich shoulders arms to it. |
| 84.2 : J Anderson to S Dowrich, FOUR! Overpitched by Anderson this time and Dowrich this time drives it through mid off to the fence. Brings up the 200-run stand between these two. |
| 84.3 : J Anderson to Dowrich, On middle and leg, flicked away to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 84.4 : J Anderson to Holder, Back of a length on off, Holder decides to defend this one. |
| 84.5 : J Anderson to Holder,FOUR! Poor delivery by Anderson, on a length on middle and leg. Jason flicks it away towards fine leg for a boundary. Second one off this over and this time it comes off the bat of Jason Holder. |
| 84.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Length delivery on off, tapped back at the bowler. |
| 85.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Full on off, Dowrich defends it off his front foot. |
| 85.2 : Sam Curran to S Dowrich, Back of a length outside off, Shane cuts it square towards deep point and rotates the strike. |
| 85.3 : Sam Curran to Holder, Outside off, Holder doesn't disturb that. |
| 85.4 : Sam Curran to Holder, Good length delivery on middle, kept out by Jason. |
| 85.5 : Sam Curran to J Holder, In the air but safe. Full length delivery on middle and leg. Holder tries to flick but the ball comes off the inner half and goes uppishly towards mid on. It falls short of Adil Rashid there. He misfields the ball which allows them to complete the run easily. |
| 85.6 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, Outside off to finish off the over, Shane shoulders arms to it. |
| 86.1 : J Anderson to Holder, FOUR! In the air... the fielder does not pick it! This adds to the frustration of Anderson and England. Short and wide outside off, Holder looks to cut but due to the slowness of the wicket it goes off the toe end. The ball goes to the right of Buttler but since Jos did not see it he sticks his hand to the left. The ball then races to the fence. |
| 86.2 : J Anderson to Holder, Good length on off, it is kept out. |
| 86.3 : J Anderson to Holder, Good length around off, defended. |
| 86.4 : J Anderson to Holder, On the stumps, Holder gets behind the line and keeps it out. |
| 86.5 : J Anderson to Holder, Outside off, left alone. |
| 86.6 : J Anderson to Holder, Another length delivery just outside off, Holder once again shoulders arms to it. |
| 87.1 : Sam Curran to Dowrich, A little too straight, it is clipped to fine leg for an easy run. |
| 87.2 : Sam Curran to Holder, BEATEN! Good use of the angle there! Length around off, it slants away. The batter tries to defend but is done in by the away angle. |
| 87.3 : Sam Curran to Holder, A little too straight again, it is worked to mid-wicket. |
| 87.4 : Sam Curran to Holder, Good delivery again! It is angled away from Holder. He looks to drive away from his body and gets beaten. |
| 87.5 : Sam Curran to Holder, The batsman has played it to the point region. The batsmen have picked up a couple of runs. |
| 87.6 : Sam Curran to Holder, FOUR! Stand and deliver stuff! Brings up another milestone, 150 up for Holder. He stands tall and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. The lead is now above 550. |
| 88.1 : J Anderson to S Dowrich, FOUR! Dowrich now moves onto 95. Full and on middle, Dowrich plays the on drive, one of the most beautiful strokes in the game. It races to the long on fence. |
| 88.2 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Back of a length around off, kept out. |
| 88.3 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Lovely delivery! Full and swinging away from off. Dowrich looks to defend but gets beaten. |
| 88.4 : J Anderson to Dowrich, On the shorter side, it is blocked. |
| 88.5 : J Anderson to Dowrich, Full and on middle, the batter strokes it back to the bowler. |
| 88.6 : J Anderson to Dowrich, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| Ben Stokes back into the attack. |
| 89.1 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Length outside off, Holder looks to drive it on the up but is beaten. |
| 89.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, DROPPED AND FOUR! Should have been taken that! A ball down the leg side, Holder looks to flick but he hits it a little too fine. Foakes dives to his left, gets a glove to it and then the ball races to the fence. |
| 89.3 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Outside off, Holder lets it be. |
| 89.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Another one outside off, it is once again left alone. |
| 89.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Third leave in a row as another delivery is outside off. |
| 89.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Full and tailing back in this one, Holder strokes it to covers. |
| 90.1 : M Ali to Dowrich, Full and on off, it is stroked to covers. |
| 90.2 : M Ali to Dowrich, works it with the turn to the man at mid-wicket. |
| 90.3 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flatter and on off, the batter goes back and keeps it out. |
| 90.4 : M Ali to Dowrich, Another delivery turning into the batsman, Dowrich goes back and works it to mid-wicket. |
| 90.5 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flighted ball on off, Dowrich looks to go downtown but it goes off the inner half towards long on for a single. |
| 90.6 : M Ali to Holder, Flighted ball on middle, Holder strokes it back to the bowler. |
| 91.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Outside off, left alone. |
| 91.2 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Good length on off, Dowrich goes back and keeps it out. |
| 91.3 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Angles it on middle, it is worked towards fine leg for a single. |
| 91.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Outside off, it is left alone. |
| 91.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Angles it into the batter, then makes it leave him. Holder is beaten as he tries to defend. |
| 91.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Outside off, left alone. THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 3! |
| Another wicket-less session for England. Windies now lead by 561. Not sure how much more will they score before declaring. However one feels that they are waiting for Shane Dowrich's ton. Time will tell. Join us in a while for the third and final session of Day 3. |
| ... Day 3, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session! The English players again make their way out to the middle. Shane Dowrich and Jason Holder will resume their innings. Don't think they will be batting for long. We will find out though as Moeen Ali continues. |
| 92.1 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tossed up on off, pushed away to the fielder at point. |
| 92.2 : M Ali to Dowrich, Shorter off spinner on middle and off, flicks it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 92.3 : Ali to Holder, Back of a length delivery on middle and off, defended off the back foot by Holder. |
| 92.4 : M Ali to Holder, Straighter outside off, Jason chooses to leave that away. |
| 92.5 : M Ali to Holder, Once again outside off, Holder shoulders arms to that one. |
| 92.6 : M Ali to Holder, On the pads, flicked away to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| Ben Stokes to bowl from the other end. |
| 93.1 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, Back of a length on middle and leg, flicked away on the on side for a run. |
| 93.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Fuller outside off, the ball goes past Jason's bat to Foakes behind the stumps. |
| 93.3 : Ben Stokes to J Holder, Full on middle and leg, the skipper pushes it to the fielder at mid on. |
| 93.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Full on off, the ball moves away after pitching and goes past the outside edge of the bat. |
| 93.5 : Ben Stokes to Holder, FOUR! Back of a length on off, Holder waits for it and guides it towards the vacant third man region for a boundary. He moves to 159 with that. |
| 93.6 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Good length delivery on off, this time there is a fielder at third man. So Jason guides it to him and takes a run. |
| 94.1 : M Ali to J Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg, pushed to long on for a single. Gives the strike to Dowrich who is on 99. |
| 94.2 : M Ali to Dowrich, Outside off, Shane leaves that away. |
| 94.3 : M Ali to Dowrich, Once again flatter outside off, Dowrich keeps everyone waiting and shoulders arms to it. |
| 94.4 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tossed up on middle, Shane taps it back to the bowler. |
| 94.5 : M Ali to Dowrich, FOUR! Brings up the century in style. Short on off, Dowrich cuts it through backward point and the ball teases the fielder and goes to the fence for a boundary. Brings up his 3rd Test hundred. All eyes now on the dressing room but no declaration yet. |
| 94.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tossed up on middle, Shane brings out the front foot defense. |
| 95.1 : Ben Stokes to J Holder, SIX! Shorter on length, Holder rocks onto the back foot and pulls it over mid-wicket. The ball sails over the mid-wicket fence and to the crowd for a maximum. |
| 95.2 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Bouncer this time Jason misses his pull shot. |
| 95.3 : Ben Stokes to J Holder, FOUR! Edge but still a boundary. Full on off, the ball moves away a slightly after pitching. It finds the thick outside edge of Holder's bat and goes through the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 95.4 : Ben Stokes to Holder, Full on middle and leg, defended by Holder on the front foot. |
| 95.5 : Ben Stokes to J Holder, Pushed away to long on for a run. |
| 95.6 : Ben Stokes to Dowrich, On middle and leg, Dowrich flicks it away on the on side and keeps the strike. |
| 96.1 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tossed up on off, Shane defends it off his front foot. |
| 96.2 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flighted on off, blocked by Dowrich. |
| 96.3 : M Ali to Dowrich, On middle and Shane pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 96.4 : M Ali to Dowrich, Tossed up on middle, pushed to the fielder at mid on. |
| 96.5 : M Ali to S Dowrich, The batsman has driven it through mid-off. |
| 96.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, Flighted on middle, kept away by Shane. |
| 97.1 : K Jennings to Holder, Full on off, pushed away to the fielder at covers. |
| 97.2 : K Jennings to Holder, Full on middle and leg, chipped over mid on for a single. |
| 97.3 : K Jennings to Dowrich, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot |
| 97.4 : K Jennings to Dowrich, Back of a length on middle and leg, the ball comes in a bit after pitching and hits Shane on his pad after flicking off the inside edge. A stifled appeal by the fielder. The umpire is not interested. |
| 97.5 : K Jennings to Dowrich, Full on off, inside edge and onto the pads again by Dowrich. |
| 97.6 : K Jennings to S Dowrich, Shorter in length pulled away for a brace. |
| 98.1 : M Ali to Holder, SIX! Tossed up on middle and leg, Holder comes down the track and heaves it over long on for a maximum. |
| 98.2 : M Ali to Holder, FOUR! Tossed up on middle and leg again. This time Holder stays on the crease and slogs it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 98.3 : M Ali to Holder, Outside off. It is an off spinner and it goes past Jason's bat. |
| 98.4 : M Ali to Holder, Flighted on off, pushed to covers for a single. Takes the lead to 600. |
| 98.5 : M Ali to Dowrich, Loopy delivery on middle and leg, Shane blocks it. |
| 98.6 : M Ali to Dowrich, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 99.1 : K Jennings to Holder, Length delivery on middle and leg, flicked to mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 99.2 : K Jennings to Holder, SIX! Holder is trying to score thick and fast. On middle and leg, Holder heaves it over long on for a maximum. |
| 99.3 : K Jennings to Holder, Outside off on a length, Jason leaves it away. |
| 99.4 : K Jennings to Holder, Length delivery outside off, Holder goes after it and gets an bottom edge onto the ground. |
| 99.5 : K Jennings to Holder, Back of a length on middle and leg, Holder gets stuck high on the thigh pad. |
| 99.6 : K Jennings to Holder, Full on middle and leg, pushed away to long on for a run. |
| Joe Root is on now. |
| 100.1 : Joe Root to Holder, The leg spinner on middle, Holder looks to defend but the ball goes off the inner half towards square leg for a run. |
| 100.2 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Outside off, left alone. |
| 100.3 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Very full on off, it is jammed back out to the bowler. |
| 100.4 : Joe Root to Dowrich, On the pads, it is worked on the leg side for a run. |
| 100.5 : Joe Root to Dowrich, On the pads, Dowrich tries to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 100.6 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Very full on off, it is stroked to mid off. |
| 101.1 : K Jennings to J Holder, Good length delivery on off, pulled to long on for a run. |
| 101.2 : K Jennings to Dowrich, FOUR! Shorter in length outside off, Dowrich delicately cuts it to the vacant third man region for a boundary. |
| 101.3 : K Jennings to Dowrich, Full on middle and leg, pushed to the fielder at mid on. |
| 101.4 : K Jennings to Dowrich, Back of a length on middle and leg, defended by Dowrich. |
| 101.5 : K Jennings to Dowrich, Full outside off, pushed to cover for a single. |
| 101.6 : K Jennings to Holder, Good length delivery on the leg stump, flicked away to the on side to keep the strike. |
| 102.1 : Joe Root to Holder, Sprays down the leg side, Holder leaves it alone. |
| 102.2 : Joe Root to J Holder, Tossed up on middle and leg pushed to long on for a single. |
| 102.3 : Joe Root to Dowrich, FOUR! Googly, it is short outside off. Dowrich tries to cut but gets a top edge over the fielder at slip. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 102.4 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Outside off and quicker. The ball goes past Jason's bat. |
| 102.5 : Joe Root to Dowrich, Played to the point region by the batsman. One run added to the total. |
| 102.6 : Joe Root to Holder, Pushed to covers to keep the strike. |
| 103.1 : K Jennings to Holder, FOUR! The skipper brings up his maiden Test double century in fine fashion. It is shorter in length, Holder gets onto his back foot and pulls it through mid-wicket and the ball races away to the fence. A brilliant innings by the skipper. Take a bow young man. |
| WINDIES HAVE FINALLY DECLARED! Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich walk off to a huge ovation by the crowd here, by their teammates and they deserve every bit of it. this innings was all about them. Their mammoth 295-run stand has set a daunting total for the visitors. |
| The Windies entered this innings already having a big lead of 212. Their openers got them off to a good start once again but wickets from Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes saw them collapse from 60 for 1 to 61 for 5. England did sniff a chance of fighting back but then Hetmyer along with Hope steadied the ship with a 59-run stand and then Dowrich and Holder batted the away side out with the best 7th wicket stand for the Windies against England. The keeper-batsman scored an unbeaten ton and the skipper no |
| A mentally and physically derailed England side have a target of 628 in front of them. They have a little more that 2 days to achieve it. Can they do so? I do not think they can, they are probably batted out of the game and a miracle would be needed even if they are to save this one. Windies on the other hand, will try and repeat their performance of the first innings. Even if they bowl half as good as they did, they could wrap up the game tomorrow itself. Will they once again blow away the batt |
| 0.1 : K Roach to Burns, Starts with a full length delivery on off, Burns defends it off the front foot. |
| 0.2 : K Roach to Burns, FOUR! Not the most convincing starts but they will take it. Full length delivery on off, the ball moves slightly away after pitching. Burns goes for the front foot defense but gets a thick outside edge. The ball goes through the slip cordon and to the fence for a boundary. |
| 0.3 : K Roach to Burns, Back of a length on middle and leg, flicked to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 0.4 : K Roach to Burns, Outside off on a length, Burns tries to cut it but misses. |
| 0.5 : K Roach to R Burns, Good length delivery on off, Rory tries to defend it with soft hands but gets a thick outside edge. The ball goes between teh slip and gull. But the gully fielder there does well diving to his right and stops a certain boundary. |
| 0.6 : K Roach to Burns, Full outside off, Burns shoulders arms to it. |
| Shannon Gabriel to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Good length and on off, Jennings drops this towards covers and gets to the other end. |
| 1.2 : S Gabriel to Burns, A little too wide outside off to make the batsman play. |
| 1.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length on off, Burns stands tall and defends it onto the ground. |
| 1.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, A little too wide outside off again, left alone. |
| 1.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, A yorker now, the batsman has jammed it out. |
| 1.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, Outside off, left alone. |
| 2.1 : K Roach to Jennings, Full and straight outside off, Jennings leaves it alone. |
| 2.2 : K Roach to Jennings, Fuller delivery outside off, a hint of movement after pitching. Jennings shoulders arms to it. |
| 2.3 : K Roach to K Jennings, Full on off, Jennings tries to defend it but gets a thick outside edge. He played it with soft hands so it goes along the ground to the third man region. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
| 2.4 : K Roach to Jennings, Full outside off, Keaton pushes it to the fielder at gully. |
| 2.5 : K Roach to Jennings, Good length delivery outside off, Jennings decides to leave that away. |
| 2.6 : K Roach to Jennings, Back of a length, Keaton finishes off the over by not offering any shot to that one. |
| 3.1 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good length on off, Rory keeps it out off the front foot. |
| 3.2 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length outside leg, Burns leaves it. |
| 3.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good length delivery on middle and leg, flicked to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 3.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, Shorter in length, Burns defends it off his back foot. |
| 3.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good length delivery on off, Rory blocks it off his front foot. |
| 3.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, Full length delivery on off, pushed to the fielder at point. |
| 4.1 : K Roach to Jennings, Full on off, finds the outside edge of Jennings' bat and goes to the fielder at point. |
| 4.2 : K Roach to Jennings, Full outside off, Keaton offers no shot to that one. |
| 4.3 : K Roach to Jennings, Full and straight outside off. Trying to tempt Keaton but he calmly leaves it. |
| 4.4 : K Roach to Jennings, Full on off, Jennings pushes it through mid on and gest a single. |
| 4.5 : K Roach to Burns, Fuller length delivery outside off, Rory leaves it away. |
| 4.6 : K Roach to Burns, Full outside off, Burns handsomely drives it straight to the fielder at cover. |
| 5.1 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Back of a length on off, Keaton blocks it off his back foot. |
| 5.2 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Yorker outside off, Jennings tries to play that one but does not get his bat to it. |
| 5.3 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Full outside off, the ball moves in to the batsman after pitching but it is away from the stumps as Jennings shoulders arms to it. |
| 5.4 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Full on middle and leg, Keaton flicks it to mid-wicket but does not time it well so just gets a single. |
| 5.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, Full outside off, it jumps off the pitch. Burns leaves it alone and Dowrich collects it on high. |
| 5.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, FOUR! Crisp sound! Full on middle and leg, Burns times his flivk to perfection and hits it through mid-wicket. The fielder gives it a chase but comes second best in the race as the ball reaches the fence. It made a beautiful noise off the bat. |
| Jason Holder is on. |
| 6.1 : J Holder to Jennings, Full outside off, Keaton calmly leaves it. |
| 6.2 : J Holder to Jennings, Back of a length on off, guided to the fielder at point. |
| 6.3 : J Holder to Jennings, Full and straight on the 5th stump line, Keaton has no problem leaving that one away. |
| 6.4 : J Holder to Jennings, This time it is on the fourth stump line and Jennings shoulders arms to it. |
| 6.5 : Holder to Jennings, Yorker on middle, Jennings gets his bat to it and keeps it out. |
| 6.6 : J Holder to Jennings, Outside off, Keaton refuses to offer any shot on this occasion. |
| 7.1 : S Gabriel to R Burns, Full on middle and off, Burns plays it with soft hands. It finds the outside edge and goes to the fielder at gully along the ground. |
| 7.2 : S Gabriel to Burns, Close! Back of a length outside off, Jennings tries to push it away. The ball pitches and moves away from the batsman. Burns' outside edge is beaten. |
| 7.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, Fuller this time. Again it is outside off, Rory this time smartly leaves that one. |
| 7.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length on off, Burns keeps it out. |
| 7.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, Full outside off, beats the edge of Rory's bat by just a few inches. |
| 7.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good length delivery on off, Rory blocks that off his back foot. |
| 8.1 : J Holder to Jennings, Length delivery outside off, a bit of inward movement of the pitch. Keaton leaves it. |
| 8.2 : J Holder to Jennings, Full outside off, Jennings chooses to leave that away. |
| 8.3 : J Holder to Jennings, On the fifth stump, Keaton has no problem leaving that. |
| 8.4 : J Holder to Jennings, Fuller length on middle and off, Jennings keeps it out. |
| 8.5 : J Holder to Jennings, Once again outside off and Keaton offers no shot to that one. |
| 8.6 : J Holder to Jennings, Full on off, pushed to the fielder at mid off. |
| 9.1 : S Gabriel to Burns, Ona length on off, Rory defends it off from within the crease. |
| 9.2 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length on middle, Burns blocks it away off his back foot. |
| 9.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, Absoulete beauty. Shorter in length outside off, the ball initially comes in with the angle and goes away after pitching. Burns tries to gets his bat to it but it goes just a whisker away off his outside edge. |
| 9.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good length delivery on off, Burns keeps it out. |
| 9.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, FOUR! Full on middle and leg, Burns wonderfully times and places his flick through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length, Burns defend it from within the crease. |
| 10.1 : J Holder to Jennings, Length delivery outside off, Jennings lets that one go. |
| 10.2 : J Holder to Jennings, Full outside off, Keaton has no interest in that one and lets it go. |
| 10.3 : J Holder to Jennings, Outside off, Jennings points his bat skywards and lets it go. |
| 10.4 : J Holder to Jennings, Back of a length, Keaton defends it off his back foot. |
| 10.5 : J Holder to Jennings, Full on middle and off, Jennings pushes it away to cover-point for a single. |
| 10.6 : J Holder to Burns, Full and straight outside off, Jennings leaves it alone. |
| Kemar Roach is back on now. |
| 11.1 : K Roach to Jennings, Good length and outside off, it is left alone. |
| 11.2 : K Roach to Jennings, Good length again but the line is outside off, Jennings shoulders arms to it. |
| 11.3 : K Roach to Jennings, Third leave in a row as this one is also outside off. |
| 11.4 : K Roach to K Jennings, Angles this one into the batter, Jennings defends it out. |
| 11.5 : K Roach to Jennings, Jennings this time works it with the angle through backward square leg for a single. |
| 11.6 : K Roach to Burns, FOUR! Poor ball and it has been put away! Short and outside off, Rory slaps it through point and it races away. |
| 12.1 : J Holder to Jennings, Shortish on off, Jennings hops and tries to cut but ends up chopping it to gully. |
| 12.2 : J Holder to Jennings, Length delivery on off, jennings pushes it to mid off for a single. |
| 12.3 : J Holder to Burns, FOUR! Easy pickings! Full and on the pads, Burns says thank you so much as he flicks it to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 12.4 : J Holder to Burns, More runs! Another short and wide delivery. Burns goes for the cut but it goes off the bottom and over the point fielder for a brace. |
| 12.5 : J Holder to Burns, Good length and outside off, Burns lets it be. |
| 12.6 : J Holder to Burns, A big in-dipper but the line is wrong, it is on the pads, Burns works it to fine leg and a run is taken. |
| 13.1 : K Roach to Burns, Full outside off, Rory leaves it away. |
| 13.2 : K Roach to Burns, Fuller length outside off, Burns shoulders arms to it. |
| 13.3 : K Roach to Burns, FOUR! Uppish but gets the desired result. Short and wide around off, Burns goes for the cut but it hits high on his bat and goes to the vacant third man region for a boundary. |
| 13.4 : K Roach to Burns, Back off a length on off, defended off the back foot. |
| 13.5 : K Roach to Burns, Good length delivery on middle and off, blocked away by Rory. |
| 13.6 : K Roach to Burns, Full on off, Burns keeps it out with a front foot defense. |
| 14.1 : R Chase to Jennings, Starts with a tossed up delivery on off, the ball spins away from the batsman after pitching. Burns decides to leave it alone. |
| 14.2 : R Chase to Jennings, Flighted on middle and off, Jennings sweeps it away and rotates the strike. |
| 14.3 : R Chase to Burns, FOUR! Short and wide, Burns cuts it square through backward point for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : R Chase to R Burns, Once again shorter outside off this time Rory's cut goes to the fielder at point. |
| 14.5 : R Chase to Burns, Bowls it way outside off, the umpire signals it as wide. |
| R Chase to Burns, Outside off, this time closer to the batsman. Rory leaves it. |
| 14.6 : R Chase to Burns, Flighted on middle, Rory blocks it. |
| Alzarri Joseph is on now. |
| 15.1 : A Joseph to Jennings, Outside leg, Jennings tries to flick but misses. The ball hits him on the pads. |
| 15.2 : A Joseph to Jennings, Back of a length on middle and off, Jennings defends it off his back foot. |
| 15.3 : A Joseph to Jennings, Full outside off, Keaton shoulders arms to it. |
| 15.4 : A Joseph to Jennings, Fuller length delivery on middle, Jennings blocks it. |
| 15.5 : A Joseph to Jennings, Full on middle and leg, pushed to the fielder at mid on. |
| 15.6 : A Joseph to Jennings, Back of a length, defended off the back foot. |
| 16.1 : R Chase to Burns, Shorter on length, defended off the back foot by Rory. |
| 16.2 : R Chase to Burns, Tossed up on middle and off, Burns tries to defend it off his front foot but gets an inside edge onto the pads. The players appeal but the umpire is not interested. |
| 16.3 : R Chase to Burns, Shorter in length punched off the back foot on the off side for a single. |
| 16.4 : R Chase to Jennings, Punched off the back foot by the batsman. One run added to the total. |
| 16.5 : R Chase to Burns, Shorter spinning away from the batsman, Burns punches it to covers for a single. |
| 16.6 : R Chase to Jennings, Short and wide cut straight to the fielder at point. |
| 17.1 : A Joseph to Burns, Good length delivery on middle and off, Rory keeps it out with a back foot defence. |
| 17.2 : A Joseph to Burns, On middle and leg this time, Burns flicks it to mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 17.3 : A Joseph to Burns, Full on middle and off, Rory blocks it off the back foot. |
| 17.4 : A Joseph to Burns, Back of a length on middle and off, Burns keeps it out. |
| 17.5 : A Joseph to Burns, Full pitching around leg, Burns tries to flick but misses. The ball hits him on his pads. The Windies players appeal but the umpire does not agree with them They think of the review but opt against it. It looked to be pitching outside leg to the naked eye. |
| 17.6 : A Joseph to Burns, FOUR! Classic straight drive to bring up the 50 run stand. Full on off, Burns gets on his front foot and hits it straight through the middle off his bat past the mid off fielder for a boundary. Solid start given by the openers. They have been watchful and cautious and have only gone after the bad balls. |
| 18.1 : R Chase to Jennings, Flatter and on off, Jennings keeps it out. |
| 18.2 : R Chase to K Jennings, Flighted delivery and on off, KJ strokes it through covers for a single. |
| 18.3 : R Chase to Burns, Fires it on off, Bruns keeps it out. |
| 18.4 : R Chase to Burns, Slower through the air on the pads, it is worked to short leg. |
| 18.5 : R Chase to Burns, On he stumps, defended. |
| 18.6 : R Chase to Burns, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| John Campbell to bowl the last over. |
| 19.1 : J Campbell to Jennings, Starts with a tossed up delivery on off, Jennings pushes it to the fielder at point. |
| 19.2 : J Campbell to Jennings, Pitches it in the rough outside off, Keaton leaves that one. |
| 19.3 : J Campbell to Jennings, Way outside off, Jennings offers no shot and the umpire signals it as a wide. |
| J Campbell to Jennings, Straight outside off, Keaton leaves it. |
| 19.4 : J Campbell to Jennings, Flighted outside off, Jennings shoulders arms to it. |
| 19.5 : J Campbell to Jennings, FOUR BYES! Straighter one in the rough outside off, Jennings leaves it and the ball keeps low and goes between the legs of Shane Dowrich behind for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : J Campbell to Jennings, Last ball of the day and Jennings leaves it as it as outside off. STUMPS ON DAY 3! |
| England head into Day 4 with all their wickets intact. That would have surely been their first aim when they started their 4th innings and they have achieved their first goal. However, it is still the hosts who are in firm control of this game after their skipper and Dowrich added a massive 295-run unbeaten stand. The former got to his first double hundred whereas the latter scored a ton. They batted around 75 overs today and set England a massive target of 628. |
| In reply, the England openers have started off really well. They have looked at relative ease and provided the perfect start for the visitors. They still have a long, long way to go and England would hope they can continue in the same manner. |
| We saw 18 wickets fall on Day 3 but not even one fell today. Signs of the wicket getting better? England will surely hope so. Windies on the other hand, need not panic they need to be disciplined and continue bowling the right lines. Will the Windies wrap it up on Day 4 or will we have a Day 5. Join us to find out on the 26th of January at 1000 local (1400 GMT). Till then, take care and goodbye! |
| ... Day 4, Session 1... |
| Welcome, everyone, to what could possibly be, barring an English miracle, the final day of this Test. Day 3 saw the conditions differ from the first two days and with that, Windies taking a hold of this match with skipper Jason Holder shining with his maiden double ton, ably supported by Shane Dowrich with a gritty century of his own. They set a massive target, well in excess of 600 for the visitors to chase, if that's even possible. Now, will the pitch play out differently or will we see the ba |
| We are all set for the action to begin. The Windies players make their way out to the middle. The English openers, Rory Burns and Keaton Jennings will resume their innings. Shannon Gabriel will start the proceedings. Here we go... |
| 20.1 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length to begin with. Burns defends it off the back foot. |
| 20.2 : S Gabriel to Burns, The second delivery is wide outside off, left alone. |
| 20.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, Good length delivery in the off stump channel, goes on straight, Burns comes forward and shoulders his arms to it. |
| 20.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, Targets the off stick with another length ball, angling in, defended from inside the crease. |
| 20.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, Shortish delivery outside off, Burns looks to pull but it goes off the bottom half back to the keeper on the bounce. |
| 20.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, First run of the morning. Burns moves inside the line and works it away into the leg side for a single. |
| Kemar Roach to bowl from the other end. |
| 21.1 : K Roach to Burns, Full and wide outside off, movement instantly for Roach as it goes away, Rory tries to reach out to it but fails to make connection. |
| 21.2 : K Roach to Burns, Edged and FOUR! Rory Burns is a lucky guy. Roach getting swing once again. Bowls it full and well outside off and it goes away, Burns reaches out, gets a thick edge and it flies between the slip cordon and the gully fielder for a boundary. |
| 21.3 : K Roach to Burns, Hurled full and wide outside off, the left-hander has nothing to do with it. |
| 21.4 : K Roach to Burns, On the fuller side of things, in the channel outside off, Rory defends it with the full face. |
| 21.5 : K Roach to R Burns, FOUR! Class. Roach overpitches on this occasion, there's room on offer outside off too, Burns just leans into the shot and drives it through the right of mid off for a boundary. |
| 21.6 : K Roach to Burns, Full on off, blocked out safely to end the over. |
| 22.1 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Gabriel angles across a length delivery, around off, doesn't rise as much as Jennings shoulders arms to it. Was quite close to the off stick. |
| 22.2 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Outside off on a good length, no shot offered by the batsman. |
| 22.3 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Angles it across once more, on a good length again, Jennings is initially tempted to play at it but then decides to leave it alone. |
| 22.4 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Full delivery, moving away towards off from middle and leg, it's flicked away on the leg side. |
| 22.5 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Shot. Jennings reacts to the shortish ball outside off by rising on his toes quickly and punching it through cover-point for three runs. |
| 22.6 : S Gabriel to Burns, The batsman defends it from within the crease. End of the over. |
| 23.1 : K Roach to Jennings, Roach continues from around the wicket and serves a length delivery outside off, Keaton doesn't bother himself with it. |
| 23.2 : K Roach to Jennings, Another one outside off, left alone. |
| 23.3 : K Roach to Jennings, Roach needs to make the batsman play. Too far out to make him bother. He's getting movement, but to no avail. Shouldn't waste this time. Full and wide outside off, the keeper collects eventually. |
| 23.4 : K Roach to Jennings, Better, but needs to bring it in closer. Length ball around off, arms are shouldered. |
| 23.5 : K Roach to Jennings, That's it. Kemar goes full and attacks the off stump, Jennings defends. No movement on this occasion, but this is the line to stick with. |
| 23.6 : K Roach to Jennings, Couldn't keep up with it. Full delivery well outside off, Jennings lets it be. |
| 24.1 : S Gabriel to Burns, That wasn't far away. A good length delivery angling across the batter, Burns covers the line and lets it go. |
| 24.2 : S Gabriel to R Burns, Full length delivery and it's driven straight to the man at covers. |
| 24.3 : S Gabriel to Burns, Fifty for Rory Burns, his second in Test cricket. It's been a fine knock so far. Gets to the milestone with a flick through square leg for a couple of runs. He'll want to make it into a big one now. |
| 24.4 : S Gabriel to Burns, Back of a length around off, it's helped fine down the leg side. Some good running between the wickets allows the batsmen to come back for the second. |
| 24.5 : S Gabriel to Burns, Sharp bumper around off, going away from the batsman, Burns arches back and evades it. |
| 24.6 : S Gabriel to R Burns, FOUR! Timed it to perfect. Sees the ball too full and well outside off, Burns just leans into the drive and caresses it past mid off. Leaves the chasing fielder with no chance to stop it. |
| 25.1 : K Roach to Jennings, Full on off stump, pushed away on the off side with soft hands. |
| 25.2 : K Roach to Jennings, Hangs back and keeps this length ball out safely. |
| 25.3 : K Roach to Jennings, These first three balls are the ideal line for Roach to bowl. Must keep it up. Just ahead of a length around off, it goes off the outer half on the off side. |
| 25.4 : K Roach to Jennings, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 25.5 : K Roach to Jennings, Beaten! Absolute peach. Unlucky not to have drawn the edge. It's a length delivery around off, angles in at first but then shapes away late. Jennings is forward to defend but the ball goes past the outside edge of his hanging bat. |
| 25.6 : K Roach to Jennings, Too far outside off, left alone. |
| 26.1 : S Gabriel to Burns, Full delivery angling in on leg, Burns flicks this off the pads behind square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 26.2 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Fullish in length, attacking the off stump, Keaton blocks it firmly towards cover-point. Opened the face slightly on that occasion. |
| 26.3 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Fired full once more, further outside off, Jennings plays it off the inner half on the leg side. |
| 26.4 : S Gabriel to Jennings, That doesn't rise at all, catches the batsman on the body. Short ball, Jennings ducks to let it go over him but that doesn't happen. Luckily, he doesn't take too much damage. |
| 26.5 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Short of a good length outside off, the cut is slapped but only as far as point. |
| 26.6 : S Gabriel to Jennings, Quite full outside off, Jennings drives it square but straight to point again. |
| 27.1 : K Roach to Burns, Length delivery rising off the deck a bit, no shot offered by the batsman. |
| 27.2 : K Roach to Burns, FOUR! That's a dangerous shot. Three slips, along with a gully and to still play that requires one to be brave, to say the least. Outside off, Burns gets a little low and cuts it late right in the gap between the slip cordon and gully. It races away to the fence. |
| 27.3 : K Roach to Burns, In the channel outside off, left alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 27.4 : K Roach to Burns, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. |
| 27.5 : K Roach to Burns, Just behind a length, around off, defended solidly. |
| 27.6 : K Roach to R Burns, FOUR! Ends the over in a fine way. Rory Burns has played that shot a couple of times before and like those two occasions, he's nailed it this time as well. Full and well outside off, it's driven through extra cover for a boundary. |
| First bowling change for Windies. Alzarri Joseph brought into the attack now. |
| 28.1 : A Joseph to Jennings, Starts off with a back of a length delivery on middle and off and it cuts back in, Jennings stays right behind the line and defends. |
| 28.2 : A Joseph to Jennings, Hurls it across, on a length, left alone by the batter. |
| 28.3 : A Joseph to Jennings, Fuller in length, quite close to the off stick, defensively pushed in front of covers by Keaton. |
| 28.4 : A Joseph to Jennings, Initially shapes up to unleash the cut, but then aborts at the last second. Length ball outside off which is left alone. |
| 28.5 : A Joseph to K Jennings, OUT! Edged and gone! Joseph provides the breakthrough. Seems like a wicket has fallen after ages in this Test. Bowls it full and around off, it moves away late and that does the trick. Jennings has no choice but to play at it and the edge in induced. It flies to the left of Jason Holder at second slip, who leaps to his left and takes a superb catch. |
| Jonny Bairstow walks in at no.3. |
| 28.6 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Wowza! Joseph is breathing fire. Welcomes Bairstow with a short ball. It's accurate and takes the batsman by surprise. He fends it awkwardly through the vacant short leg position towards mid-wicket. Maybe we'll see a close-in fielder in Alzarri's next over. |
| Second change. Jason Holder brings himself on to bowl. |
| 29.1 : J Holder to Burns, No ball! A bit of a false start. Holder oversteps as he bowls a length ball which Burns defends. |
| J Holder to Burns, Full and well outside off, driven square past point for a couple of runs. |
| 29.2 : J Holder to Burns, Some appreciable movement for the Windies skipper. Lands it around leg and it seams away. Burns is squared up a bit as he defends it down with soft hands. |
| 29.3 : J Holder to Burns, Too straight in line, flicked through the vacant square leg area for a couple of runs. |
| 29.4 : J Holder to Burns, Too far outside off, no way the batsman has anything to do with it. |
| 29.5 : J Holder to R Burns, This full delivery outside the line of off stump is driven to the cover fielder. |
| 29.6 : J Holder to Burns, Good effort. Short ball around off, Burns pulls it off the middle but Roach at mid-wicket makes an excellent diving stop. Would have been a certain boundary otherwise. |
| 30.1 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Back of a length very close to off, it is blocked. |
| 30.2 : A Joseph to Bairstow, The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. |
| 30.3 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Attacks the stumps with a full ball, Bairstow drives it to mid on. |
| 30.4 : A Joseph to Bairstow, FOUR! Too strong off his pads. Joseph serves it there and Jonny Bairstow flicks it through square leg. Brathwaite chases after it and attempts to pull it back with a slide, but is unable to. Replays confirm it. |
| 30.5 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Length ball on off stump, Bairstow is in two minds as to whether he should play at it or let it go. Plays at it eventually, but this is good bowling from Joseph. |
| 30.6 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Outside off, left alone. |
| 31.1 : J Holder to Burns, Bouncer which is angling away, around off, Rory looks to upper cut this but misses. |
| 31.2 : J Holder to Burns, Shaping away from a good length, outside off, the batsman lets it be. |
| 31.3 : J Holder to Burns, Aiming the top of off stump with a length ball, Burns is watchful as he defends it with a straight blade. |
| 31.4 : J Holder to Burns, Short of a good length around off, kept out from the back foot. |
| 31.5 : J Holder to Burns, Plants his front foot forward to this full ball and drives it to mid off. |
| 31.6 : J Holder to Burns, The batsman lets the ball go outside his off stump. End of the over. |
| Drinks are on the field. Windies finally have a breakthrough and this is their moment to take advantage of it. The surface isn't doing much, but there's some movement available for Holder and especially wicket-taker Joseph, who got rid of Jennings. Big hour coming up for both sides. |
| 32.1 : A Joseph to Bairstow, No bounce at all. Alzarri with a length delivery outside off, Bairstow cuts and misses and it almost rolls back to the keeper. |
| 32.2 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Comes in first but then seams away, on a length, Bairstow shapes up for the punch as he places it through cover-point for a single. |
| 32.3 : Joseph to R Burns, FOUR! Flashed away and almost undone! Width on offer outside off, Burns just throws his bat at it and barely clears the leaping short third man fielder for a boundary. Maybe Jason Holder will feel it wise to place another catcher in that position. |
| 32.4 : A Joseph to R Burns, Moving away late, full on middle and off, Burns looks to defend but it goes off the outer half towards point. |
| 32.5 : A Joseph to Burns, Full delivery in line of the stumps, driven to mid on. |
| 32.6 : A Joseph to Burns, Behind a length, around off, it's defended down in front of backward point from inside the crease. |
| 33.1 : J Holder to Bairstow, A harmless length delivery outside off, the batsman lets it be. |
| 33.2 : J Holder to Bairstow, Swinging back in from around off, full in length, Bairstow comes half-forward and defends it from the inner half back down the track. |
| 33.3 : J Holder to J Bairstow, Plants his front foot ahead and drives this full delivery to mid off. |
| 33.4 : J Holder to Bairstow, A muted appeal which is pulled back instantly. Height being the issue which Holder and co. immediately realize. Length ball rising off the deck on middle and leg, Bairstow looks to defend but is caught high on the thigh pad. |
| 33.5 : J Holder to Bairstow, Moving away from outside off, left alone. |
| 33.6 : J Holder to J Bairstow, Jonny Bairstow drives this full delivery to mid on. Dot ball. |
| 34.1 : Joseph to Burns, Fires the yorker in on the stumps, Burns somehow manages to dig it out. |
| 34.2 : A Joseph to Burns, In the air for a bit but safe. Burns has to be a little careful here, these tempters could get him. Full and wide outside off, he drives it square and the ball falls short of point. |
| 34.3 : A Joseph to Burns, Fraction straight in line, defended down in front of mid-wicket. |
| 34.4 : A Joseph to Burns, Good stop from Roston Chase. Burns pulls this away in front of square leg, but Chase there dives to his left quickly and stops the ball. |
| 34.5 : A Joseph to Burns, The 100 comes up for England. There's a loud cheer from certain sections of the ground. Burns stands tall and punches it square past point. It won't go all the way, but it's enough to fetch him three good runs. |
| 34.6 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Full ball angling down leg, Jonny tries flicking it but misses. |
| 35.1 : J Holder to Burns, Short and wide outside off, Rory Burns cuts it away to point, where the fielder makes a half-stop. Single taken. |
| 35.2 : J Holder to Bairstow, Beautiful timing. Leans into this full ball and just drives it through the gap in the covers for a couple. |
| 35.3 : J Holder to Bairstow, Swinging back in, fuller in length, kept out from the inner half. |
| 35.4 : J Holder to Bairstow, Wide outside off, Jonny Bairstow doesn't fiddle with it. |
| 35.5 : J Holder to Bairstow, This short of a good length delivery is punched on the up towards cover. Campbell there moves to his left, misfields, but fortunately doesn't concede a run. |
| 35.6 : J Holder to Bairstow, Bairstow drives it back to the bowler. Dot ball to end the over. |
| 36.1 : A Joseph to Burns, Full in length, outside the line of off stump, Rory drives but finds the extra cover fielder. |
| 36.2 : A Joseph to Burns, Full delivery shaping away, around off, Burns attempts to drive but gets it off the bottom half. |
| 36.3 : A Joseph to Burns, Full delivery on middle and off, pushed to mid off from the front foot. |
| 36.4 : A Joseph to Burns, Once again, it's full and outside off, Burns drives it to mid off. |
| 36.5 : A Joseph to Burns, Back of a length, around off and angling across, Rory tries to cut it late but the ball takes the bottom edge behind. |
| 36.6 : A Joseph to Burns, The batsman has played it to the point region. Can't get it past the fielder though. |
| Kemar Roach is brought back on. |
| 37.1 : K Roach to Bairstow, FOUR! That's a terrific shot. Pure skill in that. It's a length ball around off, Bairstow camps back and with his brilliant wrists, flicks it through square leg to find the fence. |
| 37.2 : K Roach to Bairstow, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Jonny Bairstow. Not a great ball by any means, it's short and wide outside off, Bairstow just cuts this hard through point. No stopping that one. |
| 37.3 : K Roach to Bairstow, Full delivery on the stumps, driven to mid on. |
| 37.4 : K Roach to Bairstow, In the air but safe! That fielder is just too far behind. Roach bangs it in short, it's sharp and accurate on off, takes Bairstow by surprise as the ball pops off the edge and falls safely before point. |
| 37.5 : K Roach to Bairstow, FOUR! Third of the over. Similar to the previous one. Short and wide outside off, Bairstow just crashes this through point to send it across the boundary line. |
| 37.6 : K Roach to Bairstow, Length ball on off, defended with the full face of the bat. 12 runs off the over. |
| 38.1 : A Joseph to Burns, Coming back in from a good length, around off, Burns comes forward and blocks it out. |
| 38.2 : A Joseph to R Burns, Full this time, outside off, driven to covers. |
| 38.3 : A Joseph to Burns, Length delivery on off stump, another defensive shot on offer. |
| 38.4 : A Joseph to Burns, Edged and FOUR! Oh, boy. Rory Burns has caught a lucky break. He's finding the gap around the slip cordon well. Back of a length around off, the opener hangs his bat out and the ball takes a thick edge. It flies behind and lands just short of Holder at second slip and goes through. If a third slip was there, he'd have been standing ahead and probably even caught that. |
| 38.5 : A Joseph to Burns, The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump. |
| 38.6 : A Joseph to Burns, Back of a length, close to the off stump, blocked from the back foot. |
| 39.1 : K Roach to Bairstow, Length ball on off, Jonny Bairstow defends close to his body. |
| 39.2 : K Roach to Bairstow, Beaten! Back of a length outside off, moves away late. Bairstow stays back to punch it through the line but misses. |
| 39.3 : K Roach to Bairstow, Bairstow defends it from within the crease. |
| 39.4 : K Roach to Bairstow, FOUR! Too full and quite straight in line, all too easy for Jonny Bairstow. He leans ahead and flicks it neatly past the diving mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 39.5 : K Roach to Bairstow, Full ball outside off, driven to mid off. |
| 39.6 : K Roach to Bairstow, Outside off on a good length, the right-hander doesn't flirt with it. |
| 40.1 : A Joseph to R Burns, Nicely done. Rory Burns drives this full delivery past mid off and comes back for the second without any trouble. |
| 40.2 : A Joseph to Burns, Sharp bumper! Around off, zips off the deck on this occasion, Burns looks to cut but the bounce gets too big on him. |
| 40.3 : A Joseph to Burns, Coming back in a bit from outside off, Rory thinks of playing at this at first but then withdraws his bat. |
| 40.4 : A Joseph to Burns, Full delivery, blocked comfortably by coming forward. |
| 40.5 : A Joseph to Burns, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 40.6 : A Joseph to Burns, Another play and a miss! Shortish delivery outside off, Burns looks to cut this hard but the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 41.1 : K Roach to Bairstow, Marginally ahead of a length, around off, blocked with a straight blade in response. |
| 41.2 : K Roach to Bairstow, Landing around off and then moving away, Bairstow opens the bat face and dabs it to point. |
| 41.3 : K Roach to Bairstow, Positions himself right behind the line and guards it out watchfully. |
| 41.4 : K Roach to Bairstow, Fuller length delivery on off, Jonny defends right under his nose. |
| 41.5 : K Roach to Bairstow, Good length delivery outside off, a hint of movement away, the right-hander covers the line and lets it go. |
| 41.6 : K Roach to Bairstow, Plays it with soft hands. Bairstow comes a step out of his crease and tries to push the outswinger to covers. It goes off the outer half and falls well short of gully. |
| 42.1 : A Joseph to Burns, Serves it on middle and leg, a back of a length ball, moves away and Rory defends it well. |
| 42.2 : A Joseph to Burns, A touch straight in line, the opener works it down on the leg side and scampers through for a quick run. |
| 42.3 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Good stop from Hope. Full and angling down leg, goes off Bairstow's pads as he misses his flick. The stand-in keeper dives low to his left and stops the ball. Was a boundary otherwise. |
| 42.4 : A Joseph to J Bairstow, Short ball pulled straight to the man positioned at short mid-wicket. |
| 42.5 : A Joseph to J Bairstow, Full outside off, driven to covers. |
| 42.6 : A Joseph to Bairstow, Bairstow helps the pull down to fine leg for one. |
| Time for some spin. Roston Chase on to bowl. |
| 43.1 : R Chase to Bairstow, FOUR! Superb. Wonderful use of the wrists from Jonny Bairstow. Tossed up on off, he just comes forward and flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 43.2 : R Chase to Bairstow, Shorter and quicker, the batter hangs back and defends. |
| 43.3 : R Chase to Bairstow, Full on the stumps, driven back down the track for nothing. |
| 43.4 : R Chase to Bairstow, The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. They pick up a single. |
| 43.5 : R Chase to Burns, OUT! That's a massive wicket for Windies. Roston Chase has got the job done for his skipper. Big, big bonus. Chase switches the angle and comes from around the wicket, bowls it full and quicker through the air on off. It doesn't spin as Burns comes forward to play for the same. Goes right through the gate and takes the off stump. A wicket at the stroke of the break. LUNCH ON DAY 4! |
| You'd have argued the session belonged to England, but that wicket of Burns right at the end would have made the Windies feel they've got the better of this morning. 23.5 overs, 78 runs and 2 wickets is the story of this session. It's been an eventful two hours for sure. Joseph got Jennings early and broke the opening stand of 85 runs. And post that, Burns continued with Bairstow to continue the work. The opener played a few risky shots, survived a few close calls but got to his fifty. Would hav |
| ... Day 4, Session 2 ... The players are out in the middle. Jonny Bairstow is joined by his skipper Joe Root. Roston Chase will finish his pending over. |
| 43.6 : R Chase to Root, Quicker and shorter outside off, punched off the back foot to covers and Root is off the mark with a single. |
| Shannon Gabriel to bowl from the other end. |
| 44.1 : S Gabriel to Root, Back of a length, around off, Root stays back and keeps it out safely. |
| 44.2 : S Gabriel to Root, Fraction straight in line, worked off the pads on the leg side. |
| Hold up! Could it be? Could it really be? Root has been caught behind and given out. But, the umpire has gone upstairs to check if Gabriel overstepped or not. Let's see what happens. |
| 44.3 : S Gabriel to Root, Not out! Root survives! Old habits do die hard, don't they? Gabriel bowls a no ball on a wicket delivery. He bangs it in short, a sharp and accurate bouncer which takes the England Test skipper completely by surprise. It goes off his gloves and behind to Holder at second slip. Everyone celebrates, but those smiling faces are put on hold as it's taken upstairs to check for the front foot no ball. And much to the hosts' dismay, their worst fears come true. A big no ball to |
| S Gabriel to Root, Back of a length ball from Gabriel, kept out on the leg side. |
| 44.4 : S Gabriel to Root, Waits inside the crease and keeps it out from inside the crease. |
| 44.5 : S Gabriel to Root, Sharp bounce again, around off, Root is taken by surprise again as he cops a blow around the forearm. |
| 44.6 : S Gabriel to Root, Root is in all kinds of trouble here. He's being bombarded with the short balls. Bouncer on middle and leg, it goes off the gloves again as Joe looks to fend it awkwardly. It lobs up behind and falls safely to the left of the keeper. |
| 45.1 : R Chase to Bairstow, Spinning in from around off, Bairstow goes back and flicks it past short leg. |
| 45.2 : R Chase to Bairstow, Appeal for a leg before, but impact is outside off. Bairstow gets low to this tossed up ball outside off, Jonny misses the sweep and is struck on the front pad. |
| 45.3 : R Chase to Bairstow, Works it off the back foot past short leg for a single. |
| 45.4 : R Chase to Root, Short and outside off, punched off the back foot on the off side for one run. |
| Review time. It's for a caught behind decision against Jonny Bairstow. Windies seem confident. |
| 45.5 : R Chase to Bairstow, Not out! Bairstow lives to fight another day. No lbw or caught behind. Chase tosses it up outside off and it spins in, Jonny tries to flick it away but misses and it goes into the hands of the keeper behind. Windies appeal, get nothing, but then they take the DRS immediately. Now, under such circumstances, it will be checked for both lbw and the catch. First, replays show there's no bat involved, so we move to Ball Tracking. In that, the impact is outside off. Windies |
| 45.6 : R Chase to Bairstow, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 46.1 : S Gabriel to Joe Root, FOUR! Back of a length outside off, Root jumps and gets on top of it and cuts it wide of the diving point fielder for a boundary. |
| 46.2 : S Gabriel to Root, Good length delivery on off, Joe blocks it off his back foot. |
| 46.3 : S Gabriel to Root, On length on middle and leg, Root defends it. |
| 46.4 : S Gabriel to Root, Slightly fuller around off, Joe pushes it to cover and rotataes the strike. |
| 46.5 : S Gabriel to Bairstow, OUT! Bairstow departs and Windies get the third wicket. Back of a length on middle and leg, the ball goes down with the angle. Bairstow tries to flick it but gloves it behind. Hope takes a regulation catch behind the stumps. He does not get Root but makes amends for it by getting rid of Johnny Bairstow. Gabriel gets his first wicket of the innings. |
| Ben Stokes comes out in the middle. |
| 46.6 : Gabriel to Stokes, Yorker on middle and off to welcome Stokes, he does well to keep it out. |
| 47.1 : R Chase to Root, Straighter one outside off, Root reaches out playing for the turn when there is none, gets beaten as a result. |
| 47.2 : R Chase to Root, Looped up delivery on middle and off, Root brings his bat ahead of his pad and defends. |
| 47.3 : R Chase to Root, Stays right behind the line and guards it out safely. |
| 47.4 : R Chase to Root, Quicker through the air, shorter in length, Joe is back in defense. |
| 47.5 : R Chase to Root, Uses the depth of the crease to go back and works it past short leg. |
| 47.6 : R Chase to Root, Quick, short and flat outside off, goes on straight, the England captain lets it be. |
| 48.1 : S Gabriel to Stokes, Full outside off, Stokes shoulders arms to it. |
| 48.2 : S Gabriel to Ben Stokes, On a length on off, the ball comes in after pitching, Ben tries to flick but gets hit high on the thigh pad and it goes to third slip on the bounce. |
| 48.3 : S Gabriel to Stokes, fourth stump line outside off, Ben offers no shot to it. |
| 48.4 : S Gabriel to Stokes, Full on off, pushed away to the fielder at mid off. |
| 48.5 : S Gabriel to Stokes, Shorter in length, Stokes pulls it wide of the fine leg fielder for a single. |
| 48.6 : S Gabriel to Root, FOUR! Back of a length on middle and leg, Root gets on his back foot and pulls it powerfully along the ground slightly wide of the fielder. Kemar Roach at fine leg misfields it and the ball goes between his legs for a boundary. |
| 49.1 : R Chase to Stokes, Shorter outside off, Ben punches it to cover for a single. |
| 49.2 : R Chase to Root, Tossed up on off, Root charges down the track and pushes it to long on for a run. |
| 49.3 : R Chase to Stokes, Full on off, Stokes defends it off his front foot. |
| 49.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Once again tossed up on off, Ben plays a front foot defense to it. |
| 49.5 : R Chase to Stokes, Outside off and straight, left alone by Stokes. |
| Review! Ben Stokes is caught leg before and adjudged out. He has quickly signalled the 'T' and taken it upstairs. It is bat first? Because that's the only thing that can save him. |
| 49.6 : R Chase to Stokes, NOT OUT! It hits the bat first. Tossed up on middle, Ben tries to defend it off his front foot. The ball takes an inside edge and hitds him on his pads. The Windies player appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Stokes straightaway goes for the review and replays confirm it was bat first. England living on thin ice here. One more wicket and it would have been disastrous for the visitors. They still live to dream. |
| 50.1 : S Gabriel to Root, On a length on middle and leg, Root flicks it to the vacant square leg area. He does not time it well so he is able to get three runs. |
| 50.2 : S Gabriel to Stokes, Full on off, Ben pushes it to the fielder at point. |
| 50.3 : S Gabriel to Stokes, Outside off, Stokes takes no risk and leaves it alone. |
| 50.4 : S Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR! Full around off, Stokes drives it perfectly past the fielder at mid off for a boundary. |
| 50.5 : S Gabriel to Stokes, Full toss outside off, Ben tries to whack it on the off side but misses it. He will be kicking himself for missing out on that one. He tried to hit it too hard, should've just chosen timing over power. |
| Gabriel is going off the field. He jarred his foot while bowling the previous ball and injured it. He immediately signals he can't continue. John Campbell will bowl the remaining 1 ball of the over. |
| 50.6 : J Campbell to Stokes, Sprays down the leg side, Ben lets that go. |
| 51.1 : R Chase to Root, Tossed up outside off, slower through the air, Root leaves it alone. |
| 51.2 : R Chase to Root, Quicker and shorter around off, kept out from the back foot. |
| 51.3 : R Chase to Root, Fuller on the pads, flicked to mid-wicket. |
| 51.4 : R Chase to Root, Root drives this full delivery back down the track. Chase can't stop it and a single is taken. |
| 51.5 : R Chase to Stokes, Turning away on middle and off, it takes the inside edge and hits him on the pads. |
| 51.6 : R Chase to Stokes, The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. One run added to the total. |
| Jason Holder is back into the bowling attack. |
| Gabriel had bowled a fine spell before he went off injured. It's Holder's job now to continue to put the pressure from his end. |
| 52.1 : J Holder to Stokes, Outside off, left alone by Stokes. |
| 52.2 : J Holder to Stokes, Back of a length on off, Ben blocks it away. |
| 52.3 : J Holder to Stokes, On middle and leg, flicked to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 52.4 : J Holder to Stokes, Bowls from over the wicket, the ball pitches full outside off, Stokes tries to drive it but it goes past his bat. |
| 52.5 : J Holder to Stokes, On a length, Ben defends it from his crease. |
| 52.6 : J Holder to Stokes, Full outside off, Stokes tries to tease that one but luckily for him it goes past his bat. Holder appeals by Hope does not join him. The umpire is not interested. |
| 53.1 : R Chase to Root, On middle, Joe defends it with a classic front foot defense. |
| 53.2 : R Chase to Root, Shorter in length outside off, the ball spins in and Root cuts it away to point for a single. |
| 53.3 : R Chase to Stokes, On leg, Stokes tries to flick but gets hit on the pad. |
| 53.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Flighted on off, pushed away to the fielder at point. |
| 53.5 : R Chase to Stokes, On middle and leg, no spin on this one and Stokes flicks it away on the on side and rotates the strike. |
| 53.6 : R Chase to Root, Flighted and full on the stumps, Root calmly blocks it. |
| 54.1 : J Holder to Stokes, Full on the 5th stump line, Ben leaves it. |
| 54.2 : J Holder to Stokes, Once again full outside off, tempting Stokes to go for it but he leaves it. |
| 54.3 : J Holder to Stokes, Full outside off, Stokes is tempted to drive and he goes for it. The ball goes past his outside edge by just a few inches. Needs to stay calm. |
| 54.4 : J Holder to Stokes, Good length delivery on middle and leg, defended by y pushing it to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 54.5 : J Holder to Stokes, Outside off, Ben shoulders arms to it. |
| 54.6 : J Holder to Stokes, Full outside off, Stokes is again tempted to play that one and it goes past his outside edge to the keeper. Stokes living a dangerous life here. |
| 55.1 : R Chase to Root, Tossed up on middle and off, Root pushes it to mid on. Chase dives to his right and saves the run. |
| 55.2 : R Chase to Joe Root, Flighted on middle and off, this time pushed away to long on for a run. |
| 55.3 : R Chase to Stokes, Looped up outside off, Ben goes for the drive and it misses the outside edge of his bat by a whisker. |
| 55.4 : R Chase to Stokes, On middle and off, defended by Stokes. |
| 55.5 : R Chase to Stokes, Straight and full outside off, Stokes offers no stroke to it. |
| 55.6 : R Chase to Stokes, Tossed up on middle kept away by Ben. |
| 56.1 : J Holder to Root, Full on middle and leg, flicked to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 56.2 : J Holder to Root, Fuller length delivery on middle and off, Joe taps it back to the bowler. |
| 56.3 : J Holder to Root, FOUR! Full outside off, Root drives it throough backward point beautifully for a boundary. He will need to play a big innings if England want to avoid defeat. |
| 56.4 : J Holder to Root, Down the leg side, Root tries to flick but misses it. The ball goes straight to the keeper. |
| 56.5 : J Holder to Root, Full again on middle and off, pushed to the fielder at mid on. |
| 56.6 : J Holder to Root, Outside off, full and straight. Root shoulders arms to it. |
| 57.1 : R Chase to Stokes, Tossed up on off, pushed to long on for a run. |
| 57.2 : R Chase to Root, Full on middle and off, pushed to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 57.3 : R Chase to Joe Root, OUT! Just what the doctor ordered for Windies. Massive wicket here. Shorter around off, Root tries to cut it but it goes past his outside edge and straight to first slip. Darren Bravo there takes a sharp catch. Root cannot make most of the life he got and he is gutted with himself. He looks up in the sky dejected and walks back. The Windies players are enjoying it and Jason Holder is a happy man. Shannon Gabriel will be the happier man though as his wicket off a no bal |
| DRINKS. |
| 57.4 : R Chase to Buttler, Tossed up on off, Buttler starts his innings with a front foot defense. |
| 57.5 : R Chase to Buttler, flighted on off, Joseph keeps it out. |
| 57.6 : R Chase to Buttler, On the pads, flicked away to the fielder at on side. |
| 58.1 : J Holder to Stokes, Angled across on a good length, Stokes initially thinks of cutting it away but misses. |
| 58.2 : J Holder to Stokes, In the channel outside off, on a length again, left alone. |
| 58.3 : J Holder to Stokes, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 58.4 : J Holder to Buttler, Full delivery coming in on middle and leg, Buttler gets off the mark by working it wide of mid on for a run. |
| 58.5 : J Holder to Stokes, Too far outside off, Big Ben doesn't bother himself with it. |
| 58.6 : J Holder to Stokes, Comes from around the wicket for the final ball of the over. It's full and angling in on off, Stokes tucks it in front of square leg and keeps strike with a single. |
| Shannon Gabriel is back on the field. |
| 59.1 : R Chase to Stokes, Slower through the air, full on off, Ben comes forward and defends. |
| 59.2 : R Chase to Stokes, Spinning away from around off, slightly shorter in length, it's kept out down in front of silly point. |
| 59.3 : R Chase to Ben Stokes, Loopy and full, the off break around off, pushed to mid off. |
| 59.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Turning away from outside off, full in length, Stokes drives it square on the off side for a single. |
| 59.5 : R Chase to Buttler, Short ball on a flatter trajectory outside off, Buttler sticks back and crunches it through covers for a brace. |
| 59.6 : R Chase to Buttler, Beaten! Buttler comes forward to this fuller one expecting it to turn, but it goes straight on. Almost takes the outside edge on its way behind. |
| Kemar Roach called back on for another burst. |
| 60.1 : K Roach to Stokes, Targets the top of off stump with a length delivery, Stokes stands his ground and blocks. |
| 60.2 : K Roach to Stokes, Behind a good length, around off, it's pushed from within the crease towards the covers. |
| 60.3 : K Roach to Stokes, Short of a length delivery which doesn't rise as much, the all-rounder rocks back, swivels and pulls it off the toe end in front of square leg. Single to the total. |
| 60.4 : K Roach to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Banged in short, Buttler pulls it with control along the turf through backward square leg. Hetmyer from fine leg tries to cut it off, but fails in his attempt to do so. |
| 60.5 : K Roach to Buttler, FOUR! That's a super shot. Seeing the ball land short, Buttler instantly goes on the back foot and offers a firm punch through cover-point. In the gap, the chasing fielder has no chance. |
| 60.6 : K Roach to Buttler, Shortish delivery, keeps it in the off stump corridor, Buttler blocks to end the over. |
| 61.1 : R Chase to Stokes, Too full on the stumps, almost a yorker, Stokes digs it out. |
| 61.2 : R Chase to Stokes, FOUR! Good use of the feet from Ben Stokes. He jumps out, gets close to the pitch and lofts it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 61.3 : R Chase to Stokes, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat. |
| 61.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Sliding in on middle and leg, worked away on the leg side. |
| 61.5 : R Chase to Stokes, SIX! That's a clean hit. Stokes once again comes down the track and with the full face of the bat, lifts it nicely over long off for a maximum. |
| 61.6 : R Chase to Stokes, Comes forward to this fullish length delivery and meets it with a straight blade in response. |
| 62.1 : K Roach to Buttler, Goes full and attacks the off stump, Buttler brings a straight bat down in defense. |
| 62.2 : K Roach to Buttler, Slips it on the pads, Buttler flicks it down to fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 62.3 : K Roach to Stokes, Length delivery on off, from around the wicket, Stokes walks down the track and offers a straight bat in response. |
| 62.4 : K Roach to Stokes, Hangs back deep inside the crease and keeps it out without much trouble. |
| 62.5 : K Roach to Stokes, Hurled outside off, on the sixth stump line, no chance the batsman play at that. |
| 62.6 : K Roach to Stokes, Brings it back in, on off and it's a length ball. Stokes is watchful as he sees the over out. |
| 63.1 : R Chase to Buttler, Straighter delivery outside off, shorter in length, Buttler goes back and whips it straight to short mid-wicket. |
| 63.2 : R Chase to Buttler, Slower through the air as it's landed outside off, Jos reaches out and slaps the drive towards mid off. Takes a single for it. |
| 63.3 : R Chase to Ben Stokes, Full and spinning away, outside off again, Stokes finds short cover with a loose drive. |
| 63.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Darts it quick, on off stump, buried into the track. |
| 63.5 : R Chase to Stokes, Muted appeal, nothing from it. Full on middle and leg, with some drift in, straightens up after landing and catches the left-hander on the front pad. Was always going down leg. |
| 63.6 : R Chase to Stokes, Drives this to mid on and takes the fielder on. Beats the throw and the run is completed. |
| Alzarri Joseph comes back. He replaces Kemar Roach. |
| 64.1 : A Joseph to Stokes, Starts with a full outside off, Stokes leaves it away. |
| 64.2 : A Joseph to Stokes, Good length delivery outside off, Stokes offers no stroke to it. |
| 64.3 : A Joseph to Stokes, FOUR! Back of a length on middle and leg, Stokes pulls it unconventionally pulls it through mid-wicket. The fielder there puts a dive to stop it but i s unable to do so. The ball goes to the fence. |
| 64.4 : A Joseph to Stokes, Outside off, Stokes follows the boundary by leaving that one. |
| 64.5 : A Joseph to Stokes, Shorter in length, pulled away for a single. Brings up the 200 for England. |
| 64.6 : A Joseph to Buttler, FOUR! Overpitched on off, Butler beautifully drives it down the ground through mid off for a boundary. |
| 65.1 : R Chase to Stokes, On middle and leg, flicked away for a run. |
| 65.2 : R Chase to Buttler, OUCH! Shorter in length, off spinner pitching around off, Buttler pulls it hard and it hits Hetmyer on the body at short leg. That must have been painful for the young lad. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
| 65.3 : R Chase to Jos Buttler, Tossed up on middle and leg, pushed to long on for a single. |
| 65.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Flighted on middle and off, Ben blocks it off his front foot. |
| 65.5 : R Chase to Stokes, Lands it on off, the English all-rounder pushes it to the fielder at mid off. |
| 65.6 : R Chase to Stokes, Shorter in length Ben pulls it to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 66.1 : A Joseph to Buttler, Zips off the deck. A length ball on the fifth stump line, Buttler watches on as the ball goes past him to the keeper. |
| 66.2 : A Joseph to Buttler, Good length ball angling in from around off, Jos with minimal footwork defends it down under his nose. |
| 66.3 : A Joseph to Buttler, Similar line, similar length. Buttler pushes it defensively towards the man at mid off. |
| 66.4 : A Joseph to Buttler, Fuller length delivery just outside off, driven back in the bowler's direction. |
| 66.5 : A Joseph to Buttler, Watchful leave. Joseph comes from wide of the crease and makes it come back in. A length ball, the batter covers the line and lets it be. |
| 66.6 : A Joseph to Buttler, Full delivery on off, driven off the front foot to mid off. |
| John Campbell replaces Roston Chase. |
| 67.1 : J Campbell to Stokes, On the pads, flicked away to backward square leg for a couple. |
| 67.2 : J Campbell to Stokes, Flighted on middle, Ben taps it back to the bowler. |
| 67.3 : J Campbell to Stokes, Looped on middle and off, pushed to the fielder at mid off. |
| 67.4 : J Campbell to Stokes, On middle and leg, flicked away to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 67.5 : J Campbell to Stokes, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 67.6 : J Campbell to Stokes, Punched away off the back foot to the off side for a single. |
| Change of ends for Roston Chase. |
| 68.1 : R Chase to Stokes, Shorter on off, Stokes guides it to third man and takes a run. With that single he gets to his 3000 Test runs |
| 68.2 : R Chase to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Bad delivery. Short and on the pads, Buttler pulls it away through square leg for a boundary. |
| 68.3 : R Chase to Buttler, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the backfoot. The batsmen have run through for a single |
| 68.4 : R Chase to Stokes, Tossed up on middle, Kept away by Stokes. |
| Review! This looks close. Ben Stokes is given out lbw and he's taken the DRS. Maybe some bat involved. Only thing that can save him. Over to the third umpire now... |
| 68.5 : Chase to Stokes, OUT! No bat involved and Stokes has to walk back. Tossed up on off, the ball spins in after pitching. Ben Stokes tries to defend it off his front foot but misreads the spins. It hits him low on the pads. The players appeal and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Stokes thinks for a bit and goes for the review. The replays show there was no bat involved at it was plumb. Hawk Eye shows all three reds and England lose their review along with half the side. They still need 4 |
| Moeen Ali strides out to the middle next. |
| 68.6 : R Chase to Ali, Flighted on middle, tapped back to the bowler. |
| Shannon Gabriel comes back on to have a go. |
| 69.1 : S Gabriel to Buttler, Short of a good length outside off, cut hard to deep backward point. One run taken. |
| 69.2 : S Gabriel to Ali, Short ball down the leg side, Moeen moves inside the line and lets it be. |
| 69.3 : S Gabriel to Ali, Sharp bumper from Gabriel. On middle and off, almost takes Moeen's head off. He barely ducks under it. |
| 69.4 : S Gabriel to Ali, Moeen Ali is being bombarded with the short ones. Another bouncer, on middle stump, the left-hander once again awkwardly ducks and evades. |
| 69.5 : S Gabriel to Ali, Back of a length outside off, kept out from the back foot. |
| 69.6 : S Gabriel to Ali, Length delivery on the stumps, worked down on the leg side. |
| 70.1 : R Chase to Buttler, Short and outside off, Buttler tries to cut but the ball goes past his outside edge. Too close to cut it, not the wisest choice of shot considering the match situation. |
| 70.2 : R Chase to Buttler, On the pads, flicked away to the fielder on the on side. |
| 70.3 : R Chase to Buttler, On the pads, Buttler flickes it away to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 70.4 : R Chase to Ali, Tossed up on middle, Ali blocks it. |
| 70.5 : R Chase to M Ali, OUT! Moeen is a goner. Another duck for Ali. Gets a pair in this match. Short on off, the southpaw tries to cut it but gets an outside edge and the ball goes to Jason Holder at second slip. He holds on to it and Windies get another wicket before the break just as they did before the Lunch break. 4 more required to wrap up this dominant performance. Will it go to Day 5? |
| What a session for the Windies. They are edging closer to an emphatic win. 4 wickets in this session - Bairstow, Root, Stokes, Ali all gone. All the bowlers bowled well in this session and kept it tight without giving away any free runs. Roston Chase was the pick of the bowlers, picking up 3 of the 4. England didn't manage to keep their heads above their shoulders and succumbed under the relentless pressure thrown by the Windies bowlers. As a result, they are staring down the barrel and this mat |
| ... Day 4, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session of the game and probably this Test match too. Jos Buttler comes out, with his new partner Ben Foakes. Roston Chase to finish his remaining over. Here we go... |
| 70.6 : R Chase to Foakes, On leg, turned to square leg. |
| Shannon Gabriel to bowl from the other end. |
| 71.1 : S Gabriel to Buttler, Steams in from over the wicket and lands it full outside off, Buttler let's it be. |
| 71.2 : S Gabriel to Buttler, Full again on off, Buttler blocks it out. |
| 71.3 : S Gabriel to Buttler, On a good length around off, Buttler punches it off his back foot through covers for one. |
| 71.4 : S Gabriel to Foakes, Outside off, Foakes is happy to leave it alone. |
| 71.5 : Gabriel to Foakes, Yorker! Perfect one, right in the hole. Foakes does well to keep it out. |
| 71.6 : S Gabriel to Ben Foakes, Driven through mid on by the batsman. |
| 72.1 : R Chase to Buttler, OUT! What a catch! Blinder! Windies have just sprung awake post Lunch and victory is not far away from them. Also, a 5-wicket haul for Roston Chase! Floats this on off, Buttler looks to flick it away but gets it off the bottom half of the bat. John at short mid-wicket dives full length to his left and takes a stunner. Jos cannot believe it and Chase picks up the ball and acknowledges the crowd. How long more before we get a result? |
| 0.0 : Sam Curran walks into the middle now. |
| 72.2 : R Chase to Curran, Tossed up on middle, Curran keeps it out. |
| 72.3 : R Chase to Curran, FOUR! SHOT! Curran can bat. The Indians know best. Full and outside off, Sam leans ahead and drives it through covers. Boundary. |
| 72.4 : R Chase to Curran, On middle and leg, Curran fails to get bat to ball. |
| 72.5 : R Chase to Curran, The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 72.6 : R Chase to Curran, On middle, Curran defends it from within the crease. |
| 73.1 : S Gabriel to Foakes, FOUR! Shorter in length, Foakes gets onto his back foot and pulls it hard through mid-wicket in a controlled manner through the fence for a boundary. |
| 73.2 : S Gabriel to Foakes, Good length delivery on middle and leg, Foakes tries to flick. He gets an inside edge onto the thigh pad. The ball goes to the on side for a single. |
| 73.3 : S Gabriel to Curran, Short outside off, Curran tries to cut it but misses. |
| 73.4 : S Gabriel to Curran, Wide! Bouncer but too high. Sam ducks underneath it as it goes above his head. The umpire stretches his arms out and signals it as wide. |
| S Gabriel to Curran, Full on off, Sam defends it off his front foot. |
| 73.5 : S Gabriel to Curran, Fuller length delivery around off, Curran blocks it away. |
| 73.6 : S Gabriel to Curran, Back of a length, Curran flicks it on a bounce to short leg. Hetmyer shows great reflex and holds onto it. Curran goes back into the crease. |
| 74.1 : R Chase to Foakes, Tossed up on middle, Foakes defends it. |
| 74.2 : R Chase to Ben Foakes, OUT! Roston Chase you beauty. He gets his 6th of the innings. Flighted on middle, Foakes gets on his front foot and goes for the flick. He is not in balance and the ball goes to short leg. Hetmyer there does extremely well to hold onto that one. It is one of the most difficult field positions to field and the young man is doing a great job. |
| Adil Rashid is the next batsman in. |
| 74.3 : R Chase to Rashid, Outside off, Rashid leaves it alone. |
| 74.4 : R Chase to Rashid, Flighted on middle, Adil defends it off the front foot. |
| 74.5 : R Chase to Rashid, Loopy delivery on middle, Rashid flicks it to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 74.6 : R Chase to Rashid, Rashid defends the last ball which is tossed up on middle by blocking it off the front foot. |
| 75.1 : S Gabriel to Curran, Back of a length ball outside off, Curran hangs his bat but leaves it alone. |
| 75.2 : S Gabriel to Curran, Similar length just closer to the stumps, Curran bunts it down. |
| 75.3 : S Gabriel to Sam Curran, FOUR! Neatly done from Sam. A short ball outside off, Curran pulls it through mid-wicket and gets a boundary to his name. |
| 75.4 : S Gabriel to Curran, Around off, Curran punches it to the off side and gets to the other end. |
| 75.5 : S Gabriel to A Rashid, Rashid plays a pull shot to this short delivery. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 75.6 : S Gabriel to Curran, Short again on off, Curran taps it to the off side. A little trouble back for Shannon. Looks like his toe is hurting again. |
| Shannon Gabriel walks out of the ground. Don't think we will see him again today. |
| GONE? Rashid holes out but the umpires go upstairs to see if the catch is clean. The soft signal is out. |
| 76.1 : R Chase to Rashid, OUT! Bye, bye Adil. Tossed up on middle and off, Rashid gets on one knee and tries to slog it over the filder at deep mid-wicket. Kraigg Brathwaite there judges the skier well. He grabs it and then realises he is not in balance and will go over the rop, so he throws it in the air gets back in position and takes the catch. Windies are just 1 wicket away. |
| James Anderson comes in at number 11. |
| 76.2 : R Chase to Curran, Flighted on off, pushed to the fielder at cover. |
| 76.3 : R Chase to Curran, Flighted on middle, defended by Curran. |
| 76.4 : R Chase to Curran, On the pads, Sam flicks it away to mid-wicket and gives the strike to number 11. |
| 76.5 : R Chase to Anderson, The nuber 11 does well to keep that tossed up delivery out |
| 76.6 : R Chase to Anderson, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat |
| John Campbell is into the attack. |
| 77.1 : J Campbell to Curran, On middle and leg, kept out by Curran. |
| 77.2 : J Campbell to Curran, On the leg side, Curran flicks it through square leg and surprisingly gives Anderson the strike. |
| 77.3 : J Campbell to Anderson, On middle, Anderson is solid in his defense. |
| 77.4 : J Campbell to Anderson, Darted on middle, Jimmy keeps it out. |
| 77.5 : J Campbell to Anderson, Loopy ball on off, Anderson gets low and taps it in front of him. |
| 77.6 : J Campbell to Anderson, Anderson survives. All middle and leg, Jimmy does well and keeps it out. |
| 78.1 : R Chase to Curran, Tossed up around off, Curran flicks it away to the on side for a single. |
| 78.2 : R Chase to Anderson, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the ba |
| 78.3 : R Chase to Anderson, Outside off and straight, Anderson goes for the sweep but misses. |
| 78.4 : R Chase to Anderson, Loopy delivery on middle, kept out by James. |
| 78.5 : R Chase to Anderson, Outside off, Anderson tries to defend but it misses the bat. |
| 78.6 : R Chase to Anderson, Back of a length, blocked away by Anderson. |
| 79.1 : J Campbell to Curran, Flicked away towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 79.2 : J Campbell to Anderson, FOUR! Tossed up on middle, Anderson gets on one knee and sweeps it over mid-wicket. The ball takes a bounce and the ball goes to the fence after a bounce for a boundary. Promotion to Anderson in the next game? |
| 79.3 : J Campbell to Anderson, The batsman defends it from within the crease. |
| Review! The Windies have taken a review for caught behind. Is it a bump ball? |
| 79.4 : J Campbell to Anderson, NOT OUT! Good review. Tossed up outside off, Anderson brings out the reverse sweep. The ball goes top Holder at second slip. He grabs it and appeals. The Windies player appeal but the umpire turns it down. The go upstairs for the review. To the naked eye it looked like it hit his bat and bumped before going to Holder at second slip. Replays show there was no bat or glove involved. It hit Anderson on the boot. Hawk Eye shows that he survives because the impact was ou |
| 79.5 : J Campbell to Anderson, Full on off, blocked away by Anderson. |
| 79.6 : J Campbell to Anderson, The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery |
| 80.1 : R Chase to Curran, Tossed up delivery on middle and off, Curran prods forward in defense. |
| 80.2 : R Chase to Curran, Comes out of his crease to get close to the pitch and pushes it away. |
| 80.3 : R Chase to Curran, FOUR! Too much width on offer outside off, Curran slaps the drives through the covers by reaching out to it and sends it across the boundary line. |
| 80.4 : R Chase to Curran, OUT! There it is! WINDIES WIN BY 381 RUNS AND LEAD THE SERIES 1-0! What a win, what a performance! They will be celebrating tonight. Spectacular effort from Jason Holder and his men. Seeing Curran come down the track, Chase bowls it flat and down the leg side, the batsman misses and Hope behind the stumps finishes the formalities. |
| A fine, fine effort from this resilient Windies side. An emphatic victory in every sense of the word. This might be their best performance in a Test match in recent times. They were right on top from the very beginning. Posted 289 on the board after winning the toss courtesy a collective batting effort, wherein all chipped in with useful knocks and then, much to everyone's surprise, blew a quality side away for just 77 runs with Roach leading the charge with his 5-wicket haul. |
| Having a lead of 212, the hosts piled the pressure on, with the skipper Jason Holder leading the charge. He had a valiant deputy in Dowrich and the duo went on to add a massive 295 runs between them. The captain scored his maiden double ton in the process while Dowrich crafted a century of his own. It doesn't need to be mentioned that the English bowlers were made to toil hard in that period. It came to the point where the home side had to declare for the innings to end and it set a target of 62 |
| It was always going to be a stretch for the Englishmen. Gunning down 628 was a long shot to begin with, so their best shot was to see out a draw. But two full days to bat through are more than enough to do you in, even on good batting conditions. That Windies batting performance was followed up by a clinical and disciplined bowling display. Chase was the star of the show as he picked up career-best figures of 8/60. The start was good for the visitors, but post that, it all went downhill. This is |
| England captain, Joe Root, says he is bitterly disappointed with the result. Adds that there are two important games left in the series and it's imperative that they show character and fight back. Mentions that it's easy in hindsight to say what the team selection should have been, but they have to take responsibility and do better in the next Test. Stresses that they will be ready for the challenge coming ahead but takes a moment to credit the Windies team for playing exceptional cricket in all |
| Man of the Match and Windies captain, Jason Holder, says it's been a good match for him personally. States that the series against Bangladesh was a tough one but he and the team have put in a lot of hard work for the past couple of months which is showing now. Is really pleased with how his team performed as a whole and credits his players for standing up and being counted. Wants to thank his parents for being his biggest supporters and also his two brothers for having his back throughout. Remai |
| You know the revival of Test cricket is on the brink when the no.8 Test side beats the no.3 side in the world. Windies are most definitely on the up, and despite this loss, we all know England is a team that doesn't stay down for too long. The second Test in Antigua couldn't come sooner. The action begins at 1000 local (1400 GMT). You don't want to miss it, that's for sure. See you then, folks! |
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