| 4.2 : 4.2: K Roach to Burns, FOUR! First runs for England after four consecutive maidens. Full on middle and leg, Burns flicks it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: K Roach to R Burns, OUT! Rory Burns departs! The Windies strike early again. Good length delivery outside off, Burns looks to defend but gets beaten by the away movement on this one. He gets an outside edge towards second slip where Jason Holder dives to his right and takes a good catch. Early trouble then... |
| 9.1 : 9.1: A Joseph to Denly, OUT! The ball is legal! The debutant has to go! Unbelievable. Totally unbelievable. A loosener, then a loose shot. A wicket. Short and wide outside off. There to be punished and Denly does so. But he plays that with his feet stuck in mud. Hence, the game decides that he can stick no longer in the middle. An outside edge is generated and Shane Dowrich does the rest. The umpire wants to check whether Joseph is cutting the sidelines but replays show that he is fine. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: J Holder to Root, FOUR! In the air... but in the gap. Holder is frustrated. He bowls the teaser, lands it on a length outside off, keeps it a touch wide and invites the drive. His counterpart obliges and gets a thick outside edge. It flies behind point and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: A Joseph to Bairstow, FOUR! Landed outside off, Bairstow dabs it late to third man and gets a boundary! |
| 14.2: Holder to J Bairstow, FOUR! Flashed and flashed hard. Short and outside off, Bairstow cuts hard and gets a top edge over the slip cordon towards third man! |
| 15.1 : 15.1: A Joseph to Root, OUT! Gloved, in the air... caught, no dropped and then taken by someone else! Brilliant teamwork! Root is gone! The horror period continues to be even woeful for the visitors with their skipper dismissed. This is a real brute from Alzarri. Extraordinary dismissal. On a length just short of full, Root comes forward to defend but the ball suddenly bounces, kicking off and catches Root by surprise. He tries to fend it away but poor bloke, cannot do anything. The ball takes t |
| 16.2 : 16.2: J Holder to Bairstow, FOUR! Cracking shot. Full and outside off, Bairstow comes forward and drives it powerfully, aerially, but wide of short extra cover, through mid off. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: J Holder to Bairstow, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Short and wide outside off, Bairstow cuts this uppishly, wide of a diving point fielder and gets successive boundaries. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: J Holder to J Bairstow, FOUR! AWESOME! Beautiful poise and bounce from Bairstow. Full and outside off, swinging away, Jonny leans and drives it wide of cover for a boundary! |
| 17.3 : 17.3: A Joseph to Bairstow, FOUR! YJB is taking the attack to the hosts now. A length ball, around off, driven through mid on for a boundary! |
| 17.4 : 17.4: A Joseph to J Bairstow, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Bairstow cuts it through point and gets consecutive boundaries! |
| 18.6 : 18.6: J Holder to Buttler, OUT! Edged and taken! Holder has his first. A bit of a procession in the middle now. A length ball outside off, Buttler walks down the track to defend but the ball moves away after pitching, takes the outside edge and goes straight to a waiting John Campbell at second slip. Movement, bounce and pace are doing England in here. |
| 20.6: J Holder to Bairstow, SIX! Ho ho ho! Boy, we are in for some fun. Full and wide outside off, Bairstow plants his front foot forward and treats this as a passage in white-ball cricket. Dispatches it with brute disdain over extra cover! |
| 21.3 : 21.3: S Gabriel to Bairstow, FOUR! Off the edge but this is very good batting. Short and outside off, Bairstow flashes hard and gets a thick outside edge. However, because of the hard hands, the edge flies over the second slip fielder to the third man. |
| 21.4 : 21.4: S Gabriel to J Bairstow, FOUR! BEAUTY! Full and outside off, Bairstow reaches out and drives it through the covers for consecutive boundaries! |
| 23.2 : 23.2: S Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR! Bad ball. Down the leg side, tickled towards the fine leg fence. |
| 24.2: K Roach to Bairstow, OUT! Plumb LBW is Bairstow and he has to go! What a start after Lunch. Full and straight, Jonny looks to flick but misses and is hit right in front. Roach appeals, goes down on his haunches but umpire Gaffaney calmly shakes his head. Roach is confident and eggs his captain on to take the review. There is a big discussion and almost the 15 seconds are about to get over when Holder signals the 'T'. Hawk Eye justifies that call. Big blow. Body blow. Half the side is gone. |
| 25.3 : 25.3: S Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR! Who remembers the previous ball? Full and around off, Stokes drives it straight back down the ground and gets a boundary! |
| 26.6 : 26.6: K Roach to M Ali, FOUR! Edged away! Full and wide outside off, Moeen looks to drive but the ball swings away, takes the outside edge and goes past a diving gully towards third man! |
| 27.6: S Gabriel to Stokes, OUT! Caught behind! Now then. Now then. The big Ben is gone. Excellent bowling from Gabriel. He has been at Stokes, both verbally and with the ball and eventually gets his man. A couple of overs ago, he hit Stokes on the glove. Then, he beat him by pace with a full ball in this over. Then followed it up with a bounce, pegging him back. And finally, gets a length ball, outside off, induces a flat-footed waft and voila! Stokes is gone! 93/6 now... |
| 28.3 : 28.3: K Roach to M Ali, FOUR! Ugly. Full and around off, Moeen looks to drive but the ball hits the inner half of the bat and races down the ground through mid on! |
| 29.1 : 29.1: S Gabriel to Foakes, FOUR! Who has to stop it? You or me? You go. No, you go! What a shot in the first place. A short ball, from Gabriel, Foakes pulls it cleanly all along the ground behind square leg. Now comes the fun. There is fine leg and there is square leg too. One looks to his left and finds his mate. The other looks to his right and stares at him. Without any dialogue, in the eyes, they are asking questions to one another as to who has to run. Meanwhile, the ball runs to the fence. |
| 33.2 : 33.2: A Joseph to Ali, FOUR! Wrong line. Down the leg side, Moeen tickles it to the fine leg fence. |
| 36.5 : 36.5: J Holder to Ali, FOUR! BRILLIANT! What a shot to break the string of 20 dots. Full and around middle and off, Moeen is squared up a touch but at the last moment, adjusts well to push it back to where it came from. Through mid off and to the fence. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: A Joseph to Ben Foakes, FOUR! Cracking shot. Short and wide outside off, Foakes gets on top of the bounce and crashes it between point and gully to the fence! Neither players move. The scoreboard moves. |
| 38.1 : 38.1: R Chase to Ali, FOUR! Oh yeah, bring on the spinner, my friend! Tossed up outside off and Moeen is ready for this. Comes half forward and nonchalantly lofts it over cover for a boundary! |
| 39.3 : 39.3: A Joseph to Ali, FOUR! Risky but effective. After a good watchful hour, Moeen has decided to throw his arms and find some runs. Full and wide outside off, Ali throws his bat at it and skews his cover drive. It is in the air but wide of cover and point. |
| 43.1 : 43.1: J Holder to Foakes, FOUR! 50-RUN STAND IS UP! Not the cleanest of strokes though. Full and around off, Foakes looks to drive it through the off side but the bat turns in his hands and goes off the inner half of the bat through mid-wicket! |
| 44.2 : 44.2: R Chase to Ali, SIX! CRACK! Oh what a shot. Full and outside off, plenty of flight, right in the arc. Moeen deposits it out of the park over mid-wicket with a slog sweep! |
| 45.6 : 45.6: J Holder to M Ali, EDGED, FOUR! Half century for Moeen and how crucial is this one? First fifty in 10 Test innings for the all-rounder. Boy, would he be happy. A short ball outside off, Moeen slashes hard, looking to cut but gets a thick outside edge which flies over second slip to the third man fence! |
| 50.6: R Chase to Foakes, FOUR! A lovely shot to end the session! Full and outside off, Foakes just pushes it past the bowler through mid off. Long on gets across to his left but cannot reach in time! TEA ON DAY 1! |
| 53.3 : 53.3: K Roach to Ali, FOUR! Up and over! A length ball outside off, Moeen goes up and over point and gets a boundary! Holds the pose for the photographers. Ali moves to 60. |
| 55.3: K Roach to Ali, OUT! In the air, in the air, in the air and taken! Windies have their 7th and Roach has his third. Moeen is gone. Just when we felt that he is ready to get to that century, he falls. This has got nothing to do with the pitch. It has got nothing to do with the swing. It has got nothing to do with the seam movement. This is just pure brainy bowling from Roach. He bowls it full and Moeen instantly goes for the flick. But then, Roach cunningly changes his pace and the timing of |
| 58.1 : 58.1: S Gabriel to Curran, FOUR! CARESSED! Fine shot to get your first boundary. Full and around off, coming in with the angle, Curran drives it through mid on and finds the fence! |
| 58.6 : 58.6: S Gabriel to Foakes, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Again, a wicket leads to the fall of another wicket. A short ball, around middle, Foakes looks to pull but the ball comes on slowly, takes the glove, hits the thigh and then deflects onto the stumps! Foakes' gritty knock comes to an end in a sad fashion. |
| 59.2 : 59.2: K Roach to Sam Curran, OUT! Gloved to slip! Curran goes. Just before this over, he popped in a couple of painkillers. The blow he received on the gloves a couple of overs ago, off Gabriel, has made him highly uncomfortable. Roach lands this on a good length, makes it to nip back in, generates extra bounce and hits Curran hard on the glove as he looks to defend. The ball flies to third slip where substitute Shamarh Brooks takes it easily. |
| 60.6 : 60.6: Gabriel to Anderson, OUT! BOWLED! Cracking yorker. Anderson backs away a mile down the leg side, aiming to go off side and Gabriel promptly fires in a yorker, right at the base of the stumps. Kaboom. Jimmy misses, Shannon hits. ENGLAND BOWLED OUT FOR 187! |
| 9.4 : 9.4: S Broad to Campbell, FOUR! CLASSY! Full and outside off, Campbell leans and drives it through mid off to find the fence! First authoritative shot, if my memory serves me correctly. First boundary of the innings. |
| 22.3 : 22.3: J Anderson to Campbell, FOUR! First runs of the bat this morning. Short and around middle, Campbell pulls it through square leg and gets a boundary. |
| 27.4 : 27.4: S Broad to Campbell, FOUR! CRISP! Given what is happening all around him, this is a super shot. Because he has waited for the scoring opportunity and when it has presented itself, Campbell has not missed out. Full and around middle, a bit too overpitched for the ball to swing, John drives it straight down the ground with neither of mid on or mid off having any chance. |
| 29.5 : 29.5: S Broad to Campbell, FOUR! ELEGANT! This guy has some nerves of steel. Again, when the opportunity to score comes, he does not miss out. It is a half volley outside off, Campbell leans a touch and drives it through the covers. The ball rockets away. 50-STAND UP FOR THE WINDIES! You would reckon that they are well on top, looking at the scorecard. But the group of 15 players in the middle will beg to differ. |
| 31.4 : 31.4: Stokes to K Brathwaite, EDGED, FOUR! Flashes and flashes hard. Full and wide outside off means a shot has to be played. A shot has to be played means you cannot show any mercy. And when you don't show any mercy, luck usually supports you because as the saying goes, fortune favours the brave. This seems to be the mantra of the Windies openers. Full and wide outside off, plenty of outswing but Brathwaite does not care. Goes hard at it on the drive, gets a thick outside edge but such is his l |
| 32.2 : 32.2: J Anderson to Campbell, FOUR! Wow. I think the moment has come when Windies have decided, let us take the bull by the horns. A length ball around off, Campbell swings hard but it is clean, not a slog. Still, the ball hits high on the bat and achieves more height than distance. But the power on it is enough to take it towards the fence after a few bounces. |
| 33.1 : 33.1: Ben Stokes to Campbell, OUT! Yes, it is out! A wicket has fallen, finally. This statement is not out of support for England. But as a fan, you do feel for the bowlers. They have been trying, trying, trying and eventually, Lady Luck has taken pity on them. On a length, around middle and off, Campbell stays back to defend but the ball moves away slightly and takes the outside edge. Now come a couple of questions. Will someone catch it? My word, they do. And guess who? It is the man who dropp |
| 36.3 : 36.3: Sam Curran to Hope, FOUR! Full and outside off, Hope presses forward and guides this behind point for a boundary! |
| 36.6 : 36.6: Sam Curran to Hope, FOUR! ELEGANT! This bloke is so easy on the eye. Full and wide outside off, Hope gets a big stride forward, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it through the covers for a boundary! The deficit is now 96. The stand moves to 21 from just 23 balls. |
| 40.2 : 40.2: Sam Curran to Brathwaite, FOUR! FABULOUS! Full and outside off, Brathwaite leans and drives it through mid off. Short extra cover gets across to his right but after the ball passes him. |
| 42.2: M Ali to Brathwaite, FOUR! FANTASTIC! This time he finds the gap. Tossed up outside off, Brathwaite uses his feet nicely again, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it wide of mid off. Almost through cover. |
| 50.4 : 50.4: M Ali to Hope, FOUR! Lovely shot. Full and outside off, Hope leans and drives it through mid off. Down the ground she goes and races to the fence. |
| 52.4: M Ali to Brathwaite, OUT! Brathwaite is a goner. Ali strikes one for the Englishman.Around off the ball spins in for the righty. He flicks it straight to short leg. Keaten Jennings takes it clean.Looks like England have worked things out during their lunch. |
| 56.5 : 56.5: M Ali to Hope, FOUR! Full and outside off, Hope leans and drives it through the covers! |
| 56.6 : 56.6: M Ali to S Hope, FOUR! That is a bad ball. Dropped short, around middle, Hope pulls it over square leg for boundaries in succession! |
| 59.2 : 59.2: S Broad to Hope, OUT c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad. West Indies have lost their third wicket. |
| 59.4 : 59.4: S Broad to Chase, FOUR! Another opportunity there for the Englishmen for a wicket. From good length the ball tails in on off pole. The batsman looks to defend it but the ball takes and outside edge and flies to the slip cordon. But a huge gap there between the second and third slip and the ball races out to the third man fence. A boundary results Windies will take these, then however they might come. |
| 59.5 : 59.5: S Broad to R Chase, OUT b Stuart Broad. West Indies have lost their fourth wicket. |
| 62.1 : 62.1: Ali to Bravo, FOUR! In the slot from Ali. And Windies have done from this morning is that they have punished the poor deliveries. Bravo lofts it from the middle and over the mid on. The ball finds the fence. |
| 63.3 : 63.3: S Broad to Hetmyer, FOUR! Off the edge. On a length outside off, Hetmyer looks to defend but the ball goes off the outside edge through the slips to the third man fence! |
| 65.6 : 65.6: J Anderson to Bravo, FOUR! Bad line from Anderson. On the hips, the batsman flicks it calmly through fine leg. No fielder there to stop that one. |
| 67.6: J Anderson to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Hetmyer doing the punishing. Shorter delivery, Hetmyer stands tall to cut this one to the deep backward point. |
| 68.4 : 68.4: M Ali to Hetmyer, SIX! A rank long hop. Outside off, Hetmyer rocks back and pulls it massively over mid-wicket! |
| 68.6 : 68.6: M Ali to Hetmyer, OUT! Fantastic catch from Jimmy Anderson! The dropped catch barely counts much. One can understand the intent from Hetmyer. He wanted to get as many runs as possible on this pitch which is starting to play plenty of tricks. Full and outside off, Shimron tries to play the slog sweep but this time, the ball turns, takes the top edge and just goes straight up in the air. For a second, it seems like the ball will land safely but Anderson comes charging in from long off, keeps |
| 71.6: Ben Stokes to Dowrich, FOUR! Beautifully pulled off by Dowrich. Was a bumper on the body, Dowrich looks to pull but adjusts the shot according to the ball and fires it between square leg and the fine leg fielders. |
| 73.4 : 73.4: Ben Stokes to S Dowrich, EDGED, FOUR! Streaky boundary. Outside off, Dowrich hangs his bat, the ball takes the edge and flies past the second slip fielder towards third man! |
| 75.6 : 75.6: Ben Stokes to S Dowrich, FOUR! Another one off the edge. Short and outside off, Shane looks to defend but the ball goes off the outside edge, past the slip cordon and to the third man fence! |
| 88.3 : 88.3: J Anderson to Dowrich, FOUR! FLAMBOYANT! Full and outside off, Dowrich comes forward and confidently drives it through mid off for a boundary! Not easy at all to play such strokes on a pitch like this. |
| 90.4 : 90.4: Ben Stokes to S Dowrich, FOUR! Neatly controlled. A short ball on middle, Dowrich swivels and nicely pulls this all along the carpet through square leg. |
| 91.5 : 91.5: S Broad to Dowrich, OUT! Caught at third slip! That is a brute of a delivery. Almost similar to what Joe Root got in England's innings, but this was a touch on the softer side. It is a on a fuller length outside off and Dowrich comes forward to defend. But the ball suddenly explodes, takes the glove and lobs gently towards Jos Buttler at third slip. Watchful innings from Dowrich and an important one. The lead is just one shy of 50. |
| 100.3 : 100.3: Sam Curran to Holder, FOUR! GORGEOUS! There comes the class of Holder. On his 24th ball. Full and outside off, Jason drives it beautifully, using his long reach and gets it well past mid off. 250 UP FOR THE WINDIES AS WELL. The lead moves to 66. |
| 118.1 : 118.1: J Anderson to Holder, OUT! Caught behind! The wicket falls at last! Anderson gets a wicket eventually. A lovely delivery. Pitched on a good length outside off, Holder looks to defend but the ball hits a piece of grass and then bounces. Takes the handle of the bat and then goes behind. Easy catch for Jonny Bairstow. The lead reads 94. |
| 120.4 : 120.4: J Anderson to Roach, EDGED, FOUR! Luck continues to evade England. Anderson bowls this on a length, outside off, Roach looks to defend but the ball moves away, takes the outside edge and goes wide of the diving third slip to the third man fence! WINDIES LEAD EXACTLY BY 100. |
| 122.1 : 122.1: J Anderson to Roach, OUT! Edged and taken! A length ball outside off, Roach looks to drive but gets an outside edge. Good leaping catch by Ben Stokes at second slip. How will Darren Bravo play from here? |
| 124.1: Anderson to Joseph, FOUR! Lovely shot! Full and around off, Joseph lofts this straight back over the bowler, once bounce and gets a boundary! Holds the pose for the photographers. |
| 127.1: Ben Stokes to A Joseph, OUT! Edged and taken! First bowling change of the morning and a wicket off the first ball! Windies are 9 down, with the lead reading a Nelson. On a good length outside off, right on the money from Stokes, Joseph looks to defend but the ball moves away and takes the outside edge. Rory Burns at third slip dives to his right and completes the formalities. England edging closer and closer to batting again... |
| 128.5 : 128.5: M Ali to Bravo, SIX! Bravo moves to 49, Windies go past 300! Full and outside off, Bravo goes downtown, getting to the pitch of the ball and lofting it over long off! |
| 130.6 : 130.6: M Ali to Bravo, OUT! STUMPED! WINDIES ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 306! Moeen takes the last wicket. Tosses it above the eyeline of Bravo, the southpaw comes down the track but halfway through, realizes that he is done in flight. Tries to adjust by aiming to defend the ball but is nowhere even close to the pitch of it. Misses while Bairstow doesn't. Whips the bails off in a jiffy. WINDIES LEAD BY 119! |
| 4.3 : 4.3: K Roach to Burns, FOUR! EDGED AWAY! On a length outside off, Burns looks to defend but the ball moves away, takes the outside edge and goes past second slip to the third man fence! |
| 6.5 : 6.5: K Roach to Burns, FOUR! Down the leg side, Burns whips it behind square leg for a boundary! |
| 7.4 : 7.4: S Gabriel to Denly, FOUR! This should give Denly some confidence. Length delivery outside off, Denly cuts it through backward point for a boundary. |
| 10.4: K Roach to Denly, FOUR! Exquisite! Full outside off, Denly gets on his front foot and drives it through covers for a boundary. Holds the pose for the photographers. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: J Holder to Burns, OUT! Caught! There goes the first wicket. Holder has struck. He lands it on a length outside off and Rory looks to guide it behind point. However the ball lands on a crack and then deviates a mile in. Poor Burns is cramped for room and has nowhere to go. Cannot pull out of the shot, cannot play it cleanly. The ball takes the outside edge and goes straight to third slip where John Campbell takes it easily. Hard luck for Burns as he could not have done anything. England |
| 14.5 : 14.5: J Holder to J Bairstow, FOUR! That is a bad ball. Short and outside off, sits up and asks to be smashed. Pulled behind square leg with disdain. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: J Holder to Bairstow, FOUR! Well, that is well... unlucky for the bowler. The ball is nowhere close to the bat. It is pitched around middle and Bairstow is looking to work it to the leg side. But before the bat can come down at an angle, the ball is already through, off his pads, to the fine leg fence. Still, runs given. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: J Holder to J Bairstow, OUT! BOWLED! Holder has been trying and trying to get rid of Bairstow, nearly got him twice and on the third occasion, he strikes gold! Bairstow has come and Bairstow has come. Suddenly, England are two down. Things are happening. A length ball outside off, Jonny plays a loose shot, trying to drive on the up but this is not that kind of a pitch! He misses the ball by a mile as it deviates back in, goes past the inside edge and cannons into the timber! England are st |
| 20.2 : 20.2: J Holder to Root, FOUR! Oh nearly... Full and down the leg side, Root looks to flick but while doing so, falls over a bit. The ball hits the inner half of the bat and flies behind. So does Dowrich, to his left. But he cannot get there. The ball races to the fine leg fence. The deficit is now 66. |
| 21.3 : 21.3: Joseph to Root, OUT! Caught behind! Wow. Superb review from Holder. He can do nothing wrong at the moment. The Midas of Windies cricket. A length ball outside off, Root looked to defend but the ball came back in a long way and hit the pads, on its way to the keeper. Now, there is no reaction from the bowler. But Holder comes charging in from first slip towards the umpire. Nothing from the bowler still. The captain looks at his slip cordon and then signals the 'T'. And yes, Snickometer show |
| 23.2 : 23.2: A Joseph to Joe Denly, OUT! Left alone and Denly has to walk back alone! Timberrrrrrr! No emotions from Joseph for obvious reasons. No reaction from Denly either. But the entire Windies team is pumped up. This 20-year old lad has just suffered a personal loss this morning. But instead of being with his family, he is here, playing for his national side. This is a ripper of a delivery. On a length outside off, Denly gets across but then shoulders arms. He trusts the line, trusts the bounce, |
| 26.3 : 26.3: J Holder to Buttler, FOUR! That is a cracking shot. Full and outside off, Buttler reaches out and drives it through mid off for a boundary! |
| 29.4 : 29.4: K Roach to Stokes, FOUR! Cracking shot. Short and wide outside off, Stokes gets on top of the bounce and crashes it in front of point for a boundary! |
| 30.2 : 30.2: S Gabriel to Buttler, FOUR! Runs are lowing now. On a good length outside off, Buttler punches this through the covers and finds the gap. |
| 31.5 : 31.5: K Roach to Stokes, OUT! Dragged on! Number 5 is down. This is a poor, poor shot. They say, you live by the sword but you also die by it. Stokes was looking to counter-attack, trying to wipe off the deficit quickly but in that process, he has played one shot too many. Full and outside off, Ben plays for the outswinger but this one swings in. Catches the inside edge and rattles the leg stump. Stokes admonishes himself. The visitors need another 31 runs to make Windies bat again. Surely they |
| 32.5: S Gabriel to Buttler, FOUR! FLAMBOYANT! Full and wide outside off, Buttler leans and sends the ball flying through the covers. Not a soul moves. The deficit is now 27. |
| 33.3 : 33.3: K Roach to Ali, FOUR! A bit streaky. Full and wide outside off, Moeen looks to drive but the ball swings away, takes the outside edge and sneaks behind point. |
| 33.6 : 33.6: K Roach to Ali, OUT! BOWLED! Yet another one hits the stumps. Fourth bowled dismissal in this innings. Full and fast around off, coming in with the angle, Moeen looks to drive but like Stokes, he is playing for the away-going ball. Gets a thick inside edge which hits him on his pads and then the stumps. 23 runs still adrift... |
| 35.1 : 35.1: K Roach to Foakes, FOUR! A short ball, outside off, Foakes pulls it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary. 100 UP FOR ENGLAND. Trail by 17 now. |
| 35.3 : 35.3: K Roach to Ben Foakes, FOUR! GORGEOUS! A looping half volley outside off, Foakes reaches out to this one and drives it through the vacant mid off region. The stand moves to 10 from 9 balls. |
| 36.3: J Holder to Jos Buttler, FOUR! GLORIOUS! The deficit is now 9 and Buttler has become England's highest run scorer in this innings. Full and outside off, Jos drives it powerfully through mid off. The fielder gets across to his right, makes a half stop, but so powerfully is that hit that the ball still makes it to the fence behind. |
| 36.4 : 36.4: J Holder to Buttler, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries. Overpitched, on middle, Buttler whips it over mid-wicket and gets a boundary. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: K Roach to Foakes, FOUR! Going for glory, getting greedy. A leg stump half volley now, Foakes just turns this delightfully over square leg for a boundary. Moves to 13 at run-a-ball with 12 of those coming in boundaries. The stand is worth 22 from just 21 deliveries. |
| 37.5 : 37.5: K Roach to Foakes, OUT! Spectacular review from Holder and England have lost their 7th still being in the deficit! Excellent bowling. On a length outside off, Foakes looks to defend coming half forward but the ball comes back in prodigiously, beats the bat by a mile and hits him on the front pad. Roach roars an LBW shout but the umpire turns it down. To the naked eye, it seems like height is the factor. But Roach is confident and so is Holder. In fact, the captain instantaneously agrees to |
| 38.2 : 38.2: Holder to Buttler, OUT! Umpire's call it is and Buttler departs too! Holder is on a roll. He lands this on a good length in line of the stumps and Buttler is deep in his crease, trying to hop and work it to the leg side. He misses and is hit on the knee roll. Holder appeals, umpire Dharmasena thinks for a while and then raises his finger! Buttler takes the review and Hawk Eye shows it to be clipping the top of the bails! Unlucky for Buttler but such is the game... Three wickets for the cap |
| 38.4 : 38.4: J Holder to Curran, FOUR! HANDSOME! ENGLAND INTO THE LEAD NOW! Full and outside off, Curran leans into this one and drives it through the covers! |
| 39.1 : 39.1: Roach to Broad, OUT! Another LBW! 9 down! Roach gets 4. Perfect ball to a tail-ender. Keep a short leg and a silly point, instilling the thought of a short ball in his mind, then bowl a full ball. Broad picks it late, looks to flick but is late. Is hit on the pads and Roach appeals. Umpire Gaffaney raises his finger in a flash. Broad walks across to Curran to chat regarding the review and after a brief discussion, is sent back. |
| 41.5 : 41.5: K Roach to Curran, DROPPED, FOUR! Roach had a chance to take his 5th. A full toss outside off, Curran mistimes his swipe back to the bowler. The ball dips onto Roach who tries to change his followthrough and take it low to his left but the ball bursts through his palms and just misses the stumps at the other end. Roston Chase starts to chase but comes second. |
| 42.1 : 42.1: J Holder to Anderson, OUT! Slower ball, chipped in the air and taken! Holder has 4. The slower ball, at 122 kph, fuller in length, Anderson is foxed by the change in pace, as he backs away and looks to go inside out. He is early into the shot and just spoons the ball in the air. Alzarri Joseph charges in from mid on, keeps his eyes on the ball and dives in front to take a wonderful catch. 14 RUNS NEEDED FOR A 2-0 SERIES LEAD! |
| 0.1 : 0.1: J Anderson to Brathwaite, FOUR! 10 needed now. Short and outside off, Brathwaite punches it behind point and gets a boundary! |
| 1.4 : 1.4: S Broad to Campbell, FOUR! LOVELY! Full and outside off, Campbell leans and drives it through the covers for a boundary! Just 4 away from a win now! |
| 2.1 : 2.1: J Anderson to J Campbell, SIX! WINDIES WIN BY 10 WICKETS! What a way to end the game. A short ball, around off, Campbell swivels and pulls it over mid-wicket for half a dozen! Both the openers hug each other and are pumped up. Well played, Holder and co. |
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