| 0.0 : TOSS - The coin goes up for the first time in this series and it lands in the favour of Ben Stokes. England have opted to BOWL first. |
| West Indies (Playing XI) - Kraigg Brathwaite (C), Mikyle Louis (On debut), Alick Athanaze, Kirk Mckenzie, Kavem Hodge, Joshua Da Silva (WK), Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Jayden Seales. |
| England (Playing XI) - Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (C), Jamie Smith (WK) (On debut), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson (On debut), Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson. |
| James Anderson's family will have the honour of ringing the 5-minute bell at Lord's. We are done with the National Anthems for both the teams and are now in all readiness for the game to begin! The two umpires make their way out to the middle. |
| 0.1 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, Kraigg Brathwaite and West Indies are underway! James Anderson steams in from over the wicket and goes full in search of swing. Gets a hint of away shape, around off, on a length, Kraigg Brathwaite gets half-forward and gets his bat out in front of the pads to push it to the left of cover for a single. |
| 0.2 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Hurls it in just outside off, around the sixth stump line, on a fuller length, Mikyle Louis shuffles across and covers the line of the ball to defend it out off the outer half on the off side. |
| 0.3 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Lands it in with an upright seam, on a good length, just a wee bit of away movement, on off, Mikyle Louis presents a straight bat and blocks it out down the deck. |
| 0.4 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, FOUR! Not in control but Mikyle Louis has the first boundary of his Test career. In and around the off stump, on a good length. Louis did well there not to push at the hard delivery with hard hands, resulting in the edge dribbling between gully and slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, FOUR! In complete control this time! A classy shot by the debutant. |
| 0.6 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl from the other end? It will be Chris Woakes to share the new ball! |
| 1.1 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Woakes starts with a loosener, full and on the pads, Kraigg Brathwaite stays balanced in the crease and rolls his wrists to clip it in front of square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 1.2 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 1.3 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, In the corridor of off, on a short of a length, going away from the batter. Kraigg Brathwaite is happy to let that one go through. |
| 1.4 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller and tighter as well by Woakes, on off, Kraigg Brathwaite gets a solid stride in and defends it right under his eyeline. |
| 1.5 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, 4 Leg byes. |
| 1.6 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Delivers it on a back of a length, on middle and leg, Kraigg Brathwaite waits and nudges it through square leg for a single. |
| 2.1 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, At 133 kph, on off, on a back of a length, Kraigg Brathwaite hops back and gets squared up as the ball holds its line but does enough to keep it out on the off side. |
| 2.2 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 2.3 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, Goes full now does Anderson, attacking the stumps and it nips back in, Kraigg Brathwaite opts to stay back in his crease and gets his bat out in front to knock it back to the bowler. |
| 2.4 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, Varies his length does Anderson by dragging it back and gets good inward movement off the deck, on middle and leg, Kraigg Brathwaite hangs back and pats it on the leg side. |
| 2.5 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, On the sixth stump line, on a short of a good length, angling in, Kraigg Brathwaite gets right on top of the bounce and defends it out on the off side. |
| 2.6 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, A maiden by Anderson! Shaping in, on a hard length and over off, Kraigg Brathwaite rides the bounce nicely and presents a straight bat to push it down the deck. |
| 3.1 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, A big shout for LBW but looked to be going down leg. Yes, Chris Woakes indicates the same to the keeper, Jamie Smith. |
| 3.2 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, 1 run. |
| 3.3 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Hurries the batter up does Woakes, on a hard length, jagging back in, on the pads, Kraigg Brathwaite hops back to fend it down on the leg side. |
| 3.4 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Beaten! |
| 3.5 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 3.6 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, This is bowled on a back of a length, on off, Kraigg Brathwaite gets on top of the bounce and stabs it down on the off side. |
| 4.1 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Leg bye. |
| 4.2 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, At 131 kph, shaping in, on a hard length, over off, Kraigg Brathwaite hops back and pushes it out to cover. |
| 4.3 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 4.4 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, A jaffa by Anderson! Slanting in, on a hard length with a wobble seam, in the corridor of off, Kraigg Brathwaite has a feel for the delivery and pushes at the delivery away from his body. Gets squared up before being beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4.5 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, And again! |
| 4.6 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, The West Indian skipper gets solidly behind this one! Shaping in, on a hard length, on off, Kraigg Brathwaite shuffles across and gets right behind the line of the ball to defend it out. |
| 5.1 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 5.2 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Swinging away from a good length, just outside off, Mikyle Louis gets a good stride in and blocks it out right under his eyeline. |
| 5.3 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Play and a miss! Nipping away after hitting the deck, on a back of a length, Mikyle Louis has a half-heated push at the away going delivery and is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 5.4 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Woakes pitches it up, on off, Mikyle Louis gets his weight on the front foot and times the drive to mid off. |
| 5.5 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 5.6 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, FOUR! Short and punished! Woakes goes wide of the crease on that over-the-wicket angle but errs in line and length. Bowls it short and wide on off, Mikyle Louis reaches out and cuts it past backward point for a boundary. |
| 6.1 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, Leg bye! Anderson slips on the pads, on a hard length, Kraigg Brathwaite gets into a bit of a tangle as he looks to fend this one away on the leg side. The ball comes off the thigh pad and rolls behind for a leg bye. |
| 6.2 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 6.3 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Anderson bends his back and digs it in short, at the batter, Mikyle Louis gets rushed in his pull shot but does well to control the pull. Swivels and hits it along the ground past square leg for a single. |
| 6.4 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, At 134 kph, into the wicket and nipping back in, on off, Kraigg Brathwaite gets on his toes to ride the bounce and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 6.5 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 6.6 : James Anderson to Kraigg Brathwaite, Just outside off, on a short of a length, Kraigg Brathwaite stands tall and punches it along the ground but straight to cover. First half hour safely negotiated by the West Indies openers. |
| 7.1 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, A hint of away shape, on off, on a length, Mikyle Louis allows the ball to come to him and drops it with soft hands to the left of cover for a single. |
| 7.2 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Woakes goes into the deck, on off, Kraigg Brathwaite waits for the ball to arrive and hops to glide the ball late to the left of backward point for a couple of runs. |
| 7.3 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Good-length delivery, shaping away, outside off, Kraigg Brathwaite shuffles across slightly and leaves the ball alone. |
| 7.4 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Delivers it on a short of a length, outside off, Kraigg Brathwaite hangs back in his crease and stabs it down to backward point. |
| 7.5 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely bowled! Angling in and then going away slightly from over the wicket, fuller and on off and middle, Kraigg Brathwaite gets right behind the line of the ball and taps it to mid on. |
| 7.6 : Chris Woakes to Kraigg Brathwaite, An absolute beauty! Honing in and around the fifth stump line, on a fuller length, Kraigg Brathwaite hangs back to a delivery he should have played off the front foot. Presents a straight bat to keep it out but the ball nips away after pitching and zips past the bat. |
| 8.1 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 8.2 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, And again! |
| 8.3 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Anderson goes wide of the crease and lands it fuller, on off, Mikyle Louis defends it right under his eyeline on the off side. |
| 8.4 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 8.5 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Goes wide of the crease yet again does Anderson on that over-the-wicket angle. Tailing back in, on off, on a length, Mikyle Louis ekes out an inside edge onto the pads as he looks to defend it on the front foot. |
| 8.6 : James Anderson to Mikyle Louis, Almost dragged it on! |
| 9.1 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Confident leave! Full and swinging away, outside off, Mikyle Louis reads it well and gets a good stride in before shouldering arms. |
| 9.2 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Full again by Woakes and shaping away, Mikyle Louis is happy to leave the ball alone. |
| 9.3 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, This nips back in by Woakes, full and attacking the stumps, Mikyle Louis accounts for the ball coming into him and defends it out with a straight bat. |
| 9.4 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 9.5 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, SIX! Oh, hello! Where did that come from? Woakes errs in line and bowls it full, on the pads, Mikyle Louis does not miss out as he flicks it nonchalantly off his pads and clears the deep backward square leg fence for a six. |
| 9.6 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Good comeback by Woakes! |
| 0.0 : Will we see a bowling change from Ben Stokes? Yes, we will! The debutant, Gus Atkinson is introduced into the attack. |
| 10.1 : Gus Atkinson to Kraigg Brathwaite, Atkinson charges in from over the wicket and bowls it in the channel on off, Kraigg Brathwaite stands tall and punches it to cover. |
| 10.2 : Gus Atkinson to Kraigg Brathwaite, OUT! DRAGGED ON! What a start to the Test career for Gus Atkinson! |
| 0.0 : Kirk Mckenzie walks out to bat at number 3 for West Indies. |
| 10.3 : Gus Atkinson to Kirk Mckenzie, No run. |
| 10.4 : Gus Atkinson to Kirk Mckenzie, Gets a good yorker in, at 145 kph, on off, Kirk Mckenzie digs it out safely on the off side. |
| 10.5 : Gus Atkinson to Kirk Mckenzie, Going across the left-hander, on a length, Kirk Mckenzie extends his hands and defends it out in front of his body. |
| 10.6 : Gus Atkinson to Kirk Mckenzie, Gus Atkinson starts his Test career with a wicket-maiden! Drags the length back and slants it across the batter, Kirk Mckenzie shoulders arms. |
| 11.1 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Given caught behind but successfully overturned by Mikyle Louis! |
| 11.2 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, Attacks the stumps on a fuller length, Mikyle Louis gets his bat ahead and blocks it well. |
| 11.3 : Chris Woakes to Mikyle Louis, 1 run. |
| 11.4 : Chris Woakes to Kirk Mckenzie, No run. |
| 11.5 : Chris Woakes to Kirk Mckenzie, No run. |
| 11.6 : Chris Woakes to Kirk Mckenzie, Fuller and on off, Kirk Mckenzie prods a bit and pushes it to mid off. |
| 12.1 : Gus Atkinson to Mikyle Louis, Play and a miss! Full and in the channel on off, Mikyle Louis goes for the drive but misses. |
| 12.2 : Gus Atkinson to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 12.3 : Gus Atkinson to Mikyle Louis, A tighter line, on a good length, on off, Mikyle Louis defends it right under his eyeline. |
| 12.4 : Gus Atkinson to Mikyle Louis, Bangs it on a hard length, outside off, Mikyle Louis drops his wrists and sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 12.5 : Gus Atkinson to Mikyle Louis, Jagging back in sharply, on a hard length, at 141 kph, on middle, Mikyle Louis fails to get his bat in the line of the ball and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 12.6 : Gus Atkinson to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 0.0 : The Captain, Ben Stokes brings himself into the attack. |
| 13.1 : Ben Stokes to Kirk Mckenzie, Starts well does Ben Stokes! On a hard length, gets a good lift off the deck, on off, Kirk Mckenzie fends it down the deck. |
| 13.2 : Ben Stokes to Kirk Mckenzie, Goes full but slips it down leg, Kirk Mckenzie thinks about having a tickle but lets it go in the end. |
| 13.3 : Ben Stokes to Kirk Mckenzie, No run. |
| 13.4 : Ben Stokes to Kirk Mckenzie, Angling into the pads, on a good length, Kirk Mckenzie plays it late and rolls his wrists to clip it to square leg. |
| 13.5 : Ben Stokes to Kirk Mckenzie, Mckenzie is off the mark on his 12th ball! |
| 13.6 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! At the halfway stage of the opening session, both teams have reasons to be satisfied with their performance so far. However, England might be slightly happier, having secured the breakthrough they were seeking after a resilient start from the West Indian openers. The bowling change worked wonders for Ben Stokes as Gus Atkinson struck on his second delivery, sending the opposing captain Kraigg Brathwaite back to the pavilion. Mikyle Louis is looking solid and will need to navigate |
| 14.1 : Gus Atkinson to Kirk Mckenzie, Comes from over the wicket and bowls it full with a scrambled seam around middle and off, Kirk Mckenzie drives it straight past the bowler and hits the stumps at the bowler's end. |
| 14.2 : Gus Atkinson to Kirk Mckenzie, OUT! CAUGHT! Gus Atkinson gets his second and West Indies are now in some sort of bother after a strong start. |
| 0.0 : Alick Athanaze is the new man in for the West Indies. A bit of rain in the air and it has gone dark. However, the play will continue for now. |
| 14.3 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Angles this one away on a fuller length again, outside off, Alick Athanaze leaves this alone. |
| 14.4 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 14.5 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 14.6 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, On a good length, outside off, Alick Athanaze is happy to let this one go through. |
| 15.1 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, Pitches this on a length and outside off, Mikyle Louis leaves it alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 15.2 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, A beauty from Ben Stokes! |
| 15.3 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, Angles it in, on a length and outside off, Mikyle Louis blocks it straight to point. |
| 15.4 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, A tad shorter in length and a hint of away movement, outside off, Mikyle Louis shoulders arms at it. |
| 15.5 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, LEG BYES! Looks to attack the pads but angles it in a bit more spraying down leg. Mikyle Louis looks to flick it away but gets beaten. The ball clips his pads and rolls away to fine leg for a single. |
| 15.6 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Drags the length short and attacks the body of Alick Athanaze who tucks it nicely to deep square for a single to get off the mark. |
| 16.1 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Goes a touch fuller and outside off, Alick Athanaze leans on it well and drives it past point for a couple of runs. |
| 16.2 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 16.3 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, And again! This time on a fuller length outside off, Alick Athanaze is decisive and makes the leave. |
| 16.4 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, On a shortish length, over off, Alick Athanaze stands tall and defends it out with a high elbow. |
| 16.5 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Gets the line tighter and attacks the off stump, on a length, Alick Athanaze waits back and blocks it to the off side. |
| 16.6 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Too full and into the pads, Alick Athanaze tucks it well but finds the fielder at square leg. |
| 17.1 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, Hurls from over the wicket and bowls this nice and full, onto that off stump line, Mikyle Louis gets his bat ahead and blocks it solidly to the off side. |
| 17.2 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 17.3 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, Hits the length right but bowls it too wide for the batter to play at. Mikyle Louis hangs back and leaves it alone. |
| 17.4 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, A tad closer but still outside off, Mikyle Louis holds his bat high and makes the leave, again! |
| 17.5 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 17.6 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, On a good length and on off, Mikyle Louis blocks it to backward point. |
| 18.1 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Angles this across on a fuller length, outside off, Alick Athanaze shoulders arms at it. |
| 18.2 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 18.3 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 18.4 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 18.5 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Right off the meat of the bat but Ben Stokes does even better to stop it! |
| 18.6 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, On a good length, just outside off, Alick Athanaze leaves it alone. |
| 19.1 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, FOUR! Streaky but Mikyle Louis will take it! |
| 19.2 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, Nicely bowled! Hits the length right and gets the ball to shape away off the deck, Mikyle Louis is tentative on the push and gets beaten. |
| 19.3 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 19.4 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, On a length and on off, Mikyle Louis blocks it well to the on side. |
| 19.5 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, An absolute jaffa of a delivery! Ben Stokes is making the ball talk! Hits the deck hard and bowls the inswinger just outside off, Mikyle Louis looks to play at it but is comprehensively beaten on the outside edge. |
| 19.6 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, No run. |
| 20.1 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 0.0 : James Anderson returns to the attack, replacing Gus Atkinson. |
| 20.2 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, Drags the length down and hurls it on middle and off, Alick Athanaze stabs it back onto the deck. |
| 20.3 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 20.4 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, A tad fuller and on off, Alick Athanaze pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 20.5 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, Errs in line and bowls it down leg and on a shorter length, Alick Athanaze leaves it alone. Jamie Smith does well behind the stumps to dive to his right and grab the ball. |
| 20.6 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, On a good length and into middle and leg, Alick Athanaze blocks it to mid-wicket. |
| 21.1 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, Not the ideal start after the last over for Ben Stokes! Bowls it down leg and on a length, Mikyle Louis covers the line and leaves it alone. |
| Has that been taken? England are celebrating but the umpires have asked Mikyle Louis to wait. |
| 21.2 : Ben Stokes to Mikyle Louis, OUT! TAKEN! Harry Brook takes a screamer and West Indies lose Mikyle Louis! Ben Stokes steams from over the wicket and bangs the hard length attacking the stumps, the ball straightens off the deck as Mikyle Louis looks to block and the ball catches the outside edge flying to the right of the second slip. Harry Brook times his dive perfectly and takes a very low one-handed catch. |
| Kavem Hodge comes in at number 5. |
| 21.3 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, 1 run. |
| 21.4 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 21.5 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Digs it short again and over middle and off, Alick Athanaze stays rooted in the crease and blocks it well. |
| 21.6 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Switches to around the wicket for the last ball and bangs the deck on a short of a good length and over off, Alick Athanaze with an angled bat blocks it back onto the deck. |
| 22.1 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, Lands this full and around the fifth stump line, with some away movement off the surface, Kavem Hodge watches the line closely and makes the leave. |
| 22.2 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, Attacks the stumps on a fuller length, Kavem Hodge is hurried a bit but manages to get his bat down and blocks it to the off side. |
| 22.3 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, Full and on middle and off, Kavem Hodge pushes it back to the bowler with a straight bat. |
| 22.4 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 22.5 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, Hits the hard length, on top of off, Kavem Hodge covers the line and blocks it with a straight bat. |
| 22.6 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, A single to end the over! James Anderson angles this into the right-hander on middle and leg, on a length, Kavem Hodge tucks it away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 23.1 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, A tad too full and into the pads, Kavem Hodge clips it nicely but straight to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 23.2 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, Full and outside off, Kavem Hodge is happy to make the leave. |
| 23.3 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, Bowls it wider on off and on a length, Kavem Hodge holds his bat high and lets the ball go through to the keeper. |
| 23.4 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, Attacks the stumps and bowls it fractionally fuller on a length, Kavem Hodge get closer to the line and blocks it back onto the pitch. |
| 23.5 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, FOUR! That's some shot! Ben Stokes serves it a touch too full and offers width outside off, Kavem Hodge gets low and crunches it over backward point for a boundary. |
| 23.6 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, On a length and swinging away, outside off, Kavem Hodge shoulders arms. |
| Just under 15 minutes to go for the Lunch interval. |
| 24.1 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, Comes from around the wicket and bowls it on a good length and on off, Alick Athanaze stabs it down the deck. |
| 24.2 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, Pitches it on a length and attacks the stumps, Alick Athanaze tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 24.3 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 24.4 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, A length delivery on middle and leg, Kavem Hodge looks to block and gets a thick inside edge to the right of fine leg where Shoaib Bashir does well and keeps it down to just two. |
| 24.5 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 24.6 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, Hurls it on a good length around the off stump line, Kavem Hodge pushes it to mid-wicket. |
| 25.1 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Well timed shot that from Alick Athanaze! Ben Stokes angles this across on a shorter length, just outside off, Alick Athanaze just times the punch through covers for three good runs. |
| 25.2 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 25.3 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, On a good length and on top of off, Kavem Hodge gets closer to the line of the ball and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 25.4 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, Goes a touch fuller and outside off, Kavem Hodge holds his bat up and makes the leave. |
| 25.5 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, Too full and down leg, Kavem Hodge looks to tickle it away but makes no connection. The keeper, Jamie Smith does well to dive to his left and grab the ball. |
| 25.6 : Ben Stokes to Kavem Hodge, Struggling with his line and length here! Hits the deck hard on a length and down leg, Kavem Hodge leaves it alone for the keeper to collect. |
| 26.1 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, Comes from around the wicket and angles it into the left-hander on a fuller length and on off, Alick Athanaze presses ahead and blocks it to covers. |
| 26.2 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, Drags the length a bit a bowls it on middle and leg, Alick Athanaze just tucks it to the leg side off the backfoot. |
| 26.3 : James Anderson to Alick Athanaze, On a length and into middle and leg, Alick Athanaze hops back and tucks it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 26.4 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, FOUR! Cut away nicely by Hodge! James Anderson bowls it short of a length and outside off, with no real pace behind it. Kavem Hodge hangs back and cuts it through backward point region for a nice looking boundary. |
| 26.5 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 26.6 : James Anderson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 27.1 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Bangs this one short and angling down middle and leg, Alick Athanaze looks to pull but then withdraws the shot. |
| 0.0 : Last over before Lunch coming up. It will be Ben Stokes to bowl with deep backward square leg and deep square in place, signalling the short ball ploy to the left-hander Alick Athanaze. |
| 27.2 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Fuller in length and outside off, Alick Athanaze pushes it straight to covers. |
| 27.3 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 27.4 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, A tad fuller in length, outside off, Alick Athanaze pushes it to point. |
| 27.5 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Misses the line and length, yet again! Probably exhausted! Hits the deck on a shorter length and sprays it down leg. Jamie Smith does well to grab it on his right. |
| 27.6 : Ben Stokes to Alick Athanaze, Pitches it wider on off this time and on a shorter length, Alick Athanaze makes the leave and it will be LUNCH on DAY 1. |
| 0.0 : End of an attritional session of Test cricket, one where neither of the two sides will be too happy or too disappointed with the proceedings. West Indies started well but lost three quick wickets but one feels that they have gotten through the toughest phase of batting. Facing Anderson and Woakes in challenging conditions was always going to be a test for the West Indies openers. Mikyle Louis and Kraigg Brathwaite initially gave a good account of themselves, with Louis quick to punish loose |
| As far as England are concerned, they will be pleased with the way they fought back after a quiet first 40 minutes or so. James Anderson and Chris Woakes started the proceedings for England but were guilty of bowling too short, failing to induce false shots from the batters. This resulted in a wicketless first half hour for England on a slow, docile wicket. The introduction of extra pace did the trick for the hosts as debutant Gus Atkinson struck with his second delivery in Test cricket and to |
| ... DAY 1, SESSION 2 ... |
| Welcome back for the start of the second session. The skies continue to be overcast as Ben Stokes and his men head back out for the start of play. Kavem Hodge and Alick Athanaze are all set to resume their innings with the latter taking the first strike. |
| 28.1 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Four! |
| 28.2 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Hits the deck on a length and angles it into the right-hander on middle and off, Kavem Hodge blocks it back onto the deck. |
| 28.3 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Attacks the stumps on a fuller length, Kavem Hodge pushes it to mid on. |
| 28.4 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Hurls it on a back of a length and on off, Kavem Hodge hops back deep in the crease and blocks it to cover. |
| 28.5 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 28.6 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, A fuller length delivery on off, Kavem Hodge pushes it to backward point. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? It will be Chris Woakes. |
| 29.1 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 29.2 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, On a good length and on middle and off, Alick Athanaze blocks it to mid off. |
| 29.3 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, Angles it across on a hard length just outside off, Alick Athanaze transfers his weight back and punches it straight to cover. |
| 29.4 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, FOUR! Timed to perfection! |
| 29.5 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, FOUR! A little bit more power this time from Alick Athanaze, but the timing tops it! Fuller and outside off again from Woakes, Alick Athanaze leans on it and drives it through covers for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 29.6 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, Hits the length, on off, Alick Athanaze prods and blocks it dead straight under his eyes. |
| 30.1 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Nicley left! Angled in on a good length, on the fifth stump line. The ball nips back in a bit but Kavem Hodge knows where his off stump is and makes a deliberate leave. |
| 30.2 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Short of a length and around that off stump line, Kavem Hodge punches it straight to mid off. |
| 30.3 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Shorter again and wider of off stump, Kavem Hodge opens his bat face and steers it to the fielder at point. |
| 30.4 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Six! |
| 30.5 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, Nicely timed shot but will only fetch him a single! Short of a length again, over middle, Kavem Hodge waits back and pulls it along the ground to deep square leg for one. |
| 30.6 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Slightly shorter than a length over off, Alick Athanaze just dabs it in front of cover and the batters scamper across for a quick single. |
| 31.1 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, Comes from around the wicket and lands it on a good length outside off, Alick Athanaze hangs back and rides the bounce well before driving it to left of point. |
| 31.2 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, On a good length and outside off again, Alick Athanaze blocks it to mid off. |
| 31.3 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, No run. |
| 31.4 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, Timed well but Chris Woakes does even better to get a hand to it! Full and swinging into the stumps, Alick Athanaze with a full face of the bat drives it sweetly straight down the deck. Chris Woakes get his left hand low and manages to divert the ball straight to the fielder at mid on. |
| 31.5 : Chris Woakes to Alick Athanaze, 1 run. |
| 31.6 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 32.1 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, On a good length and into the stumps, Alick Athanaze blocks it straight back to the bowler. |
| 32.2 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Drags the length down a bit over off, Alick Athanaze dabs it to cover off the backfoot. |
| 32.3 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Four! |
| 32.4 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Counters with a good length delivery outside off, Alick Athanaze pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 32.5 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 32.6 : Gus Atkinson to Kavem Hodge, A fraction fuller than a good length and into the pads, Kavem Hodge clips it square of the wicket on the leg side and takes a single to retain the strike. |
| 33.1 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, Comes from over the wicket and bowls an away swinger, on a good length, outside off, Kavem Hodge waits back and pushes it to backward point. |
| 33.2 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, Another similar delivery a tad further away from the off stump line, Kavem Hodge blocks it to the off side. |
| 33.3 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 33.4 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, Goes full and angles it into the stumps, Kavem Hodge blocks it well under his eyeline. |
| 33.5 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, Attacks the off stump on a fuller length, Kavem Hodge just covers the line and blocks it to cover. |
| 33.6 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 34.1 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, Pitches it up on off, Alick Athanaze drives it to mid off. |
| 34.2 : Gus Atkinson to Alick Athanaze, OUT! CAUGHT! Gus Atkinson has three and this has been an exceptional start to his Test career! |
| 0.0 : Jason Holder walks out to the middle now. Only one recognised batter remaining after this for West Indies in the form of Joshua Da Silva. |
| 34.3 : Gus Atkinson to Jason Holder, OUT! TAKEN! A golden duck for Jason Holder on his return to the side! Things just got from bad to worse for the West Indies! |
| Joshua Da Silva comes out to face the hat-trick ball. |
| 34.4 : Gus Atkinson to Joshua Da Silva, With the crowd behind him, Gus Atkinson bowls this on a length and on off, Joshua Da Silva presses ahead and blocks it back onto the deck. |
| 34.5 : Gus Atkinson to Joshua Da Silva, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Gus Atkinson making bowling look incredibly easy! A five-fer on debut! |
| 0.0 : The vice-captain Alzarri Joseph is the new man in. In the space of 4 balls, England are into the tail all of a sudden. |
| 34.6 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, Nasty blow on the helmet to end the over! Atkinson steams from over the wicket and bangs the deck hard on a shorter length on off, Alzarri Joseph is late on his duck and gets stung on the top of his helmet. Gus Atkinson ends with a 3-wicket maiden to put England well ahead in the game. |
| 35.1 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, No run. |
| 35.2 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, An outswinger outside off, Kavem Hodge holds his bat high and makes the leave. |
| 35.3 : Chris Woakes to Kavem Hodge, OUT! c Ollie Pope b Chris Woakes. |
| 0.0 : Gudakesh Motie is in at number 9 with the West Indies in tatters. |
| 35.4 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, Bowls this outside off and on a length, Gudakesh Motie punches it to point. |
| 35.5 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, Hits the length right over middle and off and gets the ball to nip back into the left-hander, Gudakesh Motie looks to keep it out but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 35.6 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, And again! Length delivery on off, Gudakesh Motie tries to push it through covers but gets an inside edge back onto his pads. |
| 36.1 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, Comes from over the wicket and bowls an away swinger outside off and on a fuller length, Alzarri Joseph watches the ball closely and leaves it alone. |
| 36.2 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, Four! |
| 36.3 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, FOUR! Two-in-two for Alzarri Joseph! Gus Atkinson errs in line and sprays it onto the pads and on a length, Alzarri Joseph covers the line and tucks it to fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 36.4 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, Four! |
| 36.5 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, No run. |
| 36.6 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, Four! |
| 37.1 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, No run. |
| 37.2 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, No run. |
| 37.3 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, Goes searching for the swing on a fuller length delivery on off, Gudakesh Motie drives it to mid off. |
| 37.4 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, No run. |
| 37.5 : Chris Woakes to Gudakesh Motie, 1 run. |
| 37.6 : Chris Woakes to Alzarri Joseph, Takes pace off and attacks the pads on a fuller length, Alzarri Joseph clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 38.1 : Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one against the name of Gus Atkinson and this is starting to feel like a dream for the debutant! |
| 0.0 : Shamar Joseph walks out to bat. |
| 38.2 : Gus Atkinson to Shamar Joseph, A big shout for LBW, but it certainly did too much! Probably missing leg! Atkinson goes full and into middle and leg with an inward swing, Shamar Joseph looks to flick but is beaten onto his front pad. |
| 38.3 : Gus Atkinson to Shamar Joseph, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and Gus Atkinson is in the mood to shackle a few records on debut! |
| 0.0 : Jayden Seales is the last man in for the West Indies. Gus Atkinson has a shot at history here. No English debutant has taken 8 or more wickets on his Test debut. He is just one wicket away from achieving that feat. |
| 38.4 : Gus Atkinson to Jayden Seales, 1 run. |
| 38.5 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, Shorter in length and outside off, Gudakesh Motie leaves it alone. |
| 38.6 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, Hits the deck on a hard length, outside off, Gudakesh Motie looks to cut it square on off but gets beaten. |
| 39.1 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, No run. |
| 39.2 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, A loosener from James Anderson! Bowls this wayward on off and on a fuller length, Jayden Seales leaves it alone. |
| 39.3 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, Gets the line right this time and lands it on a good length on middle and leg, Jayden Seales tucks it to the square leg region for a single. |
| 39.4 : James Anderson to Gudakesh Motie, Four! |
| 39.5 : James Anderson to Gudakesh Motie, Bowls it into the pads, on a fuller length, Gudakesh Motie looks to tuck it away but gets beaten onto his front pad. |
| 39.6 : James Anderson to Gudakesh Motie, 1 run. |
| 40.1 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, FOUR! Adding gold to the scoreboard here is Gudakesh Motie! Served wider on off and on a fuller length, Gudakesh Motie lenas on it and drives it neatly through point for a boundary. |
| 40.2 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, Brings out the bouncer and digs it really short over middle and leg, Gudakesh Motie wasn't expecting this but does well to duck under it. |
| 40.3 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, No run. |
| 40.4 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, No run. |
| 40.5 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, Another top delivery and the ball beats the bat again! Pitches it on a hard length in the channel on off, Gudakesh Motie looks to play with a straight bat but gets beaten on the outside edge. Relatively closer than the previous one! |
| 40.6 : Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie, Four! |
| 41.1 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, Comes from over the wicket and bowls it on a length and into the pads, Jayden Seales blocks it to mid-wicket. |
| 41.2 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, No run. |
| 41.3 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, Pitches it on a length and just outside off, the ball nips back in sharply beating the inside edge of the bat and flies over the stumps. |
| 41.4 : James Anderson to Jayden Seales, OUT! LBW! A huge appeal and up goes the dreaded finger! James Anderson finally gets a wicket to wrap the West Indies for just 121 runs on the board. |
| 0.0 : Well, things escalated pretty quickly after Lunch, didn't they? This has been a collapse of some enormity for the West Indies. Gus Atkinson was the chief architect of the Windies collapse, returning figures of 7 for 45, including 5 maidens on Test debut. Nothing short of a dream debut for the 26-year-old right arm-pacer as he leads the England team back into the dressing room. Half an hour into the second session, West Indies were going along rather nicely with both Alick Athanaze and Kavem |
| Just as Athanaze and Hodge were beginning to put England under the pump through their intent, Atkinson struck thrice in a single over before Chris Woakes got into the act to reduce the West Indies from 88/3 to 88/7. Atkinson ran through the tail and then Anderson completed the formalities by picking the last wicket. West Indies will be very disappointed with their batting effort, especially after the way they started both sessions. With the skies likely to stay overcast, West Indies will hav |
| ... SECOND INNINGS ... |
| Welcome back for England's reply. |
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