ENG vs WI Day 2: England will resume from 35/1. (Twitter/EnglandCricket)
England vs West Indies (ENG vs WI) 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Jason Holder took a superb 6/42 as England faltered on the second day of the first Test against West Indies. At stumps, the visitors were at 57/1 and John Campbell was the only Windies batsman to fall for 28. Holder’s career-best bundled out England for 204 on the second overcast day of the first test at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday.
Shannon Gabriel nabbed the first three wickets, Holder the next six including England counterpart Ben Stokes for a team-best 43, and Gabriel grabbed the last wicket to finish with 4-62. England, at 174-9, didn’t look like reaching 200 but Dom Bess hit 31 not out and shared 30 with fast bowler James Anderson, the last man out.
Match EndedWest Indies tour of England, 2020 - 1st Test
England
204 (67.3) & 313 (111.2)vs
West Indies
318 (102.0) & 200/6 (64.2)Match Ended ( Day 5 - 1st Test )
West Indies beat England by 4 wickets
West Indies beat England by 4 wickets
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England vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 2 Highlights: West Indies coach Phil Simmons, centre, speaks to his team members during a nets session at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. (AP)
With bad light, the umpires have called it a day. West Indies finish on 57/1. Earlier, West Indies captain Jason Holder took a career-best 6/42 as England were bowled out for 204. Gabriel nabbed the first three wickets, Holder the next six including England counterpart Ben Stokes for a team-best 43, and Gabriel grabbed the last wicket to finish with 4/62.
Bad light has stopped play. Doesn't look too promising for continuation today. . We still have no news as to whether we'll get more play, whether we won't, or at what point that call will be made. The good news is that the weather looks promisingly good for the forthcoming days so.
Bad light has stopped play once again with the WI on 57-1, trailing by 147. Brathwaite (20*) & Hope (3*) at the crease.
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FOUR, freebie and Brathwaite gets some bat on it and its a much-needed boundary. 50 up for the visitors for the loss of 1 wicket. WI are here to play, they mean business this time around and this can be said by their body language & performance so far.
Anderson gets the breakthrough! Number 585 for James Anderson in Test cricket. John Campbell is out lbw! The batsman reviews, but this time unsuccessfully. West Indies- 43/1
It was only a very short break, and Kraigg Brathwaite (7* off 24) and John Campbell (12* off 18) are resuming - West Indies 21/0, Jofra Archer to take up the ball.
Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell are at the crease. Kraigg Brathwaite is on strike. Anderson will open the attack.
Brathwaite vs Anderson
358 balls
112 runs
Seven dismissals
Avg 16.00
Balls/Dis 51.1
Gabriel gets the last wicket and England have been bowled out for 204! ENG have won only 1 test v Windies when they scored 210 or less in 1st innings of a test v WI in ENG. Lost 8 & 4 have been drawn.
Top performers-
Jason Holder - 6/42
Shannon Gabriel - 4/62
Ben Stokes - 43
WICKET! Mark Wood falls for 5. Excellent bowling from the West Indies captain. Career-best figures for Holder. Very sharply taken by Hope at gully to his left! That flew off the prod from Wood, and Holder has his second Test 6-for and, as of now, his best Test figures!
West Indies have beaten England in England in only one Test in this century. And it was in 2017 at Leeds
Jofra Archer is caught in front, LBW. The last five wickets have been taken by Holder. England have slipped from 154/5 to 157/8. Since 2018, Jason Holder has six five-wicket hauls in Tests, the joint-most by any bowler in this period.
Jason Holder since the start of 2018. Simply outstanding.
Mts- 12
Inns- 23
Wkts- 55
Avg- 14.14
Eco- 2.47
Brilliant catch from Shane Dowrich. Holder is on a song with four wickets. Buttler goes for 35. Once again moving the ball enough to take the outside edge. England struggling at 157/7, West Indies right on top. How good was that catch from 21-year-old Shane Dowrich
Jason Holder gets rid off Ben Stokes! This is a big moment in the game! England in a spot of bother now. Beautiful from Holder. Troubled Stokes on the first two balls and finally got his priced wicket. Got the ball to move away slightly. That full length again doing the trick. A 67-run stand is broken - enter Dom Bess. ENG- 154/6 after 54 overs
FIFTY partnership between Ben Stokes (36*) & Jos Buttler (23*). This pair is looking dangerous. Ben Stokes' defence has really tightened up in recent years. Since the start of 2018, he's dismissed every 95 defensive shots he plays against pace - no England player (min 10 matches) has a better record. Buttler has played some delightful strokes in this compact innings.
After a short delay-
LUNCH! Brilliant session for WI, as they took 4-71. Gabriel & Holder were particularly impressive. Windies had this session in control from the start, only dropped catch of Stokes could hurt them later. Otherwise did absolutely nothing wrong. ENG- 106/5 after 43 overs
100 comes up for England. 41.2 overs bowled. 5 wickets down! It's not been easy to reach the century mark.
Stokes DROPPED on 14! Short ball to Stokes and he can't resist a pull and gets horribly cramped, comes off the top part of the bat and Roach gets there in plenty of time at long-leg, gets both hands to it and lets it slip!
Edged through to the keeper, Holder has his second! Ollie Pope departs for 12. England in some bother on 87/5, with 20 minutes until lunch. West Indies have got England in a spot of real bother here, and it's entirely deserved for the tourists. They have bowled fantastically - our Expected Wickets model says that their deliveries should have brought 4.5 wickets, which is remarkable after just 40 overs.
Here is the wicket of Holder-
Lbw!! Another excellent review from West Indies. That's now three good reviews from them. ENG- 72/4
Ben Stokes is walking down the track at Jason Holder, trying to disrupt the length of the accurate Kemar Roach. Stokes is good at it, normally - he averages 40 when coming down the pitch to seamers in Tests. Meanwhile, an excellent punch down the ground from Stokes. This time he gets the better of Roach. Seems like a game of cat and mouse. ENG- 71/3
Gripping battle between Roach and Stokes. Looks like the field has crept in a touch to stop the quick singles Stokes loves. England in a spot of bother at 62/3 after 30 overs (Ben Stokes 5, Zak Crawley 5; Shannon Gabriel 3/38).
Round the wicket and Gabriel hits the pads! Originally the umpire thought it was sliding down leg or maybe that there had been some bat. Excellent review and Gabriel gets his 3rd wicket. ENG- 51/3 after 26 ovs
This is a must-watch-
BOWLED! Wobble seam nips back in! An absolute ripper from Gabriel at 90 plus miles/hr. Denly bowled by Gabriel for 18. It was his front foot that hasn't gone to the pitch of the ball enough. West Indies have done their homework. Good start to the day for the visitors. ENG- 48/2
Not allowed to use saliva or sweat on the ball but then what is Campbell rubbing off his top lip and putting on the ball?
Rory Burns has just become the first England opener to score 1,000 Test runs since Alastair Cook reached the milestone against India at The Oval in 2007
Right so lights are on again and an orthodox field with three slips and a gully! Joseph's over is finished and Jason Holder completes the next one. 40 percent chance of rain but the situation is quite good now. Clouds are over the ground but more cricket than yesterday for sure. ENG- 36/1 after 19 overs
Coming up from Ageas Bowl and it's not raining at the moment.
Scorecard-
Keep your fingers crossed again!
Roryu Burns, who will walk out to the pitch with Denly in another hour, has a special liking for the Rose Bowl. He has posted scores of 151, 122, 63 & 53* in 4 of his 5 first-class innings at this ground before this Test.
In what is one of the most positive news to come out of Southampton since yesterday, the sun is out in full glory at the moment and the covers have been taken off the pitch. Only 82 minutes - and 17.4 overs - were possible on Day 1. We are set to have much more than that today. Little more than an hour to go before the first ball of the day is bowled by Alzarri Joseph.
Weather forecasts show that we will have lengthy dry spells on Day 2, even though clouds will make their presence felt. BBC reports that bad light could be a factor because of the thick clouds, especially in the evening session.
So just for an estimation of what we can expect today - there is no rain forecast for the first 5 hours of the day. Some thundershowers are expected later in the day. The evening session could therefore have some stoppages, but looks like we are good to have 2 solid sessions of pure, undiluted cricket.
For all the anticipation about cricket returning, the biggest moment in the 1st Test so far had nothing to do with either bat or ball. In a beautiful moment of solidarity, all players and staff took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The weather has improved from yesterday, but there are still clouds hovering over Southampton. We will have to wait and watch to see if we manage to get a full 98 overs today, but the skies do seem brighter than yesterday. In some positive news, the weather forecast for the next three days are far better than yesterday as well as today.
98 overs will be bowled on each day for the rest of the Test to make up for the loss of overs on the first day. England won the toss yestersday and chose to bat, only to lose Dom Sibley for a duck. However, it was rain which had the final say after that.