England 416 (Pope 121, Duckett 71, Stokes 69, A Joseph 3-98) vs West Indies
Stokes, Jamie Smith and Atkinson fell for 28 runs within the house of seven.2 overs however by the shut, the hosts have been all out for 416, mushy dismissals taking a number of the shine off their innings.
West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite stated upon profitable the toss and sending England in on a welcoming batting floor underneath clear skies that he needed extra self-discipline from his bowlers following a heavy innings defeat within the first Check at Lord’s. At instances, they put England’s batters underneath strain however West Indies gave away too many probabilities with the ball and within the discipline.
Pope rode his luck after being dropped on 46 within the last over earlier than lunch when he struck a Jayden Seales supply exhausting in the direction of broad gully the place Athanaze failed to carry on. The vacationers gave him one other life on 54 when he slashed Shamar Joseph to second slip, Jason Holder the perpetrator this time.
Harry Brook punished some wayward line and size from Alzarri Joseph with three consecutive fours earlier than being dropped on 24 at gully.
Brook had arrived at 142 for 3 when Joe Root fell shortly after lunch to a fluffed pull which flew straight to mid-on. Seales’ coronary heart was in his mouth as Alzarri Joseph juggled the ball twice earlier than grabbing it for good.
Brook moved to 30 with a simple six over deep level off Alzarri Joseph and as much as then, he and Pope had added 10 additional fours inside the first hour of the afternoon session.
However Brook fell trying to paddle Kevin Sinclair – a late inclusion after Gudakesh Motie awoke feeling unwell – and succeeded solely in sending a toe-end excessive in the direction of midwicket, the place Kirk McKenzie swallowed the catch.
Pope introduced up his century with 4 off Seales over sq. leg then, including to West Indies woes, Shamar Joseph hobbled off the sector halfway via his twelfth over – the final earlier than tea – clutching a cramping left leg. The vacationers may take some consolation from Pope’s dismissal, nevertheless, driving at Alzarri Joseph and the ball ballooning to Hodge.
Smith had placed on 61 runs with Stokes, smashing Hodge for six past deep midwicket within the course of earlier than thumping one other down the bottom, however Hodge responded subsequent ball when Smith tried an analogous shot and picked out Holder within the deep, persevering with the development of soppy dismissals for England.
After surviving a missed stumping, Mark Wooden was dropped by Mikyle Louis diving forwards at level off Sinclair, persevering with that different undesirable theme for West Indies.
The guests took the second new ball after 86 overs and Jayden Seales and Alzarri Joseph used it to prise out the final two wickets, Chris Woakes for 37 and Shoaib Bashir for five.
Regardless of the upcoming arrival of his first little one, Duckett had been supremely targeted within the center. He discovered the boundary 4 instances in a row off Seales within the second over, two superb further cowl drives bookending a lower in entrance of level and a clip via midwicket. He helped himself to 2 extra in Seales’ subsequent over and one other, off Alzarri Joseph, introduced up England’s fifty in simply 26 balls, the quickest for any workforce in Exams.
Holder conceded only one run when he was introduced on within the sixth over however was quickly dispatched over further cowl by Duckett, who introduced up his fifty off simply 32 balls guiding Holder for 4 via deep third.
It was Sinclair and Shamar Joseph who discovered some management for West Indies after the primary drinks break, however Duckett threatened to interrupt free when he lunged ahead to comb a full supply from Sinclair for 4 to deliver up England’s hundred and punished a large one from Shamar Joseph via the covers. Shamar Joseph lastly broke via when he drew an out of doors edge from Duckett and Holder held on at second slip.
Valkerie Baynes is a normal editor, girls’s cricket, at ESPNcricinfo