England dominated West Indies on Day 2 of the first Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Powered by debutant Jamie Smith's 70-run knock, England were able to take a 250-run lead in the first inning. West Indies started poorly in the 2nd innings and lost six early wickets. Playing his last Test match, James Anderson also took a couple of wickets on the second Day. Catch the highlights of the ENG Vs WI, 1st Test Day 2, here. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
ENG vs WI, 1st Test Day 2 - Stumps
West Indies were completely rattled by the English bowlers when they came out to bat in the third session. In a 34.5 overs long third session, WI lost six wickets and they are still trailing by 171 runs. England need only four more wickets to win the match. Retiring James Anderson took a couple of wickets in the second innings. Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson also grabbed a brace of wickets.
WI's 2nd Innings Start!
James Anderson opened the bowling attack as Kraigg B🌸rathwaite and Mikyle Louis came to🔴 open the batting for West Indies. First over is a maiden over.
WI 2nd ING - 0/0 (1)
Innings Break!
Brief Score: WI - 121/10 (41.4)
ENG - 371/10 (90)
Zak Crawley - 76 (89), Jamie Smith - 70 (119) | Jayden▨ Seale🌳s: (20-5-77-4)
Debutant Jamie Smith played a 70-run knock in the first innings to take England to a respectable total and provide a 250-run lead after the completion of first innings. Playing his farewell Test match, James Anderson went back without playing any ball. Jason Holder and Gudakesh Motie took a brace of wickets each whereas seamer Jayden Seales clai🌞med 🌳four wickets.
ENG vs WI, 1st Test: Playing XI
West Indies: Kraigg Br💮athwaite (c), Mikyle Louis, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Jason Holder, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar J🍒oseph, Jayden Seales
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkins✅on, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson
This is the final Test for English pacer James Anderson as the veteran pacer will call time ☂on his cricketing career at Lord's, the e🧸xact venue where he made his Test debut back in 2003 against Zimbabwe.
The veteran pacer has pl✤ayed 188 Tests taking 701 wicket𝔍s with an average of 26.52.
