New Delhi. On the England tour, the West Indies team is in danger of an innings defeat in the first Test match itself. In the Test match being played at Lord’s, the visiting West Indies team lost its 6 wickets at the score of 79 runs in the second innings. Windies still have to score 171 runs to avoid innings defeat. Which seems difficult. At the end of the second day’s play, Joshua de Silva returned unbeaten on 8 runs. Windies lost their sixth wicket on the fifth ball of the last over of the day. Debutant Gus Atkinson gave a big blow to the Caribbean team by getting Jason Holder caught by Ollie Pope. Holder returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs in 59 balls.
England scored 371 runs in the first innings. In reply, the West Indies (ENG vs WI) team collapsed for 121 runs. The batsmen of the West Indies team, captained by Craig Brathwaite, who fell behind by 250 runs in the first innings, could not do much in the second innings either. Captain Brathwaite was out after scoring 4 runs while Ben Stokes did not even allow Kirk McKenzie to open his account. Michael Lewis was out after scoring 14 runs in 49 balls while Cowen Hodge scored 4 runs. When Ellis Athanase returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs, Holder was out after scoring 20 runs. James Anderson, Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have taken two wickets each in the second innings for England.
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For host England, opener Jack Crowley scored the highest score of 76 runs in the first innings while Joe Root was out after scoring 68 runs. Ollie Pope contributed 57 runs while Harry Brook was out after scoring 55 runs. Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith played an inning of 70 runs in 119 balls. Chris Woakes scored 23 runs. For the West Indies, Jaden Sills took the maximum of 4 wickets in the first innings, while Jason Holder and Gudakesh Moti took two wickets each.
From the West Indies side, 3 batsmen were out on zero in the first innings while Michael Lewis was the top scorer by scoring 27 runs. Ellis Athanase was out after scoring 23 runs while Cowen Hodge contributed 24 runs. Debutant Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets for England. One wicket each went to the account of Anderson, Woakes and Stokes.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: July 12, 2024, 06:29 IST
