England on course for a big win in Anderson’s farewell Test, WI at risk of innings defeat

New Delhi. The West Indies team on the England tour is facing the threat of an innings defeat in the first Test match itself. In the Test match being played at Lord’s, the visiting Windies team lost 6 wickets for a score of 79 runs in the second innings. Windies still have to score 171 runs to avoid an 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 off 59 balls.

England scored 371 runs in the first innings. In response, the Windies (ENG vs WI) team collapsed for 121 runs. The batsmen of the Windies team captained by Craig Braithwaite, who trailed by 250 runs in the first innings, could not do much in the second innings as well. Captain Braithwaite was dismissed after scoring 4 runs, while Ben Stokes did not let Kirk McKenzie even open his/her account. Michael Lewis was dismissed after scoring 14 runs off 49 balls, while Kaven Hodge scored 4 runs. Ellis Athanase returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs, while Holder was dismissed after scoring 20 runs. For England, James Anderson, Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson have taken two wickets each in the second innings.

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For the host England, opener Jack Crowley scored the highest 76 runs in the first innings while Joe Root was dismissed after scoring 68 runs. Ollie Pope contributed 57 runs while Harry Brook was dismissed after scoring 55 runs. Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith played an innings of 70 runs in 119 balls. Chris Woakes scored 23 runs. For the Windies, Jaden Sills took the maximum 4 wickets in the first innings while Jason Holder and Gudakesh Moti took two wickets each.

In the first innings, 3 batsmen from Windies were out on zero while Michael Lewis was the highest scorer with 27 runs. Ellis Athanase was out after scoring 23 runs while Kaven Hodge contributed 24 runs. Debutant Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets for England. Anderson, Woakes and Stokes took one wicket each.

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