140.2 -
J Holder to J Root, FOUR, that is more of a T20 stroke. Length on the stumps, Root gets across and heaves it over mid-wicket. Cleared the fielder and found the gap for a boundary. He took his chance and got a four
137.3 -
Devendra Bishoo to J Root, FOUR, 150 for Root. He raises his bat. Flighted on middle and leg, Root plays a hard slog sweep wide of the square leg umpire, beats deep backward square to his left. Fourth score of 150+ in Tests for Root
136.2 -
Roach to J Root, FOUR, nips back in and takes the bottom edge of Root as he looked to cut late, the ball bounces in front of Ramdin who fails to stop it. Gives away four. Ramdin put in a tired dive
134.1 -
Roach to J Root, FOUR, dabbed away past the diving gully. It was too close to cut, he was cramped for room but he managed to get it wide of the fielder. Beats the man chasing back as well
132.5 -
Roach to Jordan, FOUR, Jordan plays a lovely on-drive wide of mid-on to get a boundary. Tad too full from Roach and Jordan got forward to present the broadest of blades
130.3 -
Roach to Jordan, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Jordan leans into the drive and places it through the cover region. Timed it really well and it raced away
128.4 -
S Gabriel to Jordan, FOUR, that has been hammered by Jordan. Maybe he was expecting the short ball, sits on the back foot and thunders a pull over mid-wicket. It raced away to the fence
127.3 -
Devendra Bishoo to Buttler, FOUR, this time he has smashed that. Down the wicket and to the pitch and hit very hard to the left of Devendra Bishoo, he stuck his left-hand out but it flew past him in a jiffy
110.4 -
Roach to J Root, FOUR, 100 for Root. His first outside England. Poor ball from Roach though - it was short and wide outside off, Root just had to find the gap with the cut and he did that, getting it wide of point. The ball races away to the ropes. Root raises the bat and removes the helmet to hear all the applause. Buttler is seen clapping from the dressing room. Root punched the air in delight too after getting to a ton. A kiss of the Three Lions emblem on the helmet to go with it. Well played - a quick and aggressive hundred
110.2 -
Roach to J Root, FOUR, full outside off, Root gets to 96 with a deliberate guide past the lone slip. No third man and Root just opens the face of the bat on that full delivery outside off and gets it down to the fence
109.1 -
Samuels to J Root, FOUR, last over Root played an on-drive straight to the fielder at mid-on. This time he gets it wide of the man. Gets forward and times it past the fielder. Superb stroke
102.1 -
J Holder to J Root, FOUR, Holder bowls a nothing delivery, short and wide outside off, Root rocks back and cuts wide of point. Needed to hit the gap, which he did. Root and Ballance punch gloves
99.0 -
J Holder to J Root, byes, FOUR, good length down leg, swings further down and Ramdin didn't even move. Called four byes. The 300 is up and the England supporters clap in appreciation
95.4 -
Devendra Bishoo to Ballance, FOUR, he's bowled four balls and all four have been short. Short and outside off stump, Ballance cuts it in front of square on the off-side and picks up four more
95.3 -
Devendra Bishoo to Ballance, FOUR, oh dear! It's too short again, Ballance rocks back and pulls it through backward square leg
94.3 -
S Gabriel to J Root, FOUR, too short but it's not tall enough to trouble Root. Short delivery on the off stump, Root rocks back, swivels and pulls it along the ground through square leg
93.5 -
Roach to Ballance, FOUR, excellent looking cover drive, he's timed that sweetly from the middle of the bat. Overpitched and Ballance leans forward to send it through cover
92.3 -
S Gabriel to Ballance, no ball, byes, FOUR, sloppy from Gabriel and Ramdin. It's another front foot no-ball, Ballance lets it go, Ramdin fails to collect it to his left and it goes for four
92.3 -
S Gabriel to Ballance, no ball, FOUR, Gabriel will be livid with himself for bowling a freebie. In fact, Gabriel has overstepped again, for the fifth time in this innings. Low full toss outside off stump, that's a gift and Ballance drives it through cover-point to bring up his fifty
88.0 -
Roach to Ballance, FOUR, Roach bowls a wide half-volley outside off and gives away four off the last ball. Ballance gets forward and square drives and hits it in the gap. The pressure that was built up in the over has been released with that delivery
86.5 -
S Gabriel to J Root, FOUR, Gabriel continues with the short and wide outside off stuff, Root this time rises tall and gets on top of the bounce to crack a cut square of the wicket, beat point and since the timing was very good it races away to the fence
85.4 -
Blackwood to J Root, FOUR, Blackwood tries the quicker delivery and bowls it way outside off, gives Root width and the batsman opens the face of the bat to steer it wide of backward point. Races away
83.4 -
J Holder to J Root, FOUR, Holder errs by bowling short and Root is so quick to rock back to pull wide of mid-wicket. Picked the length and swivelled on the shot to get a boundary. Packed a punch when he hit it
81.5 -
J Holder to J Root, FOUR, poor ball from Holder and Root won't miss out. Short and wide outside off, Root gets on top of the bounce and cuts to deep backward point, beat the fielder inside the ring
78.0 -
Devendra Bishoo to J Root, FOUR, second bad ball of the over. Full toss on the stumps, Root gets forward and clips wide of mid-on. Needed to hit the gap which he did comfortably
77.4 -
Devendra Bishoo to J Root, FOUR, another poor delivery. Dragged down, Root has it easy as he rocks back and pulls over mid-wicket. Once he got it over the man it was an easy boundary
75.0 -
Roach to J Root, FOUR, poor final delivery and Roach spoils all the good work in the over. Root shuffles across and flicks wide of mid-wicket, Samuels gives chase but the ball wins the race
73.3 -
Devendra Bishoo to Ballance, FOUR, another drive from Ballance and another boundary. Very full outside off, Ballance drills a drive wide of mid-off and it races away
72.5 -
Roach to Ballance, FOUR, beautiful shot. It was overpitched outside off, Ballance leans forward and then plays a controlled drive along the carpet through cover for a glorious boundary. Everything right about that shot
71.5 -
Devendra Bishoo to J Root, FOUR, when Devendra Bishoo drops it short, Root is quickly onto it, rocking back to cut that square of the wicket, beats the chasing Holder to the fence
71.0 -
Roach to Ballance, FOUR, Ballance wins the patience battle with Roach. Waited for the bad ball and when it came put it away, short and wide outside off, cut wide of Samuels at point. Raced away
63.1 -
Devendra Bishoo to Cook, FOUR, that's a poor delivery and Cook didn't miss out. Swept hard to a ball down leg, beats Samuels at backward square leg. No chance for him this time
61.2 -
Devendra Bishoo to Ballance, byes, FOUR, bad bowling. Well down leg and turning, gives Ramdin no chance
50.2 -
Roach to Cook, FOUR, that has run away to the third man fence. Short and outside off, Cook cuts and gets a thick bottom edge wide of the diving second slip. Went down quickly after Cook played that
48.1 -
Roach to Trott, FOUR, lovely on-drive. Tad too full from Roach and Trott gets forward to play a sweet shot wide of mid-on. Timing was the essence and despite a slow outfield it raced away to the fence in a jiffy. Showed the full face of the bat as he played it
33.0 -
S Gabriel to Trott, FOUR, misfielded at gully. Gabriel holds his hands on his head. Full outside off, Trott was expecting a short delivery, had his weight on the back foot, but opens the face of the bat and slices it along the ground. The fielder got a hand but couldn't prevent the boundary
24.1 -
Devendra Bishoo to Trott, FOUR, tossed up outside off stump, Trott leans forward and drives well through cover, that was a nice hit from Trott
22.2 -
Devendra Bishoo to Cook, FOUR, poor ball, short and down the leg-side, Cook rocks back and pulls it fine to fine leg
20.0 -
J Holder to Trott, FOUR, good length delivery just outside off stump, Trott looks to defend and gets an outside edge that flies to the right of the diving fielder at second slip
18.1 -
Devendra Bishoo to Cook, FOUR, edged but safe. Flighted delivery outside off stump, Cook looks to defend, the ball takes the outside edge and goes to the right of the man at first slip. Replays show that it was a bump ball
17.3 -
J Holder to Trott, FOUR, on the leg stump, Trott gets inside the line and glances it away fine to the fine leg boundary, fifty partnership comes up and this is a solid start for the visitors
15.2 -
J Holder to Cook, FOUR, short ball on the leg stump, Cook rocks back and pulls it nicely through mid-wicket for four
10.1 -
Roach to Cook, FOUR, friendly full toss outside off stump, Cook reaches out and drives it through backward point and gets four more
4.1 -
Roach to Trott, FOUR, good length delivery on the stumps, Trott gets across the stumps and flicks it nicely along the ground through wide mid-on for four
2.4 -
Roach to Trott, FOUR, inside edge and almost dragged on. Full and outside off stump, Trott looks to drive through cover, he's very lucky that this didn't hit the leg stump
1.4 -
S Gabriel to Cook, FOUR, short and on the leg stump, Cook gets inside the line of the ball and helps it away fine to the fine leg boundary. Roach dives in the deep but the ball wins the race
1.3 -
S Gabriel to Cook, FOUR, defends this short of length delivery with an angled bat, plays away from the body, gets a thick edge, but he plays with soft hands and it goes between third slip and gully
144.1 -
J Holder to J Root, out J Anderson Run Out!! 1 run completed. It was flicked towards deep mid-wicket, Root always wanted two but Anderson was struggling. The throw was poor - high and to the left of Holder, who leapt and used his height to good effect. Catches it with one hand and flicks it back onto the stumps. Anderson didn't even dive or plonk his bat in. Was caught short. The feet too didn't get in. Bad running and it has cost Root a potential double hundred. Root is not a happy chappy. But he has played superbly. J Anderson run out (S Gabriel/J Holder) 2(12)
137.5 -
Devendra Bishoo to Broad, out Caught by Devon Smith!! Good anticipation from Devon Smith at slip. He saw Broad shaping for the sweep and moved to his left, the ball looped off the wrist band that was part of the glove and Smith caught it at a leg slip position. Broad reviewed it but the original decision stood. Broad c Devon Smith b Devendra Bishoo 0(4)
136.3 -
Roach to J Root, out Jordan Run Out!! 1 run completed. Root has done in Jordan. It was steered off the front foot to the left of sweeper cover, Root wanted two then sent Jordan back. Jordan tried to dive and get back. Slid his bat in with the left-hand. The right-hand had the gloves and Jordan was caught inches short by a super throw. Bowden took an age to give it out and there was a technical failure on the giant screen which further delayed proceedings. Jordan run out (J Holder/Ramdin) 16(28) [4s-3]
127.4 -
Devendra Bishoo to Buttler, out Stumped!! Devendra Bishoo gets Buttler out. Third time in a row he skips out, isn't to the pitch of the ball, the ball pitches short of the bat, turns away from the stroke and Ramdin has an easy stumping. Credit to Devendra Bishoo for keeping his cool and trusting his skill. Buttler st Ramdin b Devendra Bishoo 13(30) [4s-1]
118.1 -
Devendra Bishoo to Stokes, out Caught by Blackwood!! What a man Samuels is! Look at his celebration after Stokes gets out. He is saluting the departing batsman off the field. Stands there with goggles on and salutes till Stokes passes him and goes back to the dressing room. Another wicket given away. Nothing delivery, short and on the stumps, Stokes pulls it straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket. Stokes is distraught as he picked the fielder to perfection. His head goes down as he hits it, he knew he had found the fielder. So that's three wickets in a row that have been gifted. Stokes c Blackwood b Devendra Bishoo 8(23)
110.0 -
Samuels to Moeen Ali, out Moeen Ali Run Out!! What was that Moeen Ali? A run out in a Test match. Unbelievable really. It is such a waste of a wicket. Perhaps Moeen Ali wanted to get off the mark with that attempted quick single. It was turned towards short mid-wicket, Moeen Ali set off immediately, Root didn't want the single and stopped, Moeen Ali was halfway down and there was no way back. A simple throw to Ramdin and that's game over. Samuels pumps his fist. Moeen Ali run out (Blackwood/Ramdin) 0(4)
107.5 -
Samuels to Ballance, out Bowled!! Out of nowhere Samuels gets Ballance out. Strange dismissal. Samuels looks at Root and says something. Root laughs. It was floated up outside off, was in the air and hung up there, when it came down Ballance went for a big cover drive, the ball finds the bottom edge and flicks the leg bail off. Ballance misses out on a hundred that was there for the taking. Ballance b Samuels 77(188) [4s-8 6s-1]
66.1 -
S Gabriel to Bell, out Bowled!! Gabriel gets another through a drag-on. He is pumped. Bell looks to cut at a short and wide delivery outside off, the bat comes down at an angle and the big inside edge knocks out off stump. Suddenly out of nowhere West Indies get two wickets. Bell b S Gabriel 1(3)
64.1 -
S Gabriel to Cook, out Bowled!! The wait continues. No hundred for Cook still. Gabriel pumps his fist. Bad shot from Cook. It wasn't a wicket-taking delivery at all - short and wide outside off, was there for the cut but Cook chopped it on via a fat inside edge. He shakes his head as he walks back. Cook b S Gabriel 76(211) [4s-8]
49.2 -
Devendra Bishoo to Trott, out Caught by Blackwood!! Now Devendra Bishoo gets Trott. He was close to getting him out the previous ball and does it now. Bowls the flighted leg-break, dips and turns away, Trott plays an airy drive and the outside edge is safely held at 2nd slip. It wasn't an easy catch but Blackwood took it well to his left. Sharp catch and West Indies break the opening stand. Trott c Blackwood b Devendra Bishoo 59(147) [4s-7]
109.0 -
Roach to J Root, 1 run, direct hit from cover and Moeen Ali was gone. Moeen Ali was struggling there. It was defended to the left of cover, Root set off and Moeen Ali was a bit slow. Brathwaite - I think was the fielder - charged and fired in a throw but missed. A stroke of luck for Moeen Ali
103.0 -
J Holder to J Root, no ball, 1 run, Holder oversteps, bowls a yorker, that swings in, nearly gets through Root's defences, Root digs it out to deep backward square leg, the fielder does well coming in to keep it to a single
93.1 -
Roach to J Root, 1 run, fuller length delivery on middle and leg, Root was looking to flick and gets an inside edge onto the pads that rolls away to short mid-wicket and that brings up the 100-run partnership
91.0 -
S Gabriel to Ballance, no run, close shave for Ballance. He hangs back to this good length delivery, tries to defend, misses and the ball hits him just above the knee roll, height was the only issue there and it was just clipping the top of the stumps. It needed to crash into the stumps for the onfield call to be overturned
90.0 -
Roach to J Root, 1 run, short of length delivery from wide of the crease, pushed towards mid-on, a lazy effort from the fielder and he fumbles the ball. Root gets to his fifty. This is his 6th consecutive 50+ score in Tests
65.0 -
S Gabriel to Ballance, 1 run, direct hit from Blackwood and Bell was gone. It was turned to the left of mid-wicket, Ballance wanted a quick single, Bell wasn't quick, had to stretch and would've fallen short with a direct hit
55.3 -
Devendra Bishoo to Cook, no run, very good review that from West Indies. Cook played completely down the wrong line to one that turned in. Bat was far from the pad as he came forward to defend. Struck him before the kneeroll but Hawk-Eye shows it was clipping top of middle. The on-field call stays as it was given not out
45.2 -
Devendra Bishoo to Trott, 1 run, Trott gets to fifty too. He defends softly wide of slip. Looks at Cook and sets off to the other end. Trott needed runs after the first match failure. Lovely to see him back playing and scoring runs after all those issues in Australia
41.2 -
Devendra Bishoo to Cook, 1 run, floated on the pads, turned to deep square leg, was in the air but wide of short leg. Fifty for Cook. Another handshake between Cook and Trott
41.1 -
Devendra Bishoo to Cook, 2 runs, the 100-run stand comes up with a nice shot off the back foot. Shortish and turning in, Cook rocks back and cuts wide of cover. For a couple. Cook and Trott have a handshake