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England close in on victory over West Indies after Jamie Smith's debut fifty and Ben Stokes' milestone wicket

Posted by shehroz 12/07/2024 1 Comment(s)

England close in on victory over West Indies after Jamie Smith's debut fifty and Ben Stokes' milestone wicket


amie Smith struck a half-century in his first Test before Ben Stokes took his 200th wicket and James Anderson his 703rd as England closed in on a resounding victory over West Indies in the series opener at Lord's.

Smith's 70 from 119 balls, in which he pulled a six out of the ground, followed Surrey team-mate and fellow debutant Gus Atkinson's seven-wicket haul on day one as West Indies were skittled for 121.

Smith was one of five players to pass fifty in England's 371 all out in reply, with Joe Root (68) and Harry Brook (50) also backing up opening-day half-centuries for Zak Crawley (76) and Ollie Pope (57).

England's lead was 250 when Smith was last man out, and West Indies crumpled to 79-6 in the final session to trail by 171 at stumps.

 

With the tourists reeling at 38-4 when Atkinson bowled Kavem Hodge (4), there was a realistic chance of a two-day finish, and England were sensing that again when Anderson (2-11) made it 55-5 by nicking off Alick Athanaze (22) for his 703rd wicket, in what is his 188th and final Test match after 21 years of service.

Jason Holder (20 off 59) and Joshua Da Silva (8no off 16) - both of whom were out to Atkinson for ducks in the first innings - battled to take the game into at least a third day, although England appear nailed on for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series ahead of next week's second Test at Trent Bridge.

The final moment of the day was Holder fencing Atkinson (2-27) to Pope at short leg - captain Stokes rewarded for adopting a short-ball ploy late on during the day he became only the third player, after Sir Garfield Sobers and Jacques Kallis, to complete the double of 200 Test wickets and 6,000 runs as he struck twice during a lung-busting 10-over spell.

 

England build big lead in series opener

England had begun day two on 189-3 with a lead of 68 and swelled that advantage to 123 before Brook was caught hooking a short ball from Alzarri Joseph, a few overs after pounding the seamer's namesake Shamar Joseph into the stands over square leg.

The wicket, which ended a stand of 91 with fellow Yorkshireman Root, led to debate about Brook's approach against the short ball, with his Test average against bouncers a lowly 28.20 compared to his overall batting average just shy of 50.

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12/07/2024, 12:50:10 AM
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