17/08Result
1st Test (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Birmingham, Aug 17-19 2017
England won by an inns & 209 runs
Player of the Match
Alastair Cook
Alastair CookEngland
17/08Result
1st Test (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Birmingham, Aug 17-19 2017
England won by an inns & 209 runs
Player of the Match
Alastair Cook
Alastair CookEngland

And with that wicket England have declared. Cook walks off to a standing ovation around the ground. Gets handshakes from a number of West Indies players. That's a proactive call from Root. England will get new goes with the new ball either side of tea, although there some dark clouds looming. Now we'll see the pink ball in the hands of James Anderson and Stuart Broad. Geetha: "Is this the first time a batsman has been dismissed on 243 in international cricket?" The second

135.5
W
Chase to Cook, OUT, he's finally out! Appeal for lbw as Cook misses his flick at a pretty straight ball, given not out by Erasmus, and the review is called for. Looks pretty close. Has it straightened enough? No edge. It's hitting leg stump and Cook's epic is over

AN Cook lbw b Chase 243 (588m 407b 33x4 0x6) SR: 59.70

135.4
0
Chase to Cook, no run, full at the stumps, defended to cover
135.3
1
Chase to Roland-Jones, 1 run, flicked from outside off, dribbles gently past midwicket down to long-on
135.2
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, worked away from off stump to the leg side
135.1
1
Chase to Cook, 1 run, a nice piece of touch as he late-dabs this wide of slip but can't quite beat short third man

END OF OVER:
135 | 1 Run | ENG: 512/7

  • Alastair Cook242 (404b)
  • Toby Roland-Jones5 (10b)
  • Miguel Cummins24-3-87-1
  • Roston Chase25.3-2-111-3
134.6
1
Cummins to Cook, 1 run, full, wide, slices his drive in the air but fine of backward point down to third man
134.5
0
Cummins to Cook, no run, makes contact this time, late cuts but picks out the finer of two men in the backward point area
134.4
0
Cummins to Cook, no run, and again, very wide, this time Cook chases it and doesn't make contact

West Indies have a 7-2 off-side field

134.3
0
Cummins to Cook, no run, fuller, speared wide outside off, Cook ignores it as he has done so often
134.2
0
Cummins to Cook, no run, short outside off, cut hard into the ground and it bounces towards point
134.1
0
Cummins to Cook, no run, wide outside off, left alone

Cummins returns to the attack

END OF OVER:
134 | (maiden) | ENG: 511/7

  • Toby Roland-Jones5 (10b)
  • Alastair Cook241 (398b)
  • Roston Chase25.3-2-111-3
  • Jason Holder29.3-4-103-1
133.6
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, a little shorter, tapped off the back foot
133.5
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, and again, a bottom-handed flick to Chase
133.4
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, fuller and pushed back to the bowler
133.3
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, across outside off and defends
133.2
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, pushes forward to ball outside off and plays to point
133.1
0
Chase to Roland-Jones, no run, flicked into midwicket

END OF OVER:
133 | 5 Runs | ENG: 511/7

  • Alastair Cook241 (398b)
  • Toby Roland-Jones5 (4b)
  • Jason Holder29.3-4-103-1
  • Roston Chase24.3-1-111-3

Will: "Quick look at the stats and if Cook does carry his bat then it will be the highest score in tests when this has happened. Has he got the highest score in a day/night test already?" Azhar Ali scored a triple in the Dubai day-nighter

132.6
0
Holder to Cook, no run, comes forward and defends to the covers
132.5
0
Holder to Cook, no run, full outside off, left alone
132.4
1
Holder to Roland-Jones, 1 run, short outside off, driven square of the wicket to deep point
132.3
4
Holder to Roland-Jones, FOUR, edged, between keeper and the slip! Length ball outside off, Roland-Jones nibbling at it, the ball dies off the edge and evades Dowrich's outstretched glove
132.2
0
Holder to Roland-Jones, no run, full outside off, left alone
132.1
0
Holder to Roland-Jones, no run, a bouncer, angled down the leg side as TRJ ducks

Thanks Alan

END OF OVER:
132 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | ENG: 506/7

  • Alastair Cook241 (396b)
  • Toby Roland-Jones0 (0b)
  • Roston Chase24.3-1-111-3
  • Jason Holder28.3-4-98-1

Here's Gnasher until tea

131.6
0
Chase to Cook, no run, plopped full on off, Cook defends stoically

The robots will be happy, at least... The players are taking drinks, Toby Roland-Jones the next man in

131.5
W
Chase to Ali, OUT, gone, chipped into the covers! Cook does lose another partner, Moeen trying to swing Chase down the ground but instead gifting his wicket away. Chase has a third and England have lost 4 for 57

MM Ali c Brathwaite b Chase 0 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

"Cook's running out of years to get that elusive triple ton. He'd better not run out of partners here," muses Tom Scarborough. "Who was the last England player to carry their bat?" Gnasher's going with Atherton in Christchurch, 1996-97. And the 'guru backs him up

WI tour of England 2017 News

Quick end

2009

Last time WI were all-out in fewer overs in their first inns of a Test than the 47 overs in this inns, v Eng at Lord's.

After a while

2015

Last time none of WI''s top-5 batsmen scored more than 25 runs in a Test innings, which was v Aus in Kingston. Highest score among WI's top-5 in this inns is 25.

Mammoth scores

258.75

Average of Cook's 200+ scores innings, is the third-highest among 24 players with 4 or more 200s. Only Sehwag and Lara have higher runs/innings in 200+ scores.

Cook's fourth

4

No. of double-centuries for Cook in Tests. For England, only Hammond (7) has hit more 200s. Hutton also hit 4 200s.

Cook's edgbaston

767

Previous most Test runs by any batsman at Edgbaston, by David Gower. Cook has gone past that mark to set a new record.

Record Stand at Edgbaston

248

Runs added by Alastair Cook and Joe Root - Highest for the third wicket at Edgbaston and the highest for any wicket in day-night Tests.

Long time coming

16

Innings since Alastair Cook scored his previous Test century. Cook's century came against India at Rajkot when he scored 130.

Root's run

11

Number of consecutive Tests in which Joe Root has got at least one fifty-plus score - joint second-longest such streak for a batsman.

Boundaries galore

22

Boundaries hit in the first session - the joint second-most in the first session on the first day of any Test in the last-ten years.

Roach ends drought

328

Balls Kemar Roach went wicket-less in Tests before dismissing Stoneman. His previous scalp was Kusal Mendis at the P Sara Oval in 2015.

Stoneman earns a Test debut

1033

Runs scored by Mark Stoneman in FC matches in 2017 - the second-highest by any batsman in England in the season. Stoneman averaged 57.38 and made 3 centuries.