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

END OF OVER:
47 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 168/10

  • Jermaine Blackwood79 (76b)
  • James Anderson15-6-34-3
  • Stuart Broad16-3-47-2

And straight away Root gestures to the Windies balcony - England have enforced the follow on, a lead of 346 enough for him to ask the tourists to bat again. I suspect Anderson and Broad will be happy to crack on, although possibly not for a combined 24-over spell this time. Brathwaite and Powell will be padding up to go again (the latter for the second time today) and we'll be back on in 10 mins

46.6
W
Anderson to Blackwood, OUT, tapped down into the leg side, Blackwood is desperately trying to keep the strike... but he only succeeds in running out his partner! Westley the man to dart in from midwicket and throw down the stumps

ML Cummins run out 0 (8m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

46.5
0
Anderson to Blackwood, no run, shortish, Blackwood prods at it, thick-edges on to his pads
46.4
2
Anderson to Blackwood, 2 runs, fired in and clipped off the pads through midwicket, too straight from Anderson and Blackwood helps it in front of the man in the deep for a couple

"Thinking ahead, if not by much. If the last wicket falls, England must surely enforce the follow on with a 350-ish lead. How much energy will Anderson and Broad have left?" They've had a decent workout, Jez, that's for sure... But you'd hope they would just be keen to scalp a few more wickets before the close

46.3
4
Anderson to Blackwood, FOUR, dug in short and Blackwood rides it well, angles the bat and runs four down to an unattended third man
46.2
0
Anderson to Blackwood, no run, good length, blocked into the covers
46.1
0
Anderson to Blackwood, no run, full toss from Anderson, seems to take Blackwood slightly by surprise and he deflects it through point before turning down the single

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | WI: 162/9

  • Miguel Cummins0 (1b)
  • Jermaine Blackwood73 (70b)
  • Stuart Broad16-3-47-2
  • James Anderson14-6-28-3

"Should they be two 30 minute breaks then, seeing as neither correspond with a meal time?" Well, Barney, seeing as you mention it... that's what they did in the Dubai Test

45.6
0
Broad to Cummins, no run, round the wicket, angled in and holding its line but wide enough that Cummins can stay inside it and survive

In comes Miguel Cummins at No. 11. How long can he keep Blackwood company for?

45.5
W
Broad to Joseph, OUT, fired in at the stumps, hits the pads and up goes the finger! Joseph misses playing across the line, pinned like a gigantic butterfly on the crease... That looked plumb and S Ravi agreed with Broad, who was off and running in familiar fashion before glancing round to have it confirmed. West Indies still have two reviews left but Joseph doesn't even bother to burn one

AS Joseph lbw b Broad 6 (30m 17b 1x4 0x6) SR: 35.29

45.4
0
Broad to Joseph, no run, fuller, in the channel, Joseph belts a back-foot drive straight to cover

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.