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

Best performances - Batsmen

AN Cook
AN Cook
243(407) 33x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 52 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
28 42 39 24 53 0 13 44
JE Root
JE Root
136(189) 22x4 - 0x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • square drive
  • 26 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
23 7 17 22 39 2 13 13

Best performances - Bowlers

RL Chase
RL Chase
O26.2
M2
R113
W4
Eco4.29
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W2W
JM Anderson
JM Anderson
O15
M6
R34
W3
Eco2.26
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

  • ENG - 1st
  • WI - 1st
  • WI - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

14
AN Cook5 (7)
MD Stoneman8 (6)
25
AN Cook17 (14)
T Westley8 (18)
248
AN Cook101 (214)
JE Root136 (189)
162
AN Cook90 (123)
DJ Malan65 (139)
17
AN Cook6 (10)
BA Stokes10 (14)
39
AN Cook21 (24)
JM Bairstow18 (33)
1
AN Cook1 (3)
MM Ali0 (4)
8
AN Cook2 (12)
TS Roland-Jones6 (12)

West Indies - 1st - Innings

0
KOA Powell0 (6)
KC Brathwaite0 (8)
45
KOA Powell18 (41)
KA Hope25 (47)
2
KOA Powell2 (5)
SD Hope0 (0)
0
RL Chase0 (11)
SD Hope0 (7)
42
J Blackwood26 (22)
SD Hope15 (26)
12
SO Dowrich4 (6)
J Blackwood8 (7)
28
JO Holder11 (23)
J Blackwood17 (22)
5
KAJ Roach5 (8)
J Blackwood0 (0)
28
J Blackwood22 (19)
AS Joseph6 (17)
6
J Blackwood6 (6)
ML Cummins0 (1)

West Indies - 2nd - Innings

15
KOA Powell10 (13)
KC Brathwaite4 (13)
26
KC Brathwaite14 (20)
KA Hope12 (15)
19
KC Brathwaite15 (24)
SD Hope4 (30)
16
KC Brathwaite7 (19)
RL Chase9 (24)
26
RL Chase14 (12)
J Blackwood12 (16)
2
RL Chase1 (11)
SO Dowrich1 (5)
0
JO Holder0 (1)
SO Dowrich0 (0)
11
KAJ Roach3 (8)
SO Dowrich4 (13)
22
KAJ Roach9 (25)
AS Joseph8 (20)
0
ML Cummins0 (1)
AS Joseph0 (4)

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.