16/07Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of England at Manchester, Jul 16-20 2020
England won by 113 runs
Player of the Match
Ben Stokes
Ben StokesEngland
16/07Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of England at Manchester, Jul 16-20 2020
England won by 113 runs
Player of the Match
Ben Stokes
Ben StokesEngland

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs | ENG: 129/3

  • Ollie Pope12 (7b)
  • Ben Stokes78 (57b)
  • Jason Holder4-0-33-0
  • Alzarri Joseph2-0-14-0

11.55am: That means West Indies need 312 to win from 85 overs, or perhaps more realistically a draw to secure the Wisden Trophy. Stokes heads off with an unbeaten 78 from 57 balls, warmly applauded by his team-mates on the boundary. All pretty much went to plan for England in that hour (whether you agree with the specifics of that plan or not): 11 overs, 92 runs and plenty of time left in the day. Well, plenty of time as far as Joe Root is concerned. England will get a second new ball, if they need it, but only five overs in which to make it talk. Anyway, I'm sure we'll be discussing carrots and win-to-lose mentality for much of the day... So I'll hand over to Matt for the start of the chase/rearguard (delete as preferred)

18.6
2
Holder to Pope, 2 runs, back of a length, nudged off the hip and they'll scamper two towards deep backward square - that's it, the England declaration now comes
18.6
2w
Holder to Stokes, 2 wides, Holder tries to hide another one outside leg stump, Stokes swings, misses and runs the bye... and they'll get one more as Illingworth signals wide

"Root's meant to be tempting the Windies into not just defending for the draw! 4 overs to many...." mutters Leachy

18.5
2
Holder to Stokes, 2 runs, full and quite wide of the stumps, Stokes deflects it up and away wide of third man for two more
18.4
4
Holder to Stokes, FOUR, short outside off, slashed wide of the keeper! Streaky but there's no fielder down there

Maybe they should let Stokes go for his hundred...

18.3
2
Holder to Stokes, 2 runs, full, leg-stump line, Stokes clips towards deep backward square, well fielded by Brooks... England's lead goes above 300

A word from the umpire, perhaps telling him not to try that a third time

18.2
0
Holder to Stokes, no run, length ball, quite wide of leg stump, Stokes hacks across the line and can't connect...
18.1
0
Holder to Stokes, no run, full down the leg side, swing and a miss

So England will have batted 11 overs, leaving 85 to bowl at WI (once change of innings is taken into account)... Five overs with the second new ball, if needed. Have they got it right?

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | ENG: 117/3

  • Ollie Pope10 (6b)
  • Ben Stokes70 (52b)
  • Alzarri Joseph2-0-14-0
  • Jason Holder3-0-21-0

Root has signalled "one more", from the looks of it... Calm down, everyone, he's the captain

17.6
4
Joseph to Pope, FOUR, short outside off and deftly cut through gully, gets the ball wide of third man for another boundary!

"Unnecessary delay by Root here," huffs Argon, "enough runs on board....WI has no Sehwag...."

17.5
1
Joseph to Stokes, 1 run, full and wide, death-overs bowling from Joseph, Stokes can only squeeze one through backward point
17.4
1
Joseph to Pope, 1 run, short outside off and Pope sits back, dabs one to third man

"Buttler should have sent over Pope." Check the scorecard, Rahul Sargam...

17.3
2
Joseph to Pope, 2 runs, pitched up, on the pads, Shai Hope does brilliantly at fine leg to prevent four
17.2
1
Joseph to Stokes, 1 run, full and smeared through midwicket, plenty of protection out there
17.1
1
Joseph to Pope, 1 run, length ball, Pope tries some reverse-slap jiggery-pokery and miscues one to third man

"290 SURELY is enough on this wicket?!" bawls Adam

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | ENG: 107/3

  • Ben Stokes68 (50b)
  • Ollie Pope2 (2b)
  • Jason Holder3-0-21-0
  • Alzarri Joseph1-0-4-0

The target from here would be 290... but looks like England are going to bat another over

16.6
4
Holder to Stokes, FOUR, short and wide of the stumps, glides this fine for four! A cute butterfly catcher dab and third man won't get there!
16.5
6
Holder to Stokes, SIX, full outside off, smoked cleanly through long-off! Connected nicely with that one

Root has appeared in the England dressing room window...

16.4
1
Holder to Pope, 1 run, round the wicket, 80mph on the pads and Pope flicks one more to fine leg

"These reviews are great for the Umpire's accuracy stats..." chuckles Tiggsy

16.3
1
Holder to Stokes, 1 run, pitched up wide of the stumps, plinked into the covers for one

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West Indies 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7KC BrathwaiteJD Campbell
2nd12KC BrathwaiteSD Hope
3rd4SSJ BrooksSD Hope
4th14SSJ BrooksRL Chase
5th100SSJ BrooksJ Blackwood
6th1SSJ BrooksSO Dowrich
7th23SSJ BrooksJO Holder
8th22KAJ RoachJO Holder
9th9KAJ RoachAS Joseph
10th6KAJ RoachST Gabriel