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The West Indies host England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium for the first of three Tests where both teams will be keen to pick up some much-needed points in the ICC World Test Championship standings.

West Indies vs England, first Test
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, West Indies
8-12 March, 10:00 AM local time

The two teams currently occupy the bottom two places on the WTC standings, with the West Indies eighth and England one rung below following a disappointing Ashes series in Australia.

Kraigg Brathwaite's side most recently featured in Sri Lanka towards the end of last year, where they were comprehensively swept aside 2-0 in the two-match series in Galle.

England didn't fare much better in Australia, with Joe Root's side thrashed 4-0 by a rampant Australian team that dominated with both bat and ball.

Selectors reacted swiftly to that defeat as they left experienced seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad at home for the tour of the Caribbean, while fellow quick Ollie Robinson has succumbed to a shoulder injury and won't be fit for this Test.

The two teams will battle it out for the newly-created Richards-Botham trophy, named after West Indies great Sir Vivian Richards and England star Sir Ian Botham.

Remember the last time

Veteran quick Stuart Broad picked up 10 wickets for the match as England won by a whopping 269 runs in Manchester to ensure they registered a 2-1 series triumph over the West Indies in 2020.

Broad was named Player of the Series for his 18 wickets during the three Tests, while all-rounder Ben Stokes topped the run-scoring charts with 363 runs at an average of 90.

West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite managed two half-centuries during that series, while experienced all-rounder Jason Holder picked up 10 wickets.

What they said

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite: "We’re really excited and ready for the upcoming Test Series against England. This is going to be an amazing three weeks of cricket. It’s extra special too that we’re playing for the new Richards-Botham trophy, a fitting tribute to these two great men. We want to be the first team to get our hands on it and celebrate with our fans."

England captain Joe Root: "I'm very grateful to get the opportunity - and hopefully this can be a real start of change in our performances. It's a real chance to start getting back to where we need to be, which is one of the leading teams in Test cricket."

West Indies squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Nkrumah Bonner, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Veerasammy Permaul, Anderson Phillip, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales

England squad: Joe Root (c), Jonny Bairstow, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Saqib Mahmood, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

England Men's Test Tour of the Caribbean

First Test: March 8-12 in Antigua
Second Test: March 16-20 in Barbados
Third Test: March 24-28 in Grenada

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2521314

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Craig Overton over Saqib Mahmood :)))


England are terrible but Root's captaincy just adds to that a little bit more. But i guess he's their best option so can't blame them.
 
West Indies (Playing XI): Kraigg Brathwaite(c), John Campbell, Shamarh Brooks, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva(w), Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, Veerasammy Permaul, Jayden Seales

England (Playing XI): Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Daniel Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes(w), Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

England have won the toss and have opted to bat
 
ENG 12/1 (2.3) CRR: 4.8

Alex Lees gone
 
The way england england are batting against this WI bowling lineup makes me think it was more about England batsmen failing than Australian bowlers succeeding

england needs a hard reset

Coach, Captain, ECB panel, selectors, refocus on first class and technique
 
Selections were never the issue for England. It's the lack of quality. You can bring in any coach/selector you want and it would barely make any difference
 
Pitch and outfield are both quite slow.

Don’t envisage this being a high scoring match.
 
James said:
Pitch and outfield are both quite slow.

Don’t envisage this being a high scoring match.
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It does not matter how pitch is , if we get result it is okay. Do not want to see draw after 5 days of cricket , Test cricket is already dying
 
Justcrazy said:
It does not matter how pitch is , if we get result it is okay. Do not want to see draw after 5 days of cricket , Test cricket is already dying
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I am fine with this pitch, it’s a good contest between bat and ball.
 
Interesting from big Steve Harmison on commentary.

Suggesting that Ben Foakes has been given limited opportunities partly due to favouritism in Jos Buttler’s direction within the England setup.
 
James said:
Interesting from big Steve Harmison on commentary.

Suggesting that Ben Foakes has been given limited opportunities partly due to favouritism in Jos Buttler’s direction within the England setup.
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Foakes should be in Test Matches , there is no doubt about that. His skills as a keeper is ahead of other keepers.
 
Clutch innings from Bairstow here, a really gritty old school effort on a slow and low pitch. Well played.
 
Par score on this pitch 250?

And 300 very good?
 
Ben foakes is clearly much better than overrated overhyped Jos butler
England just wasted so many test matches for that hack.
 
Terrible over rate from West Indies.

Will just about get 80 overs in today.
 
England run rate increasing.

Lots of boundaries from Bairstow and Foakes in what proved to be an excellent partnership of 99.

214/6

Bairstow 80*
Foakes 42 just gone lbw
 
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James said:
Par score on this pitch 250?

And 300 very good?
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300. Looks like another good batting wicket like the two drawn Tests in Antigua vs SL last year.

Once you survive the new ball there's little to fear from the conditions.

That said Holder finally breaks through.
 
Bairstow still in and on 90, england could still get 300 here, WI batting isnt great. Woakes is more then handy with bat.
 
Superb innings from Bairstow this especially given that England were once again in an awful position.
 
Beautiful innings from Bairstow once again. I honestly thought that he was done in Test cricket. He seems to be having a late career mini renaissance all of a sudden.
 
England 268 for 6 at close of play.

Bairstow 109 not out.
 
Jonny Bairstow’s battling century revives England after early tumble of wickets

Jonny Bairstow’s eighth Test century saw England recover from a disastrous start on the first day of the first Test against West Indies in Antigua.

Bairstow built sizeable partnerships with first Ben Stokes and then Ben Foakes as England bounced back with the bat on the opening day of the series to close on 268/6.

West Indies seamers Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales and Jason Holder all picked up two wickets on the day, with Holder producing astonishing control to concede just 15 runs from his 16 overs.

England will resume with Bairstow on 109 not out and Chris Woakes on 24*.

West Indies haven’t lost a home series to England since 2004, and showed why they will be confident of extending that run this time around in a dramatic opening session at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

With the sun out and the pitch looking every-inch a bat-first track, England were handed that opportunity of batting first after Joe Root won the toss.

But England's heralded ‘reset’ in Test cricket got off to an inauspicious start as debutant Alex Lees fell in just the third over, pinned in-front by Kemar Roach for four runs with an LBW decision that a review didn’t overturn.

And Zak Crawley followed his opening partner back to the hutch in the very next over when he was brilliantly snaffled by Joshua Da Silva off Jayden Seales for eight.

The decision to move the England captain up to number three was one of the significant changes following the Ashes defeat earlier in the year.

But Root’s first outing back at first drop was short-lived, as he was set up by a beautiful bit of bowling from Roach, following up an out-swinger with a peach of an in-dipper that clipped the top of off-stump while the batter shouldered arms.

And when Dan Lawrence fell for a sparky 20 off the bowling of Jason Holder, England looked in danger of being bundled out extremely cheaply, with the score at 48/4 after 15.4 overs.

England survived any further losses before lunch, with Holder going in at the break with eye-catching figures of five overs, five maidens, one wicket for zero runs.

As the ball became softer and England’s traveling fans grew louder on their first away trip in two years, Bairstow and Stokes helped lead the recovery with a battling partnership that took the tally beyond three figures.

Stokes’ 95-ball stay at the crease came to a dramatic end when he was castled by Seales for 36. But Ben Foakes, back in the side as keeper, continued the progress and saw England through to tea five-down.

The rate of scoring increased at the start of the final session of the day, with Foakes and Bairstow playing some classy shots to help England beyond 200 and towards a competitive first-innings total.

But Foakes was denied a half-century on his return to Test cricket when he was trapped LBW by Holder for an excellent 42, part of a 99-run partnership with Bairstow.

The loss of the last final frontline batter didn’t see a change in approach from Bairstow, who just kept on moving through the gears as Chris Woakes soaked up the deliveries at the other end.

And the celebrations were big when Bairstow eventually reached his eighth century in Test cricket with a sweep to the backward-square boundary off Kraigg Brathwaite.

The Yorkshireman’s ton came off the 190th delivery he faced on the day, and means he has scored hundreds in consecutive Tests – following his 113 in Sydney.

With England’s attack missing the unselected James Anderson and Stuart Broad and without an injured Ollie Robinson, the West Indies will hope to restrict Bairstow, Woakes and company before responding in kind with the bat on day two.

England Men's WTC Test Tour of the Caribbean

First Test: March 8-12 in Antigua
Second Test: March 16-20 in Barbados
Third Test: March 24-28 in Grenada

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2522177
 
Thanks to Jonny, and also to the support from Stokes-Foakes-Woakes, that was an above average day for England in the end. 320 needs to be the minimum total from here; but something like 350-360 would be excellent and would put the West Indies under a lot of pressure.
 
Less than hour until play starts on Day 2.

Come on boys. Would be great to see another 50 runs on the partnership for Bairstow and Woakes, followed by some lusty agricultural blows over the boundary rope for six from Mark Wood.

Looking forward to it.
 
ENG 311
WI 44/0 (10) CRR: 4.4
Day 2: Lunch Break - West Indies trail by 267 runs
 
ENG 311
WI 61/0 (15) CRR: 4.07
Day 2: 2nd Session - West Indies trail by 250 runs
 
WI need to get solid partnerships here , lot of time left in the game. They need to try and bat the whole day 3
 
100 up for WI , solid start by them , they would want this partnership to keep going on.
 
OUT

Braithwait gone , poor shot , should be disappointed with himself. He did hard work and should have carried on.
 
WI need these two to bat on till stumps today , not look at the runs they are scoring
 
WI sliding after a positive start. Kraigg and Brooks guilty of loose shots on a good batting pitch.
 
Lousy batting by West Indies.

Such basic errors in their shot selection.
 
Once again earlier I was worried.

But a good England comeback has allayed my concerns.

I just wish England would get back into a habit of “controlling the game” and feeling comfortable in doing so, instead of constantly seeming to have to “show fight” after getting themselves into poor positions and claw their way back into Test matches.
 
WI should have played Roston Chase , he would have given a good spin option as well.
 
Justcrazy said:
WI should have played Roston Chase , he would have given a good spin option as well.
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Chase received plenty of chances but didn't deliver - averages 14 with the bat since start of 2020.
 
England seem to be getting some reverse.
 
West Indies standing up quite well to the reversing ball thus far.
 
Not rolling over yet Windies.

Digging in and putting up a fight 181/4.
 
202/4 close of play.

A mixed showing from England's bowlers allowed West Indies to edge an attritional second day of the first Test in Antigua.

The tourists took 4-44 in the afternoon session but struggled otherwise as West Indies closed 202-4, 109 runs behind.

Without James Anderson and Stuart Broad, England were wayward with the new ball and the hosts raced to 83-0, captain Kraigg Brathwaite making 55 from 70 balls.

England's seamers, helped by some poor shot-making, wrestled back the momentum but Nkrumah Bonner and Jason Holder blunted the bowling in the final session with a watchful, unbroken stand of 75.

England had earlier added 43 runs for their last four wickets before being dismissed for 311.

Jonny Bairstow, who resumed on 109, was last man out for 140, while 20-year-old seamer Jayden Seales took 4-79 for the hosts at the start of a day interrupted by a series of short rain delays.
 
The second new ball will be due before lunch on Day 3, which will be very important. Woakes and Overton can’t afford to waste it again.

Bit of a topsy turvy Test match so far, mainly due to the pitch in my opinion which is quite attritional and strange.

On this track, nothing much happens for the best part of a session, but then suddenly 3 or 4 wickets will go down at once.

England need to stick to their tactics and not lose their self belief. They could still bowl West Indies out for 300 and get a small first innings lead here.

Whereas if West Indies make 400, then England’s already beleaguered batting lineup will be under massive pressure in the third innings.
 
When he 1st came into the side, also when he was made captain i never rated Jason holder and thought he wasnt goof enough to be in the team as a bowler. However, he has turned into a genuine quality test all rounder. He seems to save his best for england.
 
boomboomcheema said:
Is it another lifeless track ? Wickets don't seem to fall and batting is too easy .
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Yeah as mentioned above there were two draws at this venue last year vs Sri Lanka.

Bit of context - this pitch was rated (wrongly IMO) as below standard by ICC after the 2019 Test vs England which had much more support for seamers. Curator has been very cautious since.
 
71 runs partnership, WI so far doing well after early wickets. They need to bat as long as possible.
 
Two quick wickets , England back in the game.

England still 29 runs ahead at the moment. This is likely to be one innings shoot out.
 
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