Eng vs WI 1st Test: West Indies beat hosts England in first Test 4 wickets

New Delhi Eng vs WI 1st test: The first match of the three-match Test series between England and West Indies was played in Southampton. In this very exciting match, the West Indies team won by 4 wickets against strong hosts England and started the series in the best manner. Blackwood was the hero of the victory of the West Indies team in this match, who played a crucial innings of 95 runs for the team while struggling in the second innings. Apart from this, the role of team bowler Shannon Gabriel was also very important who took a total of 9 wickets in both innings of the match. The visiting team has gone 1–0 in the three-match Test series.

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The England team suffered a loss in the first Test match under the captaincy of Ben Stokes. Due to the absence of Joe Root, he was made the captain of the team. The fear that was already haunting England, happened there and the Caribbean bowlers did not let the host team's batsmen run. During this test match played in the midst of the Kovid 19 pandemic, the thrill was at its peak and the cricket fans got to see a great fight.

Let us tell you that in the first innings of this Test match, England were all out for 204 runs, while the Caribbean team scored 318 runs in the first innings. In this way, the visiting team got a lead of 114 runs. England were all out for 313 in the second innings and the West Indies had a target of 200 runs to win.

West Indies second innings, Blackwood played 95 runs

Chasing the target of 200 runs in the second innings, the Windies team did not have a good start and got the first blow as Kres Brathwaite on the score of 7 runs. After this, Jofra Archer brought England to second success by dismissing Shamur Brooks. Braithwaite scored 4 runs while Brooks was unable to open the account. After this, Mark Wood bowled Shai Hope to a score of 9 and gave the Windies team a third blow.

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Roston Chase was caught by Jofra Archer at 37 by Jos Buttler. Daurich had Ben Stokes caught at 20 by Jos Buttler and sent him to the pavilion. Blackwood was caught by Ben Stokes at 95 by James Anderson. In the second innings of this match, Campbell scored 8 runs while captain Holder returned 14 not out.