ENG vs WI 1st Test: West Indies start better after stacking England

ENG vs WI 1st Test Southampton - Day 2

Southampton: The second day of the first Test was affected by poor light, at the end of the day West Indies scored 57 runs after losing 1 wicket. The visiting team is currently trailing by 147 runs from England. Windies batsman Carlos Brathwaite scored 20 runs and Shai Hope scored 3 runs. The Red Army's first wicket fell at a score of 43 runs. John Campbell was lbw by James Anderson of England for a personal score of 28, but Braithwaite and Hope did not let the team's wicket fall.

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Earlier, on the second day of the first Test match being played in the Rose Bowl, on the second day of the first Test being played in the Rose Bowl, West Indies bowled out host England for 204 runs on the second day of the bowling of West Indies captain Jason Holder (6 wickets for 42 runs). The tea time was announced as soon as England was all out. The Windies bowlers did not allow the England batsmen to stay on the wicket in the first season of the second day. After lunch on the second day, England started from 106 runs for 5 wickets and their entire team was all out for 204 runs.

England acting captain Ben Stokes began to play ahead of 21 and Jos Buttler by 9 runs. Both batsmen tried to strengthen England by sharing 67 runs for the sixth wicket. But after that the host team completely collapsed and appeared to be kneeling in front of Holder and Shannon Gabriel. Stokes scored 43 off 97 balls with seven fours and Butler scored 35 runs off 47 balls with six fours. Apart from him, Dominic Bess contributed an unbeaten 31 runs thanks to four fours off 44 balls.

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England scored the sixth wicket as Stokes at 154, 7th wicket at 157 as Butler, 8th wicket at Joffra Archer (0) at 157, 9th wicket at 174 as Mark Wood (5) at 174. Lost on the score and the last wicket as James Anderson (10) on the score of 204 runs. Apart from them, Rory Burns scored 30, Dominic Sibley scored zero, Joe Denley scored 18, Jack Crowley scored 10 and Ollie Poole scored 12. Captain Holder was the most successful bowler for the West Indies, taking 6 wickets for 42 runs. Apart from him, Shannon Gabriel took 4 wickets for 62 runs