England’s top-order collapsed badly and within 16 overs, four of its batsmen were in the pavilion.
st jones, Jonny Bairstow scored a century as England made a strong comeback after losing four wickets for 48 runs against the West Indies at 268 for six on the first day of the first Test. England’s top-order collapsed badly and within 16 overs, four of its batsmen were in the pavilion. After this, Bairstow and Ben Stokes pulled the team out of trouble. Both shared a 67-run partnership to take the team past the hundred.
Bairstow shared a 99-run partnership with Ben Fox to take England past 200 runs. He completed his eighth Test century along with Chris Woakes. At the end of the first day’s play, Bairstow was playing on 109 runs in 216 balls with the help of nine fours. He has made an unbroken partnership of 54 runs with Woakes. Woakes is at the crease after scoring 24 runs. For West Indies, fast bowler Jason Holder took two wickets for 15 runs in 16 overs.
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He bowled nine maiden overs in his spell. Jaden Seals took the wickets of Stokes and Crowley while Kemar Roach sent Joe Root and Alex Lees to the pavilion. Root won the toss and elected to bat on a batsman friendly pitch but his batsmen could not face the West Indies fast bowlers. Openers Lees and Jacques Crowley were dismissed within four overs.
At the time of Root’s dismissal, the score was 27 runs and at the time of Dan Lawrence’s wicket, the score was 48 for four. After this Bairstow and Stokes played carefully for some time. Stokes was dismissed for 36 runs in 95 balls. At the same time, Fox scored 42 runs in 87 balls with the help of eight fours.(Agency)