ENG vs WI | Twitter reacts to Gritty Windies push hosts on the back foot after Day 1
A solid opening stand coupled with a 109-run six-wicket stand between Jason Holder and Joshua Da Silva steered West Indies to 282 in the first innings. Lethal opening spell from Jayden Seales and Alzarri Joseph pushed England on the back foot as England trail by 244 runs with seven wickets in hand.
The visitors incurred a couple of setbacks after the resumption of play with Brathwaite departing for 61 and Kavem Hodge making an error in judging the line of the ball to leave Windies strangled at 119/5 in 30 overs. However, Jason Holder and Joshua Da Silva soaked the sudden pressure and kept the scoreboard ticking with strike rotation and subtle strokes. Following their fifty-run stand, Holder’s approach to slog Shoaib Bashir for a six paved the way for Mark Wood’s barrage of bumpers from one end that the Windies pair negated calculatingly, steering the side to 194/5 at Tea.
Holder and Da Silva opted for an aggressive approach at the start of the third session, bringing up quick runs before Woakes drew the wicketkeeper-batter’s outside edge to break the 109-run sixth wicket stand. The pacer got his third scalp in the same spell as Alzarri Joseph was outskilled within the next six overs. In the next over, Holder was cleaned up by Gus Atkinson before Gudakesh Motie and Jayden Seales followed suit to end Windies tally at 282.
With 45 minutes left in the day, England’s positive approach was eclipsed by disciplined bowling from the visitor's fast bowling unit. Jayden Seales drew the first blood by removing Zak Crawley in the fourth over with Alzarri Joseph cleaning up Ben Duckett in the immediate next ball. The idea of Mark Wood as nightwatchman backfired for the hosts as Seales got his number before Joe Root and Ollie Pope withstood the last ten minutes of day’s play as England trail by 244 runs at Stumps, Day 1.
Widies of 80's
The short ball to Ollie Pope from Jayden Seales did reminiscence me of the Windies of 80's in front of my eyes for a second 🫠🔥#ENGvWI
— Dinesh here 🙋♂️🇿🇦 (@dinesh_offl_06) July 26, 2024
Best match bowler
Jayden Seales is definitely our best test match bowler at this moment.Shamar has a higher fielding long term imo.
— EDE (@ethan_speedy) July 26, 2024
No joke
Jayden Seales is no joke with the ball. Our best bowler
— Shabba 👌🏿 (@SubZero616) July 26, 2024
Back to form
Jayden seales is finally back to his county form
— Noone (@UdtaS) July 26, 2024
No idea
Gus Atkinson has 20 wickets at 16 in his first five Test innings and I still have absolutely no idea if he's good
— Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) July 26, 2024
Finds outside
FINALLY!!
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 26, 2024
Gus Atkinson finds the outside edge and we have our first 🤩 pic.twitter.com/T8bsaRCHS1
What a delivery
That's a jaffa from Gus Atkinson 🤌 #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/NcijBmFypg
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 26, 2024
Peach
That's a peach from woakes
— Conor 🇾🇪 (@Conor__S22) July 26, 2024
Got his first
Left alone by Hodge, and hits the top of off stump! 🎯
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 26, 2024
Woakes get his first of the match, West Indies 115/5 https://t.co/krwHGvfJ8w | #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/pJMag4xi0V
Speed gun
WHAT A BALL, MARK WOOD. 🥶👌 pic.twitter.com/waiuF79PIN
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 26, 2024
Comments
Sign up or log in to your account to leave comments and reactions
0 Comments