BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Three wickets – two to pacer Jayden Seales – enabled West Indies to complete the day strongly towards hosts England after their batting once more fell aside within the third Check of the Richards-Botham Trophy Sequence on Friday.
Seales eliminated opener Zak Crawley and nightwatchman Mark Wooden, whereas new-ball associate Alzarri Joseph dismissed Ben Duckett. In a quick interval of play earlier than the shut on the primary day of the Check at Edgbaston, England limped to 38 for 3, replying to the Caribbean’s first innings complete of 282.
Half-centuries from their captain Kraigg Brathwaite and former captain Jason Holder propped up the guests’ batting after they gained the toss and determined to bat.
Brathwaite hit the highest rating of 61, and Holder supported with 59. They shared significant partnerships for the primary and sixth wickets with Mikyle Louis and Joshua Da Silva, respectively, so as to add some beef to the West Indies complete earlier than they had been bowled out about quarter-hour earlier than the scheduled shut.
The Caribbean aspect’s hunt for early wickets proved fruitful, with about half an hour obtainable earlier than stumps had been drawn.
Seales received Crawley and Wooden caught at second slip for 18 and a duck, respectively – each catches taken by Holder swooping low – and Joseph, having dropped left-handed opener Duckett in his second over, bowled him for 3 off the within edge in his third over.
Seales ended the day with two for 19 from 4 overs, whereas Ollie Pope, not out on six, batted out the remaining 10 minutes with Joe Root, not out on two of the 14 he requires to overhaul former West Indies captain Brian Lara at No. 7 on the all-time checklist of scorers within the format.
Earlier, Brathwaite shared 76 for the primary wicket with Louis, however they had been two of the 5 wickets that fell within the span of an hour both aspect of lunch, leaving the Caribbean aspect wobbling on 115 for 5 earlier than Holder and Joshua Da Silva got here to the rescue with a stand of 109.
Da Silva made 49, and Louis added 26, however not one of the guests’ different batters reached 20.
Pacer Gus Atkinson led the England bowling with 4 for 67 from 20 overs, Chris Woakes bagged three for 69 from 18 overs, and Wooden grabbed two for 52 from 16 overs.
Earlier than lunch, Brathwaite defied a number of blows to the physique from the England pacers to achieve his first half-century in 9 Check innings, spanning greater than a 12 months, when he nudged his seventieth ball from his reverse quantity Ben Stokes by means of backward sq. leg for a single.
Brathwaite and Louis received by means of a testing first hour to present West Indies a stable basis, however careless batting within the ultimate half-hour earlier than the interval and the Caribbean aspect wobbling on 97 for 3.
Louis was caught behind off Atkinson for 26. Left-hander McKenzie briefly hit three boundaries in 12 on the crease earlier than Wooden beat him and bowled him for tempo. Athanaze, one of many batting heroes from the second Check at Trent Bridge, was bowled for 2, dragging on an ill-advised pull at a brief ball from Atkinson.
After lunch, Holder and Da Silva stabilized the West Indies and annoyed England, and at tea, the West Indies reached 194 for 5.
The Caribbean aspect stumbled to 115 for 3 at tea after Brathwaite was caught behind down the leg-side fencing at a brief ball from Wooden. Two balls later, Woakes bowled Kavem Hodge, their batting hero from the earlier Check, for 13 when the diminutive Dominican batsman supplied no stroke to a supply transferring again.
Holder and Da Silva absorbed the strain of the scenario, and situations eased significantly. The England pacers had been unable to get a lot motion by means of the air or off the pitch, and the pair mounted acts of defiance to see West Indies by means of to the break with none additional loss.
After tea, Holder drove the primary ball of a brand new spell from Woakes by means of mid-off for a deuce to achieve his 50 from 92 balls and produce up the century mark within the partnership with Da Silva.
However Da Silva, nearing his fiftieth birthday, grew to become stressed and was finally caught behind off Woakes for 49, nibbling exterior the off-stump at a supply of little advantage.
Holder and Joseph inched the guests nearer to 250, however the West Indies vice-captain once more proved unreliable when he was caught at mid-on off Woakes, enjoying an ill-advised slog.
Atkinson bowled Holder within the subsequent over, and the Caribbean aspect misplaced its final 4 wickets for 38 in 44 balls.
West Indies made one change to their line-up from the earlier Check, whereas England had been unchanged.
The Caribbean aspect was pressured to rule out off-spinner Kevin Sinclair after he sustained a fractured forearm when he was struck by a bouncer from Wooden that dismissed him within the second Check.
Left-arm spinner and fellow Guyanese Gudakesh Motie, who got here down with the flu and missed the second Check, returns to the line-up after recovering from the sickness.
West Indies path 2-0 within the three-match sequence after they misplaced the primary Check that ended two Fridays in the past – inside three days – by an innings and 114 runs at Lord’s, and the second Check that completed final Sunday – inside 4 days – by 241 runs at Trent Bridge.
West Indies have gained 4 and misplaced three of their ten earlier Checks at Edgbaston, with two defeats coming of their final three visits in 2004 and 2017, the primary pink-ball Check in England.
Seales, who’s enjoying his thirteenth Check, requires just one extra wicket to achieve 50 in his profession, and 100 from Root will draw him stage with Alastair Prepare dinner, on 33, for probably the most by an England batter.
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