Ben Stokes’s side took control with a commanding bowling performance on the first day of the Test
England 189-3, West Indies 121 Like those hippy wigs in Woolworths mentioned at the end of Withnail and I, they were selling limited edition Jimmy Anderson last Test merchandise on day one at Lord’s. The greatest two and a bit decades of English seam bowling in history are nearly over, man, and for a mere £60 punters could get their hands on a commemorative hoodie.
Sideways glances might have followed had Anderson dominated proceedings at the start of this 188th and final Test match. Although the 41-year-old was not exactly sidelined. His greatest hits featured regularly on the big screen and his 701st Test wicket put a full stop on a rather sorry 121 all out from the tourists.
There were some bright moments from the tourists, not least Jayden Seales terminating Zak Crawley’s sprightly 76 with a lasered yorker that knocked back leg stump. Seales had earlier nicked off Ben Duckett cheaply on the drive, while Jason Holder – twice thwarted by the review system – finally removed Ollie Pope lbw for 57 with an inswinger. But with Joe Root and Harry Brook set to resume first thing, they still have it all to do.
Brathwaite’s early exit had taken with it 12 of the 16 Test centuries this West Indies side had scored previously and the other two batters to taste three figures, Holder and Joshua Da Silva, lasted just three balls between them. Once the tidy Alick Athanaze fell to Root at first slip on 23 – ending a 44-run stand with fellow Dominican, Kavem Hodge – and Holder offered half a bat to edge to third, Atkinson found himself on a hat-trick.
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