Old Trafford: England scored 258 in the third and final Test match of the series against West Indies, losing 4 wickets on the first day on Friday. At the time of stumps, Ollie Pope was at the crease with 91 and wicketkeeper batsman Jose Butler scoring 56 runs. The first day’s play ended early due to poor light and England played only 85.4 overs.
Olly Pope (91 *) took over England in association with Jose Butler. Pope has scored 11 fours in his unbeaten innings of 142 balls. Both have so far added 136 runs for the fifth wicket. Pope completed the fourth fifty of his Test career with fours. He sent the second ball of the 63rd over of the innings of Windies captain Jason Holder across the boundary and completed the half-century off 77 balls.
Wicket-keeper batsman Jose Butler scored an unbeaten 56 off 120 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes on the first day. He finished the fifth ball of the 82nd over of the innings (over Jason Holder) and completed 2 runs, and along with this the 16th fifty of his Test career.
In the match, West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and decided to field. In the last Test match also, Holder won the toss and decided to field first which was played on this ground. England landed with four fast bowlers in this match. He hired James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Joffra Archer and Chris Woakes in Playing-XI.
England got their first blow in the very first over of the innings and Roach dismissed opener Dom Sibley LBW off the last ball. He returned to the pavilion without opening an account.
Pacer Kemar Roach bowled England’s all-rounder Ben Stokes to a personal score of 20. Stokes hit 2 fours in his 43-ball innings. Stokes, who was the man of the match in the last Test, was dismissed as the third wicket on the team’s score of 92.
England’s second wicket fell as captain Joe Root (17) and he was run out by Roston Chase. Root faced 59 balls. England’s second wicket fell to a team score of 47.
England opener Rory Burns (57) was made his first victim of the match by Windies spinner Roston Chase. Burns scored 57 runs off 147 balls with the help of 4 fours. This is the third time in the series that Chase has been dismissed by Burns.
On the first day, Pacer Kemar Roach took 2 wickets for 56 runs in 18.4 overs. He hunted down Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes. At the same time, Roston Chase had Rory Burns caught by Cornwall while Joe Root was also run out.
