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Pope chops on! England lose another one early and are in some strife.Seales is full and at the stumps, pinning Root on the pad in front of all three. That looks close?! Seales implores but the umpire is not having it and neither are his teammates. What do you know – the DRS shows three reds and Root would have been on his way with a review. Next ball he pounces on a half volley and drives down the ground for four.‘A teasing line’ from Shamar Joseph purrs Ian Bishop on the tv commentary.
Shamar Joseph has the ball in hand. Root and Pope are at the crease for England. Let’s be ‘avvin you.the players emerge onto the sun soaked turf sporting blue caps and there’s a moving minute of applause around the ground.I’m off to mainline some coffee before business gets properly underway, my daughter woke up at 3am and decided that was all the sleep she needed. Do I want a medal? Yes, a GOLD one, laced with Kenco.
West Indies well and truly had their dander up last evening, picking up three quick wickets to reduce England to 38-3 in response to their own first innings score of 282. Any talk of a refined BazBall approach lost on the breeze as Messrs Crawley and Duckett threw the blade with abandon outside off stump and soon found themselves back in the hutch. Mark Wood was then prised out before the close to leave the Test match finely balanced. Day two could be a scorcher in more ways than one.
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