England vs West Indies, 1st Test, 2nd Day Report: The first match of the three-Test series between England and West Indies is being played at the Lord's Cricket Stadium. On the second day of the match, England has tightened its grip due to the deadly bowling of James Anderson and Ben Stokes. Till the stumps on the second day, West Indies is still 171 runs behind. On the first day, the Windies made only 121 runs in their first innings, in response to which the host team scored a huge score of 371 runs and took a huge lead of 250 runs. While chasing the big lead given by England, the Windies faltered in the second innings as well and lost their first 6 wickets for 79 runs.
At the end of the first day's play, England had gained a lead of 68 runs. Playing ahead from 189/3 on the second day, Joe Root and Harry Brook scored brilliant half centuries from the host team. After this, young wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith, playing his first match, played a brilliant innings of 70 runs and took England's score beyond 350. England's first innings collapsed at 371 runs and gained a crucial lead of 250 runs against the visiting team. Jaden Seals took the maximum of 4 wickets for West Indies.
James Anderson and Ben Stokes set a flurry of records
England's bowlers also performed brilliantly in the second innings against the West Indies batsmen. James Anderson, who came to bowl in the last innings of his career, first dismissed Craig Braithwaite, and then captain Ben Stokes wreaked havoc with bowling. Ben Stokes achieved a big milestone in Test cricket by dismissing Michael Lewis and Kirk McKenzie. He has become the third player in Test history to score 6 thousand runs and take more than 200 wickets. Ben Stokes also completed his 300 international wickets during this period.
On the other hand, as soon as James Anderson dismissed Alick Athanaj, he surpassed former Indian legend Kapil Dev in a big record. Anderson has come to the second position in the list of taking most wickets against West Indies. He has surpassed Kapil Dev's record of 89 wickets. At the top of this list is Australia's Glenn McGrath who has taken 110 wickets against the Caribbean team.
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