England vs West Indies: Dom Sibley, Ben Stokes Lead England Recovery In Second West Indies Test | Cricket News

Dom Sibley’s painstaking unbeaten 86 helped England get better from an early collapse to be 207/three at stumps on the primary day of the second Test towards the West Indies at Old Trafford on Thursday. Warwickshire opener Sibley batted out the day’s 82 overs throughout greater than six hours on the crease on the best way to posting his second successive fifty of the sequence. England, in a match they need to win to stage the three-match contest, had been in hassle at 29-2 after off-spinner Roston Chase took two wickets in two balls both facet of lunch.

But the twice dropped Sibley and Ben Stokes (59 not out) acquired England again into the sport with an unbroken stand of 126 after they misplaced the toss in overcast, bowler-friendly circumstances.

England suffered a setback earlier than play began after they had been pressured to depart out Jofra Archer after the quick bowler admitted to breaking coronavirus protocols.

Archer left the bio-secure bubble the place his teammates had been staying to go house to Brighton on Monday following the top of the primary Test, earlier than the crew travelled as much as Manchester.

His absence disadvantaged England of real pace on a pitch that historically assists quick bowlers after the hosts had already determined to relaxation Mark Wood, in addition to James Anderson.

West Indies’ quicks, nevertheless, made a wayward begin in a match the place a win would see the Caribbean facet safe a primary Test sequence victory in England for 32 years.

But on the stroke of lunch, Chase struck with simply his second ball to have Rory Burns lbw for 15.

And the primary ball again noticed England’s 29-1 turn into 29-2 when Zak Crawley fell for a golden duck after tamely turning Chase straight to West Indies captain Jason Holder at leg-slip.

England captain Joe Root, who missed his facet’s four-wicket loss in final week’s first Test at Southampton to attend the beginning of his second youngster, survived the hat-trick.

He helped Sibley add 52, with a lot of that stand compiled whereas West Indies quick bowler Shannon Gabriel — man-of-the-match at Southampton — was off the sector injured.

But younger paceman Alzarri Joseph, utilizing the width of the crease, lured Root, then on 23, into chasing a ball outdoors off stump, with second slip Holder catching a thick edge.  

Sibley had a let-off shortly earlier than tea when, on 44, a tricky probability went down at quick leg off Chase.

And he was reprieved once more on 68 when the often dependable Holder dropped a routine slip probability off Gabriel, who had come again on to bowl.

Sibley had one other worrying second on 82 he survived an lbw attraction from quick bowler Kemar Roach on umpire’s name.

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Meanwhile, the usually fluent all-rounder Stokes, again among the many ranks after standing in as skipper at Southampton, wanted 119 balls to succeed in fifty on a day the place a sluggish outfield disadvantaged England of a number of boundaries.

As occurred in the course of the first Test, gamers from each groups and the umpires took a knee in help of the Black Lives Matter marketing campaign earlier than play began at Old Trafford.