Windies vs England, 1st Test

excellent batsmanship from Hetmeyer !!

Pity centurions like Dowrich and Holder could not stay with him for the TON:

Dowrich Duck, Holder 5 , Roach Duck, AlJo Duck

LEFT him on 81 with # 11 Gabriel :angry:

28 - 1 after 9 overs

8.6
Holder to Jennings, OUT, full, 80mph and slices the drive, the catch swallowed by gully !
probing from the Windies captain, kept pitching it up and Jennings took the bait

KK Jennings c Hope b Holder 17

44 - 3 after 14 overs

13.5
Roach to Bairstow, OUT, Wow, on off stump, climbs sharply off the seam, crashes into Bairstow's elbow
then down into his timbers!
JM Bairstow b Roach 12

11.5
Roach to Burns, OUT, bowled him! Burns allow the ball to wriggle off the angled face of the blade
down into the crease and into the off stump!
RJ Burns b Roach 2

44 - 4 after 17

16.2
Holder to Root, OUT, massive wicket! Nailed on the front pad, and Root is going nowhere! bingo!
JE Root lbw b Holder 4

Moeen brilliantly caught fine leg first ball. 48/6

Only 40 more to avoid the follow-on

Roach has five, Buttler goes for four and England are 49-7.

A classic case of WI pace vs English arrogance. We've been here before.

Forget about Fire in Babylon, it's time for some Fire in Barbados ?? Just look at the way Roach is bowling!

West Indies' seamers have consistently attacked the fourth stump line outside the England batsmen's off-stump. 55% of the balls they've bowled have pitched in that area, compared to the 47% that England bowled there.