Eng vs WI, 1st Test, Day 2: Windies Trail England By 147 Runs As Bad Light Forces Play To End Early

Just when the English bowlers looked to get another wicket to shift the pressure to Windies, bad light stopped the play again and finally, the day's play had to be called off.

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England cricket team' star paceman James Anderson managed to pick one wicket in the final session before bad light forced the umpires to call for stumps. However, the weather looks promising for the remaining three days of the first Test. With this, a typical day of Test cricket came to an end with Windies at 57/1 after 19.3 overs on Day 2 of the first Test at Southampton. For England, veteran speedster Anderson started the bowling attack as Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell came down as openers to the crease for Windies. In the initial overs of their innings, both the openers batted well and showed great resistance with the bat. After the first seven overs, bad light momentarily stopped the final session's play for a short while. However, It was only a very short break. Anderson finally got the big breakthrough by getting John Campbell LBW out (28 off 36 balls) in the 13th over.

Third time lucky @jimmy9! ????

Scorecard & Clips: https://t.co/ldtEXLDT8V#ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/2F7ogWIxLo — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 9, 2020

The speedster broke the opening 43-run partnership at a time when England desperately needed a wicket. Just when the English bowlers looked to get another wicket to shift the pressure to Windies, bad light stopped the play again and finally, the day's play had to be called off. Captain Jason Holder's 6-Fer Help Windies Bundle Out England For 204 (Tea) Captain Jason Holder, arguably the finest West Indies all-rounder since the great days, claimed his first wicket haul against England and his seventh overall five-wicket haul in Tests as he wreaked havoc in Southampton. Not only that, but the Windies skipper also attained his second Test 6-for and, as of now, his best Test figures to bundle out England at 204 runs on Thursday. Jason’s six-wickets haul is now also the best figures by a West Indian captain against England.

INNINGS BREAK: Tea taken early, as the #MenInMaroon bowl out England for 204! ????????????

A word from the skipper, who had figures of 20-6-42-6 ????????#WIReady ???????? pic.twitter.com/n4o15D7mva — Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 9, 2020

Windies On Top As England Lose 4/71 To Reach Lunch On 106/5 (Lunch) The fierce pace bowling attack of the West Indies cricket team, lead by Shanon Gabriel and captain Jason Holder started the second day of the first Test on a high as they managed to send back half of the English team to pavilion for 106/5 after 43 overs at Lunch in Southampton. The opening day of the Test was marred by rain and saw only 17.4 overs to be bowled. At stumps, Rory Burns (20*) and Joe Denly (14*) remained not-out with the scoreboard reading 35/1. For Windies, Shannon Gabriel was the only bowler who managed to take wicket by dismissing Dominic Sibley for a duck. ALSO WATCH | Top 3 finishes where Dhoni didn't score a hundred but played a perfect finisher's role