England vs West Indies: Kavem Hodge's first Check century leads vacationers' fightback on day two at Trent Bridge • The Tycoon Herald

Kavem Hodge’s maiden Check century helped the West Indies mount a fightback with the bat towards England on day two at Trent Bridge within the second match of this sequence as they path by 65 runs.

Bowling with out their file Check wicket-taker James Anderson for the primary time since his retirement, England left the West Indies three wickets down at lunch in reply to the hosts’ 416 all out on day one, as off-spinner Shoaib Bashir struck twice.

Alick Athanaze and Hodge dug in through the afternoon session although, guiding their facet to 212-3 at tea on path to placing on a stand of 175 for the fourth wicket earlier than England captain Ben Stokes eliminated the previous for 82 six overs after the resumption of play.

Hodge, who was dropped on 16 by Joe Root, was finally out for 120 deep into the night session because the West Indies reached 351-5 on the shut, and can resume on day three trailing the hosts by 65 runs.

Bashir places West Indies in a spin

Confronted with glorious circumstances for batting and the pitch providing little or no to the England bowlers when it comes to swing with the brand new ball, West Indies openers Brathwaite and Louis made a gradual begin in reply to the house facet’s 416 all out.

Having efficiently seen off opening bowlers Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson within the first 10 overs of the morning although, they have been quickly confronted with the intense tempo of Mark Wooden, returning to the staff after lacking the primary Check at Lord’s.

The Durham bowler quickly had the beforehand subdued Trent Bridge crowd roaring together with his fiery first over which went down because the quickest anybody had ever bowled in England since information started being recorded 18 years in the past and went even sooner than that in his second.

But it was the spin of Bashir which finally proved the partnership breaker although, with Louis deciding to tackle the right-armer however solely succeeding in skying the ball and departed for 21 after being caught round lengthy on by the backpedalling Harry Brook.

It marked the 20-year-old’s first Check wicket in England, and he ought to actually have had his second two overs later when new batter Kirk McKenzie was given not out on an lbw attraction and the hosts opted to not go to DRS regardless of replays suggesting the on-field name would have been overturned.

Bashir did finally account for the left-hander with underneath 10 minutes to go till lunch although when McKenzie (11) airily performed an terrible shot straight to Ben Stokes at mid-on, leaving the West Indies 89-3 after the day’s first session.

Dominican duo make England’s bowlers toil

Athanaze and Hodge steadied the ship within the first half of the afternoon, with the previous taking their fourth-wicket partnership previous 50 within the fortieth over with a well-timed shot by means of midwicket for 4 at the beginning of Wooden’s second spell.

Hodge had two let-offs from England’s tempo ace, the primary coming within the forty second over when he was dropped by Joe Root within the slips after edging a 94mph supply and the second two overs later when he top-edged an try at a pull which flew simply past the grasp of wicketkeeper Jamie Smith for 4.

Left-hander Athanaze, who already had two one-day worldwide 50s to his identify, then reached the half-century mark for the primary time in Assessments within the forty seventh over and that was adopted by Hodge making his second two overs later, doing so by steering Atkinson away for 4.

The Dominican duo took their partnership previous the century mark earlier than tea and 6 from Athanaze off Bashir over midwicket within the penultimate over of the afternoon session underlined the dominance the West Indies have been exerting on England’s bowlers.

The 25-year-old’s resistance was lastly ended on a career-highest Check rating when he edged Stokes to Brook at gully within the 62nd over, however 4 overs later Hodge would go on to achieve his milestone century off the identical bowler, driving the ball down by means of long-off for 4 and punching the air in delight.

Woakes finally trapped the right-hander lbw within the seventy fifth over, with Hodge failing on a DRS evaluation, however the next over Wooden was compelled to depart the sphere after only one ball for therapy and completed the day 0-51 from 14.1 overs regardless of his monumental efforts.

England took the brand new ball for the ultimate over of the day in an effort to seize one other wicket, however Jason Holder (23no) and Joshua Da Silva (32no) calmly noticed the West Indies by means of to the shut with out additional loss.

Collingwood: I believe Wooden might be effective

England assistant coach Paul Collingwood on Mark Wooden leaving the sphere:

“I’m hoping it’s just a bit of fatigue. He was certainly stretching his hamstring so I presume it’s in there somewhere.

“It has been a sizzling day, he is put all his effort into each ball. However he had a smile on his face on the finish.

“Woody is always a little bit wary of injuries and niggles, so I think he’ll be fine. I think if he was worried it’s something serious he’d be pretty distraught but he seems pretty chipper.

“Everybody watching Woody throw himself 100 per cent at each single spell was distinctive and getting as much as speeds of 97mph is every thing you need to see in Check cricket.”

Hodge: Hundred feels amazing

West Indies batter Kavem Hodge:

“It feels wonderful, it’s all the time good to contribute to the staff, particularly coming off the primary Check after we did not accomplish that properly as a batting unit.

“It was important we put our heads down and took some info from the England first innings. We made use of a good batting track.

“I felt I used to be too aggressive at Lord’s, I might have given myself much more time. I went away from my course of however I doubled down right here.”

Missed alternative for England?

Sky Sports activities Cricket’s Stuart Broad:

“It’ll feel like a day of maybe missed opportunities slightly [for England] because it had little patches of movement and swing.

“However these guys have performed quite a lot of cricket at Trent Bridge, they know day two and three are very robust days to get wickets when the solar is out.

“I think they’ll be happy, knowing the new ball has just been taken, come back tomorrow fresh and try to knock over this tail as quickly as possible, and get back to what they do well and bat very well in that third innings – and score quickly.”

England’s Check sequence vs West Indies

Watch day three of the second Check between England and West Indies, from Trent Bridge in Nottingham, stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 10.15am on Saturday (first ball to be bowled at 11am).

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