England vs West Indies LIVE: Cricket score and updates as James Anderson bowls in the second innings
Follow all the action from Lord's as England take on the West Indies
England take on the West Indies in the first Test of the summer at Lord’s, with all the pre-match conversations focused on James Anderson’s final farwell.
Anderson will make his 188th and final Test appearance for England at the Home of Cricket, and started the match with 700 wickets, just eight less than Shane Warne and comfortably second on the list of all-time wicket-takers in the format.
The West Indies secured a historic win against Australia, while England won just one Test match against India, as they fell to a 4-1 defeat in the difficult subcontinent conditions.
Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum elected to go with youth rather than experience for the match, handing debuts to Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith, while bidding farewell to Anderson.
England’s management already have one eye on the upcoming Ashes in 18 months, and want to give their young fast-bowling crop as much opportunity as possible to impress ahead of that series.
In the first innings the West Indies were bowled out for just 121 with debutant Gus Atkinson taking seven wickets for just 45 runs.
Follow all the latest live coverage of today’s match in the live blog below:
England vs West Indies
42.2
OUT! Bowled. Gus Atkinson to Shamar Joseph. Yorker, off stump deep in crease Slog, missed.
England vs West Indies
42.1
Gus Atkinson to Shamar Joseph. Short, down leg side backing away pulling, missed for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
41.6
James Anderson to Shamar Joseph. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot flick, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
England vs West Indies
41.5
James Anderson to Shamar Joseph. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot flick, hit pad to fine leg for 2 runs, run save by Bashir.
England vs West Indies
41.5
Wide James Anderson to Gudakesh Motie. Bouncer, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left to fine leg for 2 runs, mis-fielded by Smith, fielded by Bashir.
England vs West Indies
41.4
James Anderson to Shamar Joseph. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to extra cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Stokes, fielded by Woakes.
England vs West Indies
41.3
James Anderson to Shamar Joseph. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
41.2
James Anderson to Shamar Joseph. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot pushing, mis-timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
England vs West Indies
41.1
James Anderson to Shamar Joseph. Out-swinging length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
40.6
Gus Atkinson to Gudakesh Motie. Short, middle stump on the back foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
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