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
35.6
James Anderson to Joshua Da Silva. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
35.5
James Anderson to Joshua Da Silva. Out-swinging length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
35.4
James Anderson to Joshua Da Silva. Out-swinging back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Pope.
England vs West Indies
35.3
James Anderson to Joshua Da Silva. Out-swinging length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
35.2
James Anderson to Joshua Da Silva. Length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Bashir.
England vs West Indies
35.1
James Anderson to Joshua Da Silva. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
England vs West Indies
34.6
Gus Atkinson to Alzarri Joseph. Seaming in short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith. Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 3 of the first test between England and West Indies, live from Lord's in London. England is on the verge of giving a perfect farewell to a legendary cricketer, needing just four wickets to wrap up the match. The West Indies tail-enders will aim to prolong their innings for as long as possible. Here we go.
England vs West Indies
34.5
OUT! Caught. Gus Atkinson to Jason Holder. Short, outside off stump on the back foot defending, Spliced in the air uncontrolled to short leg, caught by Pope.
England vs West Indies
34.4
Gus Atkinson to Jason Holder. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Pope.
England vs West Indies
34.3
Gus Atkinson to Jason Holder. Back of a length, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
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