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
5.2
Jayden Seales to Ben Duckett. Length ball, to leg on the back foot pushing, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Louis.
England vs West Indies
5.1
Jayden Seales to Ben Duckett. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot working, mis-timed to silly mid off for no runs.
England vs West Indies
4.6
Alzarri Joseph to Zak Crawley. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to cover for 2 runs, fielded by Joseph.
England vs West Indies
4.5
FOUR! Alzarri Joseph to Zak Crawley. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled past long on for 4 runs.
England vs West Indies
4.4
Alzarri Joseph to Zak Crawley. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to square leg for no runs, fielded by Motie.
England 21-0 after five overs
Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett have made an uncharacteristic slow start in the first five overs of England’s reply after the West Indies were bowled out for 121.
The duo, who have scored 100 in the first hour of batting together, scored 19 from the first five overs, and there was nearly a run out early on.
But there is plenty of time in this match for England to build in this innings, and a debut for exciting Surrey batter Jamie Smith, who is expected to come in at number seven.
England vs West Indies
4.4
No ball Alzarri Joseph to Ben Duckett. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket and it was a no ball, fielded by Motie.
England vs West Indies
4.3
Alzarri Joseph to Ben Duckett. Back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot cutting, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to backward point for no runs, dropped catch by Louis.
England vs West Indies
4.2
Alzarri Joseph to Zak Crawley. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot dropped, to cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Joseph, fielded by Louis.
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