Summary

  • Read the day two report here

  • Anderson, Stokes & Atkinson take two wickets each as Windies close on 79-6

  • England lead by 250 on first innings

  • Smith hits composed 70 on debut; batting well with lower order

  • Superb direct hit from 40 yards runs out Bashir

  • Motie bowls Stokes and Root with excellent spinning deliveries

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Ffion Wynne

  1. WI 71-5

    Chris Woakes returns in place of Ben Stokes and starts with - what else? - a maiden.

  2. WI 71-5

    James Anderson sticks out a foot to block a Jason Holder shot down the wicket - a footballing talent, he'll be a loss to multiple sports.

    The big screens at the ground announce that Anderson has now bowled his 40,000th delivery in Test cricket.

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    Artist Andy Brown paints a live scene of the match on #RedforRuth day, which is supporting the Ruth Strauss Foundation at Lord's today.

  4. WI 70-5

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    Lovely shot from Holder, leaning onto what proves to be a Stokes no-ball and sending it flying through the covers.

    A couple of twos follow - that's nine off the over.

    Run-fest!

  5. WI 61-5

    New batter Joshua Da Silva closes out the over with a classy drive past mid-off for four.

    The ninth boundary of the innings.

  6. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Well that’s woken the crowd up a bit. Just before it was perhaps a little bit flat but a beautiful delivery from the angle around the wicket, just bounced and left the left hander.

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    Remind me. Why is Anderson having to retire?

    Charlie

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Athanaze c Smith b Anderson 22 (WI 55-5)

    Anderson strikes again!

    Athanaze plays at a delivery he doesn't need to play and edges behind to Smith for his third catch of the match.

    Test wicket 703.

  9. WI 55-4

    A Holder edge past the slips picks up two.

    The West Indies still trail by 195 in the first innings.

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    Heart: gritty Windies fightback, a full day 3 and things set up for the next Tests. Head: rapid collapse and option of refund for tomorrow's tickets.

    Piers, London

  11. WI 53-4

    Anderson sends down a maiden to Athanaze.

    That's the 12th scoreless over of the innings - it's lasted 27 overs, so that's 44% maiden.

  12. WI 53-4

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    Ben Stokes has to abort his opening delivery just before the point of release. He wipes at his eye, indicating a fly may have met its end between his eyelids.

    Having run-up again, he delivers a no ball - the only run from the over.

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    This would be a good time to bowl Bashir with no pressure, but opportunity to gain experience.

    Brandon, wearing my house trousers

  14. WI 52-4

    Another tight Anderson over, surprise surprise.

    One single for Holder, down to mid-off.

  15. WI 51-4

    Athanaze picks up four, whipping Stokes past mid-on and to the ropes.

    He almost picks up another boundary through the covers, but the ball is chased down by the nearly 42-year-old James Anderson.

    The veteran seamer receives cheers from the crowd as he approaches, and the West Indies batters run three.

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    Weren't we celebrating the rebirth of Windies Test cricket a few months ago when they beat Australia in Australia? The Windies are clearly having a bad game but let's wait for the rest of the series before we perform their funeral rites. I can't help but remember when they toured England in 2017, got absolutely walloped in the first Test (by a substantially bigger margin than they will lose in this Test) only to come back in the second and pull off a fantastic win.

    Theo, London

  17. WI 43-4

    Hints of swing for Anderson - there's one big cloud hanging above the wicket, I don't know if that's helping.

    Just the single from the over as Athanaze works one into mid-wicket.

  18. Carlos Brathwaite
    Former West Indies all-rounder on BBC Sounds

    It’s been disappointing, I’m sure a lot of West Indies fans would have been up early watching or listening. There needs to be a little more resilience, put a price on those wickets. With ball in hand, can they be a bit more aggressive earlier? Make players play.

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    Grabsy: Do you think the West Indies supporters were saying the same thing about English Test cricket through the 80s and 90s?

  20. WI 42-4

    Stokes maiden, his fourth of his six overs today.

    And at the other end, here comes a certain veteran seamer...