Summary

  • Sibley 86*, Stokes 59*

  • Sibley dropped on 68 by Holder

  • Fourth-wicket stand worth 126

  • England recover from 29-2 and 81-3

  • Root 23, Burns 15, Crawley 0

  • Chase strikes twice in two balls

  • 2nd Test, Emirates Old Trafford, day 1

  • W Indies won toss; lead 1-0 in series

  1. Postpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Here's the - not great - lbw review against Joe Root.

  2. Eng 49-2published at 21 overs

    Root 10, Sibley 18

    Joe Root needs a hair cut.

    And thus ends my analysis of this over.

  3. Postpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Alison Mitchell
    BBC Test Match Special

    These are nervy times for England.

  4. Postpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    England are making it look like Chase is bowling grenades.

    He doesn't seem to be.

  5. Eng 47-2published at 20 overs

    Joe Root steps back to a full, spinning delivery from Roston Chase and almost nicks it through to Shane Dowrich, before a wide gift of a ball is hammered away for three.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

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    Nick Hall: Hi, I’m looking for the number for Joe Denly, I think I left it in my hotel room in Southampton. Thanks, Ed Smith.

  7. Postpublished at 14:33 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That certainly wasn't where Root was aiming.

  8. Eng 43-2published at 19 overs

    Four!

    Wide, flashed at by Joe Root, and he rides the bounce well enough to hustle the ball through backward point. I don't think it's where he was aiming - there's a fielder that almost cartwheels over the ball in an attempt to stop it - but it's four nonetheless.

  9. Postpublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Jason Holder and Roston Chase are STILL having a barney.

    Jason Holder and Roston ChaseImage source, Reuters
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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

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    Arjun Singh: Absolutely spitting feathers after that second wicket to Chase. Why, oh why, do England just love giving him such cheap gifts? Just unbelievable how we can throw away such a promising start.

  11. Postpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

    Chase is bowling with seven men on the leg side to Sibley. Of the two men on the off side, one is a slip.

  12. Eng 38-2published at 18 overs

    Sibley 16, Root 1

    Joe Root is off the mark with a horrible hoick across the line, and the resulting sweep shot somehow manages to get the ball through the field.

    It's turning, you know. Dom Sibley is surprised by one that fizzes just past his bat and gloves, the ball looping beyond Jason Holder at leg slip, before Holder and Roston Chase have a little row about what fielder goes where.

  13. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    How do you NOT see the tallest man on the pitch?!

  14. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    All the work Joe Root will have done in the nets to prepare himself will have been against seam.

  15. Eng 35-2published at 17 overs

    Oh, that's a beaut from Kemar Roach, tickling the edge of Dom Sibley's bat as he comes shuffling forward.

    Sibley pings the ball off his pads for a couple of easy runs. Meanwhile, on the other side of the room to me, Matt Henry is chuntering about the "myth" of the big four batsmen. I've missed him.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

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    David Beckett: No pressure, Joe.

  17. Postpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

    They are two very dopey wickets for England to lose.

    Firstly Burns plays for Muralitharan levels of turn when he knows Chase barely gets it off the straight. Then Crawley gives leg slip catching practice, surprised to see the 7ft figure of Jason Holder peering over his shoulder.

    Bring back Joe Denly.

  18. Eng 31-2published at 16 overs

    Another lbw shout for Roston Chase, this time as Dom Sibley gets his front pad rattled, but that was sliding down the leg side.

    Sibley scrambles a single before Joe Root, still waiting to score, plonks away the final ball of the over.

  19. Postpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

    Ah, it's nice to be back.

  20. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 16 July 2020

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    Tom: Welcome back Joe and congratulations on the baby. Rather than having a whip round to get you something nice we thought we’d give you a hat-trick ball to face. Great to have you back, kind regards The England Top Order.