West Indies reviewpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 17 July 2020
Shannon Gabriel pleads for an lbw against Jos Buttler, but it's no dice.
Upstairs we go...
Summary
Campbell 12 - Curran overturns lbw
Eng 469-9 dec: Stokes 176, Sibley 120
Sibley & Stokes add 260 for 4th wicket
Buttler 40, Bess 31*; Chase 5-72
2nd Test, Emirates Old Trafford, day 2
West Indies lead three-Test series 1-0
West Indies reviewpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 17 July 2020
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialWest Indies know the next two hours will be chaotic for them in the field. They have just got to try and get wickets.
If Stokes stays out there the scoreboard will tick so quickly and give England the chance to declare late this evening.
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LOVE a bit of B Mac.
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Craig Moore: For cricketers that I didn't mind seeing them do well against England: Brendon McCullum. Used to love watching B-Mac in full flow.
Eng 352-5published at 130 overs
Right then, Jos Buttler, what you got?
He sees off his first ball from Roston Chase, which spins sharply.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialIt scuttled through and got stuck between Pope's legs. That is a sign of what is going on out there.
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WICKETpublished at 129.5 overs
Pope lbw Chase 7 (Eng 352-5)
Image source, Getty ImagesWell, this is my favourite thing I've seen all day.
Ollie Pope is out lbw and the ball has got stuck inbetween his knees! Pope steps back to Roston Chase, who fires one in a bit quicker, and the ball ends up ensconsed in his knees. So very, very out.
What next for Archer and England?published at 15:14 British Summer Time 17 July 2020
Does Jofra Archer's punishment fit the crime? Should he play in the third Test? And how should England handle him from now on?
Our very own Stephan Shemilt addresses all these questions and more here...
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Shai Hope has gone wandering away from his team-mates to have a little word with himself.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialHope got plenty of hand on that. Dear me. That could be expensive.
The bowler will feel Hope should have caught that.
Stokes dropped on 157published at 128.3 overs
You know, when it isn't your day...
Ben Stokes leans back, trying to gently guide the ball away, and a flying Shai Hope gets both hands to the ball at gully and spills it! Gabriel looks mutinous.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialI think Ollie Pope has been sent out in third gear.
Eng 346-4published at 128 overs
Roston Chase whirls his way through another over.
Meanwhile, Matt and I are debating our favourite cricketers from teams that used to smash England. You know those players you didn't mind doing well against your team because they were just so good? Dale Steyn is my top example.
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Josh Land: First time in a long time that Buttler will be coming in with a decent score all ready on board. Time to see if he can do it.
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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Emirates Old TraffordThat was England's highest partnership in a home Test for nine years, and their highest partnership anywhere since Stokes at Jonny Bairstow went wild against South Africa at Cape Town in 2016.
Eng 343-4published at 127 overs
Ollie Pope, who will have had his pads on for a while, gets to face Shannon Gabriel first up.
Gabriel comes charging in and has to abort as a fly lands in his eye.
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Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statisticianDominic Sibley batted for 372 balls.
The partnership was worth 260 in 94.4 overs.
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Dom Sibley's final stats: 120 runs from 372 balls, 556 minutes, five fours.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialA tremendous innings. Sibley played his way. It was his method. It was how England required him to play.
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Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match SpecialFinally, finally, this partnership is broken.