Eng 216-3published at 88 overs
17 balls! Charles, you've had a shocker. Still, a tour match in Porto sounds nice? Lovely city.
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
Eng 216-3published at 88 overs
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I once went for 15 runs in a 17-ball over in a tour match in Porto. Still haven't lived it down, especially as I got a duck and had promised the lads I'd vanquished the yips.
Charles in Norfolk
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Isa Guha
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match SpecialShannon Gabriel has got his radar right in the last few balls. It's been liquorice allsorts this morning. It has been laboured.
Image source, ReutersEng 216-3published at 87 overs
Sibley 87, Stokes 66
Poor Jimmy Anderson is running drinks down from the dressing room in a yellow vest. Surely he's overqualified for that?
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Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialWith the ball swinging West Indies think they are in the game. But this partnership is worth over 130 you would take the new ball and do something different.
Eng 215-3published at 86.3 overs
Well that's why Aggers and Sir Alastair are the experts. I thought Joseph was bowling well and West Indies should have taken the new ball.
Gabriel gets one on target and it hits Stokes' pad, showing he can be dangerous. There's an appeal but it looked to be missing leg stump.
Postpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 17 July 2020
Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialIs Alzarri Joseph bowling too pretty without being threatening?
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialIt looks like West Indies are hoping they get a breakthrough and can then expose a new batsman to the new ball. It's a perfectly legitimate plan if they get a wicket.
Eng 215-3published at 86 overs
Why have West Indies not taken the new ball? I don't get it. Alzarri Joseph's radar is much more on target than Gabriel's. It has been a tidy start from him.
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Tom: First and second slip might want to consider wearing pads and helmet while Gabriel is bowling.
Eng 215-3published at 85 overs
Sibley 87, Stokes 65
Shannon Gabriel bowls another two that should have been called wides. He has just not got it right.
Have you ever had as similarly wayward days whether at work or on a cricket field?
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Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialDo you think Shannon Gabriel is just giving him catching practice for the one he dropped?
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialOh my word, it's a Harmison! Another one!
Eng 215-3published at 84.2 overs
After West Indies leave Manchester, you may see some grumpy reviews on Trip Advisor. I don't think Shannon Gabriel will be rushing back.
For the second time in the match he bowls a wide to second slip.
So much for that good start.
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Ashley Giles' comments on Jofra are absolutely fair enough but making them public feels unnecessary. Risks alienating Archer when everyone knows what he's done is wrong. There's no real benefit of further laying into him in public.
Alex, Manchester
Eng 213-3published at 84 overs
Sibley 86, Stokes 65
Ben Stokes gets the first boundary of the day with a thick outside down to third man. That takes Stokes to 8,000 first-class runs.
His average just keeps on climbing too.
Eng 209-3published at 83.3 overs
Alzarri Joseph is beginning proceedings from the Jimmy Anderson End. Jimmy would have been able to have a good lie-in this morning. What will his day in the bio-secure environment entail? More singing Coldplay songs?
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialThat's a good ball. Shannon Gabriel looks to be on song this morning.
Eng 207-3published at 83 overs
I'm surprised West Indies still haven't taken the new ball this morning, even if the old ball is swinging.
The noise from the slip fielders goes up another five notches when Shannon Gabriel zips one past Dom Sibley.
A good start from the big West Indies quick.
Postpublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 17 July 2020
Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match SpecialWest Indies made a mistake not taking the new ball last night. As a batter facing just those two overs, something might have happened and it would have still been fresh this morning.