{"id":21350,"date":"2024-07-20T00:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T00:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2024-07-20T00:09:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T00:09:52","slug":"england-on-cusp-of-big-win-over-west-indies-in-first-test-at-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/england-on-cusp-of-big-win-over-west-indies-in-first-test-at-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"England on Cusp of Big Win Over West Indies in First Test at Lord\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England is closing in on a commanding victory over the West Indies in the first test at Lord\u2019s. Day two ended with the Windies struggling at 79 for six, trailing by 171 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day began with England resuming at an overnight score of 189 for three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The host side advanced their total to 371, bolstered by contributions from Joe Root, who scored 68, Harry Brook with 50, and Jamie Smith, who added 70 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the West Indies, Jaden Seales was the standout bowler, claiming four wickets, while Jason Holder and Gudakesh Motie each took two wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailing by 250 runs at the start of their second innings, the West Indies batting lineup faltered once again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They lost two early wickets within the first 12 overs, with only 18 runs on the board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Kraigg Brathwaite managed just four runs before being dismissed, and Kirk McKenzie was out for a duck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collapse continued as Mikyle Louis was dismissed for 14 in the 18th over, leaving the score at 32 for three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kavem Hodge soon followed, scoring only four runs, pushing the team into deeper trouble at 37 for four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England&#8217;s bowlers maintained pressure, with James Anderson, Gus Atkinson, and Ben Stokes each taking two wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This included key dismissals of Jason Holder and Alick Athanaze, who scored 20 and 22 runs respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the close of play on day two, the West Indies were reeling at 79 for six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With England firmly in control, the first test is expected to conclude within three days, barring a significant turnaround from the West Indies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore England is closing in on a commanding victory over the West Indies in the first test at Lord\u2019s. Day two ended with the Windies struggling at 79&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21352,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions\/21352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}