10/07Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of England at London, Jul 10-12 2024
England won by an inns & 114 runs
Player of the Match
Gus AtkinsonEngland
10/07Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of England at London, Jul 10-12 2024
England won by an inns & 114 runs
Player of the Match
Gus AtkinsonEngland

Amer: "There you go Jimmy۔Just take 8 more next innings۔"

lunch: "Any further notes on the pitch since it was labelled docile at the start? Seemed like a lot on offer to the bowlers, movement throughout the innings through the air and off the deck. I wonder what the WI seamers can get out of it." There were a few balls that looked to lose a lot of pace after landing. But Atkinson absolutely bashed it into the pitch and moved it sideways.

Clarissa: "No need to worry about the follow-on!"

Tony: "That escalated quickly after lunch! Could be a 3 day test and Jimmy gets 2 days off"

2:52pm, innings break, day 1 Atkinson gets a generous round of applause as he walks back into the changing room. 7 for 45... lol. Unreal figures on debut. He was incisive in the morning too. Athanaze and Hodge were able to see him off in the morning but no one stood a chance on the cloudy afternoon in London. A seam-bowling masterclass in the 35th over where he took out Athanaze, Holder and Da Silva. Alzarri counter-attacked but Atkinson kept hitting a length and got him for good measure. Rather unfortunate not to finish with eight.

Duncan: "So, just like that, Atkinson has better test best bowling figures than Dale Steyn ever got! Crazy sport!"

41.4
W
Anderson to Seales, OUT, Anderson denies Atkinson an eight-for. It will need to pass the review though. Cuts off the cheers from the crowd momentarily. Ball was close to bat as Seales tried to punch it down the ground but it beat the inside edge and hit the bent back-leg (on the knee-roll) with middle stump visible. Hawk-Eye shows it landed around middle and would go on to hit middle and leg

JNT Seales lbw b Anderson 2 (13m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

41.3
0
Anderson to Seales, no run, Cut in half. Fullish ball decks back in and beat the full-faced bat. Not sure but it looked like the speedometer said 112ks, looked quick
41.2
0
Anderson to Seales, no run, Too much swing. 130ks full ball beat the flick. Anderson, Stokes confer with the keeper, who tells them not to review. Seales very late on that
41.1
0
Anderson to Seales, no run, Nudged across from the stumps to midwicket, off the front foot

END OF OVER:
41 | 8 Runs | WI: 121/9

  • Gudakesh Motie14 (19b)
  • Jayden Seales2 (4b)
  • Gus Atkinson12-5-45-7
  • James Anderson10-3-26-0

Mark: "Went downstairs to the supermarket quickly at 88-6. Felt that the innings was disintegrating. Come back, 117-9. What is going on here? " Not much. Quiet day

40.6
4
Atkinson to Motie, FOUR, Sits up and Motie belts it through cover point. Should he have come at No. 6? Back of length outside off, too much room
40.5
0
Atkinson to Motie, no run, Pitches it up and still beats him. Angling it away through fifth stump this time and Motie went for the off drive
40.4
0
Atkinson to Motie, no run, A bit of spongy bounce off a length. Angled away outside off and Motie had a poke. Beaten
40.3
0
Atkinson to Motie, no run, Into the pitch again, tries to nudge it across. Looked to have hit around the glove

MarkinSpain: "Atkinson's test best is currently better than Anderson's" Not far, a wicket and it'll take over certainly

40.2
0
Atkinson to Motie, no run, A bouncer follows. Very much expected. Motie scissors himself into a squat while ducking to leave
40.1
4
Atkinson to Motie, FOUR, A bit greedy. Overpitched outside off and Motie carts it while on one knee, through point

Eight-for on the cards for Atkinson

END OF OVER:
40 | 6 Runs | WI: 113/9

  • Gudakesh Motie6 (13b)
  • Jayden Seales2 (4b)
  • James Anderson10-3-26-0
  • Gus Atkinson11-5-37-7

Thanks, Matt

Here's Ekanth.

39.6
1
Anderson to Motie, 1 run, angling across the left-hander, steered to point and they set off for a sharp single... throw comes in, but it's wide! Would have been tight with a direct hit. Atkinson was the fielder!
39.5
0
Anderson to Motie, no run, smashed on the pad but only a strangled appeal, clearly shaping past leg stump
39.4
4
Anderson to Motie, FOUR, up on his toes, fencing at a back-of-length ball which he pokes away past third slip, albeit without much control
39.3
1
Anderson to Seales, 1 run, angling in, worked away through square leg as Pope gives chase
39.2
0
Anderson to Seales, no run, sprayed very wide outside off stump, left alone
39.1
0
Anderson to Seales, no run, length ball, defended into the off side

Anderson returns from the Nursery End

Ross: "Atkinson needs to take the last wicket, or concede 41 runs or fewer in the innings, to have career-best figures better than Jimmy Anderson…"

END OF OVER:
39 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | WI: 107/9

  • Gudakesh Motie1 (10b)
  • Jayden Seales1 (1b)
  • Gus Atkinson11-5-37-7
  • Chris Woakes11-2-29-1

Sampath: Six players have take a seven-plus wicket haul on men's Test debut for England. Two of them this year!

38.6
0
Atkinson to Motie, no run, looks to slash through the covers but can't lay bat on ball. 89mph/143kph
38.5
0
Atkinson to Motie, no run, springy bounce from a good length, left alone

Clarissa: "Currently the best figures by an England Men's bowler on debut, ahead of Dominic Cork." -- Good spot!

38.4
1
Atkinson to Seales, 1 run, comes forward to defend, squeezed out to long leg via the inside edge

John: "What a relief. For a moment there, I thought Atkinson's average might hit double figures."

38.3
W
Atkinson to S Joseph, OUT, SEVEN for Atkinson on debut, would you believe it?! This is a bizarre and pretty ugly dismissal. Joseph was looking to swipe this away over the leg side but slipped as he planted his front foot and edged up falling over as the ball flew away off the top edge of his bat. It looped up to backward point where Pope ran back to settle underneath it, and Atkinson can't quite believe what is happening

S Joseph c Pope b Atkinson 0 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

38.2
0
Atkinson to S Joseph, no run, plays all around an inswinger but only a stifled appeal as this was sliding past leg stump. Shamar shaped to whip his first ball through midwicket and got nowhere near it

Shamar Joseph replaces his namesake Alzarri. He made 36 on debut against Australia.

38.1
W
Atkinson to AS Joseph, OUT, skied to mid-on, Atkinson has SIX! Joseph saw little point in hanging around and looked to smite Atkinson back over his head for another boundary, but his timing was off this time. A lofted straight drive but it loops up tantalisingly, and Woakes settles underneath it to pouch a straightforward catch

AS Joseph c Woakes b Atkinson 17 (17m 9b 4x4 0x6) SR: 188.88

END OF OVER:
38 | 2 Runs | WI: 106/7

  • Alzarri Joseph17 (8b)
  • Gudakesh Motie1 (8b)
  • Chris Woakes11-2-29-1
  • Gus Atkinson10-5-36-5

Sammo: "Given the great record under Stokes of debutants getting 5 wicket hauls, our approach in the next Ashes should be obvious. Take 20 debutants..."

37.6
1
Woakes to AS Joseph, 1 run, steps across, working a single out to long leg with a roll of the wrists
37.5
1
Woakes to Motie, 1 run, changes angle, going around the wicket. Tucked off the hip into the leg side for a single
37.4
0
Woakes to Motie, no run, sprayed wide outside off stump, Smith has to dive a long way to his left to cut it off. 78mph/125kph

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West Indies 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12KC BrathwaiteM Louis
2nd5M LouisKSA McKenzie
3rd15A AthanazeM Louis
4th5KAR HodgeA Athanaze
5th18JO HolderA Athanaze
6th24JO HolderJ Da Silva
7th9AS JosephJ Da Silva
8th8AS JosephG Motie
9th7G MotieS Joseph
10th33G MotieJNT Seales