Player of the Match
Player of the Match

6.47pm: Right, that's a wrap from us for tonight. Stay close to the site for Vish Ehantharajah and Alan Gardner's analysis from Trent Bridge, and keep an eye on the T20 Blast scores with the quarter-final line-up due to be finalised tomorrow night. Until then, thanks for your company through the day.

Ollie Pope is speaking to Sky Sports: "A really good day, but we feel like we left a couple out there which is a good sign... it's such a quick-scoring ground, the outfield is lightning here. I've put in a fair bit of hard work before this series and know how they try and attack us as a seam attack. They dropped a couple of catches which was handy... trying to put them back under pressure but also trust my defence. It's just the nature of the way we play as a team... I didn't run down the wicket once today. You know if you can beat the infield, it's four. Things weren't clicking for me in the county stuff before this. It was about trying to trust my defence as best I could. A lot of it was just the temperament... just having that clarity, how I want to start my innings. [Technical changes?] Sometimes my front leg was going across, closing myself off a little bit. [Hitting short cover?] They've got guys bowling up at 90mph. Sometimes for me it's about forgetting about the field. [Overthinking it] is when I get myself into trouble. [No-look reverse-sweep?] I don't know why I put my head down... [Pitch?] Be interesting how it plays, whether it quickens up a little bit. The big thing for me is that nicks still carried to the slips."

6.35pm: A bizarre day of Test cricket... England raced to the fastest team fifty in Test history inside 26 balls and continued to chug along at nearly five an over for the rest of the day, despite regularly throwing away wickets. There were some shockers along the way but they've still posted a very healthy total... West Indies will rue their missed chances, not least their drops off Ollie Pope, whose sixth Test hundred will take the headlines.

Sampath Bandarapulli from ESPNcricinfo's stats team: "England's 416 all out is their highest opening-day total at home since World War II. It is also their second-highest opening-day score since WW2, behind the 506/4 vs Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2022."

Jabba: "I remember the awe when England scored 407 all out on day 1 of the Edgbaston 2005 Ashes test. We can't treat this as mundane. Different attack I know (though no McGrath!)" -- Very, very different!

88.3
W
AS Joseph to Shoaib Bashir, OUT, edged low to second slip where Holder takes another! Too good for Bashir, angling in from a good length and taking the outside edge. Much easier height for Holder this time, the ball settling in his big buckets. England, asked to bat first, are bowled out for 416 in a day... and yet it feels like they have left plenty of runs out there!

Shoaib Bashir c Holder b AS Joseph 5 (6m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125.00

Raff: "Phenomenal over rate late in the day. THAT's entertainment for us Cricinfo followers."

BigSearle: "So what you're all saying is that we played badly and still got to 400 effortlessly?"

88.2
4
AS Joseph to Shoaib Bashir, FOUR, skews away past the slips for four. Back of a length, takes the outside edge as Bashir jams down on it and it runs away through third
88.2
2nb
AS Joseph to Wood, (no ball) 1 run, full outside off, 89mph/143kph, clears the front leg and steers it out to deep point... and Joseph has overstepped
88.1
0
AS Joseph to Wood, no run, short and wide outside off stump, Wood isn't drawn into a swipe. 86mph/139kph

This will be the final over of the day.

END OF OVER:
88 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 410/9

  • Mark Wood12 (27b)
  • Shoaib Bashir1 (2b)
  • Jayden Seales15-1-90-2
  • Alzarri Joseph15-1-92-2
87.6
1
Seales to Wood, 1 run, short, aimed at the ribcage. Flapped away on the pull, top-edged towards square leg

Surya: "Probably one of the worst batting performances for a 400" -- I know exactly what you mean. England have been anything but ruthless... yet have 400 in a day after being inserted

87.5
0
Seales to Wood, no run, clears the front leg and has a big swipe... at thin air. Flies harmlessly over the top of the stumps and through to da Silva
87.4
1
Seales to Shoaib Bashir, 1 run, short outside off, Bashir drags it away through square leg on the pull
87.3
0
Seales to Shoaib Bashir, no run, short ball, aimed at the hip. Brushes Bashir's glove as he looks to swat it away, but drops short of da Silva

Bashir walks out at No. 11.

87.2
W
Seales to Woakes, OUT, that's more like it! A loosener to start from Seales but this is much more threatening, a good-length ball which squares Woakes up and shapes away just a touch off the seam to take Woakes' outside edge as he gets up on his toes to defend. It skews low to second slip, where Holder gets down very well to take an excellent catch to his left

CR Woakes c Holder b Seales 37 (59m 48b 3x4 0x6) SR: 77.08

87.1
4
Seales to Woakes, FOUR, half-volley, clipped off the pads through midwicket for four. Absolute gift from Seales, a loosener to start this spell

Jayden Seales will share the second new ball.

dM: "Low intensity? 400 plus after being put in on the first day has to fall into the realm of unusual." -- Absolutely, but two spinners -- including one part-timer -- being knocked around was decidedly low-key!

END OF OVER:
87 | 7 Runs | ENG: 404/8

  • Mark Wood11 (25b)
  • Chris Woakes33 (46b)
  • Alzarri Joseph15-1-92-2
  • Kavem Hodge10-0-44-2
86.6
0
AS Joseph to Wood, no run, full, angling into the pads at 89mph/143kph. Worked to mid-on
86.5
1
AS Joseph to Woakes, 1 run, sliced away through point as they stroll through for a single

SK: "Where is the declaration, Ben? Boooo!"

86.4
0
AS Joseph to Woakes, no run, squared up a touch by a good-length ball, defends into the covers

West Indies 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st61KC BrathwaiteM Louis
2nd5KC BrathwaiteKSA McKenzie
3rd8KC BrathwaiteA Athanaze
4th1KAR HodgeA Athanaze
5th7JO HolderA Athanaze
6th9JO HolderK Sinclair
7th22JO HolderJ Da Silva
8th0JO HolderAS Joseph
9th16JO HolderJNT Seales
10th14JNT SealesS Joseph