England v West Indies – 1st Test – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
West Indies 243/9 (89.4 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 won the toss and chose to field
The first Test of the three-match series finally kicked off on Thursday between hosts England and the touring team of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at Lord's, London.
At stumps on the first day of the match, West Indies after bearing the wrath of English pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 still standing on a total of 87 runs.
After winning the toss, England chose to field first in order to contain the touring side on a small first innings total.
From England, pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 was the first to strike as he gifted his team the first wicket of the day by ramming a delivery straight in the stumps of West Indies opener, KOA Powell, who departed after scoring a knock of five runs.
Then with 32 runs on the scoreboard, the Windies suffered the demise of their second wicket with number-three batsman, KA Edwards, getting trapped in front of stumps by Anderson after scoring only a run.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-Barath-c886 then put up a nifty fight as they kept the scoreboard ticking by batting with a clear frame of mind; however, before this partnership could actually influence the course of the match, it met its doom on the departure of Barath, who lost his wicket to Broad after scoring an innings of 42 runs. At the time of this wicket, West Indies had managed to bolster 86 runs on the board.
Bravo was then the next man to fall, as he hit the showers after scoring 29 runs, leaving his team standing on a total of 100 runs.
With four wickets down, West Indies were in a vulnerable position, while England were quite content with the situation of the game, however, the Windies made a remarkable comeback when Chanderpaul and MN Samuels steered the side to 181 runs before Samuels became the fifth wicket of the day, falling after smashing 31 runs.
Broad then unleashed h**l upon the batting side by grabbing wickets one after another, halting them from continuing their impressive run rate.
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