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West Indies bowl in second Test against England
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, July 16, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – West Indies
captain Jason Holder won the toss and elected to field in the second
Test against England at Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday.
The West Indies were unchanged from the side that won the first Test
at the Ageas Bowl by four wickets last week, with opening batsman John
Campbell passed fit following a toe injury.
Victory in either of the two remaining Tests at Old Trafford would
see the West Indies clinch their first series win in England for 32
years.
Rain delayed the scheduled 1000 GMT start by 90 minutes, with Holder
hoping his bowlers could take advantage of the overcast conditions
that saw play start with the floodlights blazing away.
“With the overhead conditions, we’re going to try to make full use
of it,” Holder told Sky Sports at the toss.
“We’ve got to start fresh. This is a fresh Test match, a different
venue, and we’ve got to understand that game (first Test) has gone,”
added the world’s top-ranked all-rounder, who took a Test-best 6-42 at
Southampton.
“It has brought a smile to a lot of people in the Caribbean’s faces
and we need to keep it that way.”
By contrast England made four changes, with fast bowler Jofra Archer
dramatically left out for a breach of the bio-secure regulations.
“No (not ideal),” said returning England captain Joe Root when asked
about Archer’s situation.
“But enough has been said on it, the stuff that has gone out this
morning. As a side, we’ve now just got to look at the next five days,
put in a good performance and make sure we bounce back from last week.
“We’ve definitely got an attack that can take 20 wickets here this
week and very much looking forward to hopefully doing so.”
Star batsman Root is back in place of the dropped Joe Denly after
missing the first Test to attend the birth of his second child.
“I’m very much looking forward to getting out there and hopefully
getting some big runs,” he said.
England had previously announced they would be resting pacemen James
Anderson and Mark Wood after both played at Southampton.
Stuart Broad, second behind Anderson in England’s all-time list of
leading Test wicket-takers, was recalled after being controversially
rested for the first Test.
Chris Woakes and Sam Curran also returned to complete England’s pace
attack with Ben Stokes, the stand-in skipper at the Ageas Bowl, the
only survivor in a bowling line-up in which off-spinner Dom Bess kept
his place.
As happened at Southampton, players on both sides, together with the
umpires, took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign
before play started.
England were wearing black armbands in memory of former Lancashire
chairman David Hodgkiss, who died aged 71 during the coronavirus
pandemic.
Hodgkiss was a key figure in the decade-long œ60 million
regeneration of Old Trafford.
Teams
England: Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (capt), Ben
Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wkt), Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Dom
Bess, Stuart Broad
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Shai Hope, Shamarh
Brooks, Roston Chase, Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder (capt), Shane
Dowrich (wkt), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel
Umpires: Michael Gough (ENG), Richard Illingworth (ENG)
TV umpire: Richard Kettleborough
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
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