Eng v WI highlights today – first test day one from Edgbaston Stadium, Edgbaston Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 7QU (England) Thursday 17th August 2017. England recently played three t20 and four test match series against South Africa and won t20 series by 2-1. test series won by 3-1 which means England’s cricket team all players are in-form. Another side West Indies new youngsters showed some aggression and also the consistency in their past some matches.
JE Root from England was the best-batted batsmen against the SA test series. He scored 461 runs in eight innings with the highest 190. JM Bairstow scored 330 and he was the second most runs scorer of the series, BA Stokes scored 299 runs. From bowling side MM Ali took 25 wickets in eight innings. JM Anderson took twenty wickets and SCJ Broad took eleven wickets.
England won the toss and elected to bat
England team
AN Cook, MD Stoneman, T Westley, JE Root (c), DJ Malan, BA Stokes, JM Bairstow †, MM Ali, TS Roland-Jones, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson.
West Indies team
ML Cummins, KC Brathwaite, KOA Powell, KA Hope, SD Hope, RL Chase, J Blackwood, SO Dowrich †, JO Holder (c), KAJ Roach, AS Joseph.
Match Timings: 14.00 start, Lunch 16.00-16.40, Tea 18.40-19.00, Close 21.00
West Indies tour of England 1st Test (D/N) Highlights
Umpires – Marais Erasmus, Sundaram Ravi
TV Umpires – Chris Gaffaney
Match Referee – David Boon
