England suffered a stunning batting collapse on Day 1 of the third and closing Take a look at towards the West Indies on the Nationwide Cricket Stadium, St George’s in Grenada. Having been put into bat by the West Indies, England discovered themselves tottering at 114 for 9 within the first innings. Nevertheless, a 90-run final wicket partnership between Jack Leach and Saqib Mahmood saved England blushes and led to some respectability to their whole. Mahmood fell for a valiant 49 within the final over of the day as England had been bowled out for 204 with Leach unbeaten on 41.
Other than opener Alex Lees, no different top-order batter received into double digits. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow had been dismissed for a duck whereas star all-rounder Ben Stokes was packed off for two. At one stage, England had been 67 for seven, however Chris Woakes (25) and Craig Overton (14) confirmed some battle.
England’s woeful batting efficiency led to a meme fest on Twitter. We tried to select the funniest ones:
England’s batting lineup when issues get even barely tough . . . #WIvsENG pic.twitter.com/ku3Jv3gyC4
— Entrance Foot Cricket (@FrontFootCric) March 24, 2022
England and their Batting woes continues , in the meantime their followers pic.twitter.com/50BmxY3H0d
— nkit Kashyap (@bandfencer) March 24, 2022
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England batting collapses#WIvsENG pic.twitter.com/cYy54FjESA— Graeme Roberts (@GraemeRoberts86) March 24, 2022
England’s check batting when the tracks not a street. pic.twitter.com/803ODIfQuv
— Jamie Moffatt (@elnino90) March 24, 2022
England batting order collapsing pic.twitter.com/otSvJOfCgX
— luke (@lukehar04175810) March 24, 2022
England followers when England have one other batting collapse pic.twitter.com/tNe0gHF6d1
— Ahan (@AhanCricket) March 24, 2022
Seeing one other embarrassing England high order batting efficiency pic.twitter.com/LOG9BXS8C9
— James (@JLM_1903) March 24, 2022
England batting collapses : pic.twitter.com/4rISmBhV4n
— TheCricketMen (@thecricketmen) March 24, 2022
England batting as we speak pic.twitter.com/GFcoMi4uo4
— Shazad Ahmed (@ShazadA66177319) March 24, 2022
For the West Indies, Jayden Seales took three wickets whereas Kemar Roach, Kyle Mayers and Alzarri Joseph all chipped in with two wickets apiece.
This was solely the second time within the 145-year historical past of Take a look at cricket that the quantity 10 and 11 within the batting order had been the top-scorers in a accomplished Take a look at innings.
“We had been simply taking it in brief bursts, seeing off their fundamental bowlers first off and making an attempt get no matter runs we might when the help bowlers after which part-timers got here on as they had been making an attempt to get to that second new ball,” stated Mahmood.
“There’s positively a whole lot of lateral motion for the bowlers on the market, particularly with the brand new ball,” he added.
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“It is clearly not the beginning we wished however we now have an opportunity firstly of the second day with a brand new ball and I hope we will make good use of it.”
(With AFP inputs)
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