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England vs West Indies, second Test, day four: live score and latest updates from Old Trafford
10:54 AMOVER 26: WI 70/2 (Brathwaite 20 Hope 0)
OVER 26: WI 70/2 (Brathwaite 20 Hope 0)
The off-spinner strikes with his second delivery, a nicely flighted off-break that bounces up to the top of his pads. Joseph prods at and is caught at bat-pad straight off the bat. No pad involved.
Enter Shai Hope. England have a leg slip, short leg and slip. Hope tucks one round the corner just beyond Root's grasp as he dives to his left at leg slip. The last ball is a beauty, dipping and ragging through the gate. It vaulted over the stumps and turned so far Buttler could only tip it to Root at leg-slip, almost clocking him.
What a pitch for a spinner this looks.
10:48 AMWicket!!
Wicket!!
Joseph c Pope b Bess 32 Caught at short leg. FOW 70/2
10:46 AMOVER 24: WI 70/1 (Brathwaite 20 Joseph 32)
OVER 24: WI 70/1 (Brathwaite 20 Joseph 32)
Curran starts with a jaffa that fizzes past Brathwaite's poke. They take a couple of singles as the left-armer continues to test their front foot defence.
10:43 AMOVER 23: WI 68/1 (Brathwaite 19 Joseph 31)
OVER 23: WI 68/1 (Brathwaite 19 Joseph 31)
Brathwaite flicks Woakes off his pads for a single at the start of the over and Woakes completes the over with five dots, only two of which drew Joseph into the shot. This has been just the start West Indies would have wanted.
10:38 AMOVER 22: WI 67/1 (Brathwaite 18 Joseph 31)
OVER 22: WI 67/1 (Brathwaite 18 Joseph 31)
Joseph has a swipe across the line to Curran's first and toes it to square leg. No run. As if to show that was an aberration he plays two handsome drives with a high elbow and he freezes in his followthrough to strike a pose. Mid on picks them off. Maiden.
10:34 AMOVER 21: WI 67/1 (Brathwaite 18 Joseph 31)
OVER 21: WI 67/1 (Brathwaite 18 Joseph 31)
Joseph passes the concussion test and his helmet passes muster, too. Brathwaite has a nibble at one that Woakes zips away from him. Still movement for the bowlers which is why I will continue to bang the drum for Curran, who is now warming up at fine leg. Maiden for Woakes, the majority of deliveries moving too far away from off-stump to tempt Brathwaite. Root sends for Curran.
10:29 AMOVER 20: WI 67/1 (Brathwaite 18 Joseph 31)
OVER 20: WI 67/1 (Brathwaite 18 Joseph 31)
Brathwaite tucks two through square leg off a back of a length delivery then punches a single off the back foot through cover point. Joseph opens the face and steers four wide of gully. Broad has a face like thunder. Make that a tornado as Joseph thick edges four more through the slips, wide of a diving Crawley at third. That was 88mph from Broad. Curran already had him out once (but didn't review). I think he's the likeliest lad and this is daft of Root to stick with rank in choosing his opening pair this morning.
Joseph plays an elegant cover drive for four then is hit on the shoulder by a bouncer. He was late into the hook and the ball flicks his helmet and rebounds for four leg-byes. His helmet now needs a health check.
10:22 AMOVER 19: WI 50/1 (Brathwaite 15 Joseph 21)
OVER 19: WI 50/1 (Brathwaite 15 Joseph 21)
Woakes has Joseph in all sorts of bother, flashing outside off at one that does too much and then wafting across the line of another and being hit on the hip. Then he taps to cover and sets off for a homicidal single that would have done for Brathwaite, who sends him back. Sibley's weak throw is not up to England's usual high standards.
10:20 AMOVER 18: WI 50/1 (Brathwaite 15 Joseph 21)
OVER 18: WI 50/1 (Brathwaite 15 Joseph 21)
Here's what Ben Stokes would have done but for Crawley creeping on to his territory:
Just the single off Broad's over, Joseph flapping it off his chest for a single. Curran should be bowling .
10:16 AMOVER 17: WI 49/1 (Brathwaite 15 Joseph 20)
OVER 17: WI 49/1 (Brathwaite 15 Joseph 20)
A pair of spawny threes off thick edges is followed by Stokes dropping Joseph at second slip. Not his fault, though, as Crawley dives across him and distracts him. Lovely bowling from Woakes, no reward. Stokes gives the back of Crawley's head daggers. Crawley is wise enough not to turn around.
Brathwaite ends the over with a flick off the hip that beats Buttler's dive and scuttles down for four. There's no justice. Woakes ends going for 13 off the over but it was better than any of his four maidens.
10:10 AMOVER 16: WI 36/1 (Brathwaite 6 Joseph 16)
OVER 16: WI 36/1 (Brathwaite 6 Joseph 16)
Broad with his piratical headband that makes him look like he's playing bass for the Tygers of Pan Tang has switched ends to the Brian Statham. Joseph chops the first through point for a single. Brathwaite is served up a couple down the corridor which zip away and he is content to watch them. Broad follows those two with a hooping wide that Buttler has to take between first and second slip. It was so wide they have time to run a single as well. He pulls back his length to regain his accuracy and Joseph flicks him off middle through midwicket for a single.
10:04 AMOVER 15: WI 32/1 (Brathwaite 6 Joseph 14)
OVER 15: WI 32/1 (Brathwaite 6 Joseph 14)
Much fuller from Woakes immediately and a touch of inswing. Brathwaite chisels a couple out and loosk more comfortable when Woakes drags his length back. The opener is beaten by a length ball that leaves him and Woakes sighs. Good pace and bounce from Woakes who starts with his fourth maiden in five overs.
10:01 AMJerusalem rings out
Jerusalem rings out
Nasser Hussain rings the bell and, in the absence of a crowd, gives himself a round of applause wearing blue, latex gloves.
Chris Woakes, looking like Vincent van Gogh with his beard - count the ears - will open the bowling.
09:53 AMThe rise of conservatism
The rise of conservatism
And the strange death of liberal England. No, it's not George Dangerfield ... it's Tim Wigmore:
Why England’s new style will produce less dazzling, but more consistent, cricket
09:39 AMScyld Berry focuses on Dom Bess
England’s offspinner Dom Bess turns 23 on Wednesday. If he can turn a lot more besides, like some vicious offbreaks, he will have a five-wicket haul against West Indies to add to his many happy returns.
Scyld Berry focuses on Dom Bess
England’s offspinner Dom Bess turns 23 on Wednesday. If he can turn a lot more besides, like some vicious offbreaks, he will have a five-wicket haul against West Indies to add to his many happy returns.
You can read the full piece here.
09:32 AMThirty minutes before play starts
Thirty minutes before play starts
We have some rewarding reading for you.
Here's Justin Huggler's fascinating and encouraging report from the frontline of a new cricketing heartland: Frankfurt.
British expat leads unexpected rise of cricket in Germany - with the help of Afghan refugees
09:28 AMGood morning
Good morning
The weather has done a reverse ferret and provides us happily with a fine and warm day in Manchester by contrast to London's murk and rain which has replaced yesterday's sweltering heat. We have an extended day's play in prospect, with 15 minutes added to the afternoon session taking it from 1.40 to 3.55 and another 15 to the evening session, extending it to 6.30. They will likely play until 7pm anyway to try to bowl the complete 98 overs.
West Indies resume after yesterday's washout with the nightwatchman Alzarri Joseph partnering Kraigg Brathwaite at 32 for one. They are 437 runs behind England who, effectively, have two days to take 19 wickets. Should West Indies avoid the follow-on, England's time will be so squeezed it is hard to see them winning the match and hence maintain their hopes of a series victory.
Chris Woakes succumbed to England opening bowler syndrome on Friday night, bowling a miserly spell with flattering figures but far too short to endanger the batsmen. Stuart Broad pitched it up, wobbled it around and Sam Curran, with his happy knack and skill, provided the irresistible temptation that suckered John Campbell. Another beguiling spell from him this morning seems England's most likely path to victory.
Dom Sibley, no relation to Frank, I think, has inspired a debate about the tempo of Test-match batting that raged in the absence of any actual play yesterday. I can sympathise with those who found it tedious but its value, after defeat at Southampton, in digging the foundations for England's first first-innings score above 400 in a home Test since August 2017 is vital to England's prospects. There is little point saying he should score more quickly - he does not have the range of strokes to do so at the moment against an elite attack - but he will improve given a long run. I do fear for his technique in Australia, avoiding being hit mainly by Pat Cummins, but he has 15 months to develop and all the dedication he has shown us so far suggests he will.
