Shane Dowrich steered the West Indies into a commanding lead over England on the third day of the first Test at Southampton on Friday. Dow...
Shane Dowrich steered the West Indies into a commanding lead over England on the third day of the first Test at Southampton on Friday.
Dowrich made 61 after opener Kraigg Brathwaite had top-scored with 65 in a total of 318 all out.
Stand-in captain Ben Stokes led England’s attack with 4/49 to follow his top score of 43 in the hosts’ 204.
But that left West Indies 114 runs ahead on first innings in a match that marks international cricket’s return from lockdown. And they were still 99 runs in front after openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley survived a tricky 10 overs to take England to 15/0 in their second innings at stumps.
Stokes’ haul included the wicket of West Indies captain Jason Holder for just five, with the England talisman having fallen to his rival all-rounder during the towering seamer’s Test-best 6-42 on Thursday. And when Stokes bowled tailender Alzarri Joseph, he had his 150th Test wicket.
But wicketkeeper Dowrich held firm with a fine fifty until a 115-ball innings featuring eight boundaries ended when he was caught down the legside by opposing gloveman Jos Buttler off Stokes.
It was not the first time Dowrich had proved a thorn in England’s side. Last year he made 116 and shared a...
