LONDON: West Indies were 119 for seven after winning the toss at tea on the first day of the third Test against England at Lord’s on Thursday.
Jason Holder, the West Indies captain, and Devendra Bishoo were both nine not out.
James Anderson was just one wicket away from becoming the first England bowler to take 500 Test wickets after striking twice before lunch.
England spearhead Anderson, who started this match on 497 Test wickets, had lunch figures of two for 18 in 10 overs after removing both Kraigg Brathwaite and Kyle Hope with the aid of catches by wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow.
Despite a green-tinged pitch affected by fungus, West Indies captain Jason Holder — whose side were unchanged following their shock five-wicket win in the second Test at Headingley — opted to bat first as he backed his top order to come through the tricky overcast conditions.
Anderson, who went wicketless in the second innings at Leeds, should have had his 498th Test wicket when he took Brathwaite’s outside edge when the opener, who made 134 and 95 at Headingley, was on three.
But Alastair Cook, who floored two first-slip catches as West Indies chased 322 for victory last week, dropped a seemingly routine chance.
It was not a costly error as Anderson, however, squared Brathwaite up on 10, and Bairstow made no mistake with a simple catch to leave West Indies 18 for one.
Rain then stopped play for some 40 minutes and when the match resumed Anderson had Kyle Hope out for a duck when the batsman, trying to withdraw his bat, was well caught by Bairstow diving to his right, in front of Cook. — AFP
Scoreboard
At teaAt teaWest Indies 1st inningsK Brathwaite c Bairstow b Anderson 10K Powell c and b Stokes 39K Hope c Bairstow b Anderson 0S Hope c Cook b Roland-Jones 29R Chase b Stokes 18J Blackwood b Roland-Jones 1S Dowrich c Cook b Stokes 1J Holder not out 9D Bishoo not out 9Extras (lb1, nb2) 3Total (7 wkts, 54 overs) 119Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-22, 3-78, 4-78, 5-87, 6-100, 7-101Bowling: Anderson 14-6-27-2, Broad 12-5-24-0, Roland-Jones 11-4-32-2, Stokes 13-5-22-3, Ali 4-0-13-0
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