GOOD WOOD WRECKS ’EM
MARK WOOD took up the baton from Steve Harmison to put the frighteners on the Windies with a searing spell of hostile pace.
It showed just what England have been missing winter after winter in places like India, Australia and here in the Caribbean, as the hosts were routed for 154.
It has been a long time coming for Wood, who has battled injuries consistently since playing his part in the 2015 Ashes win.
He has always been the bowler that England hoped could provide the pace X-factor.
Desperate
And he claimed his best Test figures of 5-41 as he gave the home side a taste of their own hostile and uncomfortable medicine.
He said: “It felt fantastic and a day I will never forget.
“There were times in the past when I was desperate to do well and I was trying my hardest, but it didn’t go well.
“All the hard times I’ve had with injury, and the self-doubt, today I felt like an England player. It clicked for me here but I have to back it up now.
“When you get a wicket in your first over, the adrenaline starts pumping. I didn’t want to come off the field at tea but I probably ended up bowling two overs more than I