Broad smiles after England romp to win
Stuart Broad celebrates passing Ian Botham’s Test
wickets total yesterday.
There was time too, in only six overs after lunch, for him to launch Broad for an outrageous maximum over long-on – but West Indies’ first innings was up when Miguel Cummins was last out thanks to Tom Westley’s direct hit from midwicket.
Predictably, it did not take long for the wickets to start falling again.
Powell did not remotely convince before edging Anderson to slip, and then a switch back to the City End worked instantly for Roland-Jones when he had Hope lbw.
Hope No.2 was extinguished by Stokes and a routine edge to Root – just when it seemed Kraigg Brathwaite and Chase might close out the middle session, Moeen overturned an initial lbw ruling to have the opener on DRS deep in his crease for a hard-working 40.
Blackwood then went walkabout and easily stumped as he tried to disrupt Moeen – and after that, it was over to Broad, who claimed a fair slice of the glory by having Chase lbw and Holder caught at slip to join Botham.
Roach kept out the hat-trick ball. But there was no way back here for the Windies, and Broad made sure with a delivery which homed in mercilessly on the top of Dowrich’s off- stump – graciously leaving the remaining two wickets to Anderson and Roland-Jones.