James Anderson, Ben Stokes shine as England tighten grip on West Indies on day 2 of Lord’s Test

In England made an impressive start to Day 2 of the King’s Test, bolstered by command half a century since Harry Brook and the debutante Jamie Smithpropelling the team to 371 runs in response to the visitors’ first innings score of 121. Building on their solid batting, England’s pace bowling attack dominated the games, even with veterans. James Anderson again Ben Stokes leading the charge. Their formidable display restricted the Windies to a dangerous 79/6 at the stake on the second day against the Windies stalwart. Jason Holder fall in Gus Atkinson on the final ball, further cementing England’s dominance in the game.

England are on a roll led by Jamie Smith

The second day started with England’s night strikers, Joe Root and Brook, continuing their method of measurement from the previous day. They quickly raised 200 runs, increasing their partnership to 91 runs for the fourth wicket. Despite the efforts of the West Indies pace trio, England reached 250/4 at the halfway point of the session. However, the change in bowling strategy paid off for the visitors as Gudakesh MotieClean delivery from Stokes, changed the momentum momentarily. Smith then steadied the ship, giving away crucial runs to the side Chris Woakesbefore Motie struck again before lunch, removing Joe Root and England to 293/6.

The strength of the middle program

After lunch, Woakes and Smith stabilized England’s innings with a partnership of 42 runs, handling the spin threat effectively. By the 80th over, England had moved up to 329/6, but Jayden Seales he was hit with the new ball, he got Woakes out and England improved. Holder added to England’s woes by dismissing opener Atkinson for a golden duck. However, Smith’s tenacity at the start strengthened England’s total, which helped them reach 371, leading by 250 runs.

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England bowlers struck early: James Anderson and Ben Stokes

With a crucial lead in hand, England’s bowlers took over with the new ball in hand. Anderson and Stokes batted early to take it away Kraigg Brathwaite, Kirk McKenzie again Michael Louis, leaving West Indies struggling at 36/3. Kavem Hodge He fell soon after, and despite a short resistance from Holder again Alick Athanaze, the Windies finished the day on 79/6. Anderson’s dismissal of Athanaze in the 29th over and Holder’s wicket in the 35th over by Atkinson tightened England’s grip, with the visitors trailing by 171 runs at stumps.

Here’s how fans reacted:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Stokes becomes just the third player to score 6,000 runs and take 200+ wickets in men’s Test history.

He joins Jacques Kallis and Sir Garry Sobers in an exclusive club 🔒

Congratulations, captain ✊ pic.twitter.com/zOgStyyCAV

– England’s Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁿🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) July 11, 2024

Jamie Smith. Class……

— Paul Newman (@Paul_Newman66) July 11, 2024

Brathwaite will at least be relieved to have dealt with Jimmy. #ENGvWI

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 11, 2024

21 years doing the same thing 🐐 pic.twitter.com/ibjKyq1dyk

– Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) July 11, 2024

And He Did…with his last innings…
James Anderson recently hit his 50000th Test in International Cricket… https://t.co/F7sugwQl8y

– Abhishek AB (@ABsay_ek) July 11, 2024

Stokes’ bowling in these conditions gives England a huge advantage.

. (@aravint_2107) July 11, 2024

First a good look at Jamie Smith, it looks like it’s been planned so far but hasn’t been properly challenged.

— El Chopernos (@El_Chopernos) July 11, 2024

Good day for cricket today @englandcricket 👏🏽👏🏽#ENGvWI

– Mihir Haria-Shah (@MihirHS215) July 11, 2024

#cricket #TestCricket #ENGvWI Atkinson got his ninth wicket of the match, off Jason Holder. West Indies 79-6 in their second innings, still 171 to avoid an innings defeat. A second day in a row that went well in England’s favour.

– Thomas Sutcliffe (@aspitweets) July 11, 2024

Stokes bowling gives this test team more balance

– Trevor Bissouma (@Trevorlloyd92) July 11, 2024

I’ve been watching West Indies cricket for over 38 years, bar a few, this lot is a bunch of middle-order bums who should wear a maroon cap.
Disappointed, they returned to the home of cricket with a team like this. With their depth, well done WICB 👏 #ENGvWI

— Celtics 18 🐐 😎⚽️⚾️🏈🏏🏀🏆🇧🇧 (@bajankris) July 11, 2024

200 Test wickets by Ben Stokes 👏#ENGvWI #EnglandCricket #Cricket

– Muhammad Zain (@_muhammadzain1) July 11, 2024

Day 2, Degrees 🏏

– West Indies are 79/6, trailing by 171 runs.

Scorecard: https://t.co/S317V8hqdU#cricket #ENGvWI #englandcricket #BenStokes #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/LHf4VT17mq

– CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) July 11, 2024

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