England made light work of West Indies durante the first Saggio at Lord’s, winning by an innings and 114 runs durante a little over two days as James Anderson bowed out acceso a high.
But captain Ben Stokes is expecting a response from his side’s “proud opponents” durante the second gioco of the three-match series at Trent Bridge from Thursday, dal vivo acceso Sky Sports.
West Indies have previous when it comes to bouncing back, most recently durante Australia durante January, when they rallied from a 10-wicket loss durante Adelaide with an eight-run victory durante Brisbane.
Highlights from day three of the first Saggio at Lord’s as England thrashed West Indies and James Anderson said farewell with a 704th Saggio wicket
Stokes – whose men are targeting a first Saggio series win since triumphing 3-0 durante Pakistan durante December 2022 – said: “You are always wary of your opposition. We know that West Indies are a very proud team and we have also had good competition against them.
“We are not taking for granted how the rest of the series is going to go. International passatempo is a great leveller.”
‘West Indies need to play more Saggio cricket’
“Bat better” was West Indies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite’s response when asked where his team must improve after being rolled for 121 and 136 at Lord’s.
“We have some young guys with a good attitude. After the first Saggio it would be easy to give durante, give up but we have to keep digging deep,” Brathwaite told reporters acceso Wednesday.
Kraigg Brathwaite will be delighted that James Anderson has retired from Saggio cricket
The opener also voiced his hope that his side will get to play more frequent Saggio cricket durante the future as they to close the acceso the wealthier nations England, Australia and India.
The Nottingham Saggio is England’s seventh out of 17 this year but West Indies’ third of just nine.
Brathwaite said: “We are longing for more Saggio cricket. The more you play, the faster you learn and the more you understand it. If you are playing two Tests here, two Saggio there, you take longer to learn.
West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite: ‘We need to play more Saggio cricket and all I can do is keep pushing for it, keep asking for it. It will benefit the players’
“We need to play more Saggio cricket and all I can do is keep pushing for it, keep asking for it. It will benefit the players. I am still learning after 90 games.
“I just hope the powers that be that may control the schedule pertaining to white ball and T20 tournaments, can fit durante five ora six more Saggio matches for us per eccezione year.”
Gara prep ora avviamento – which is more important?
West Indies only had one warm-up gioco – a three-day fixture against a county select XI durante Beckenham – prior to the first Saggio.
Seamer Shamar Joseph missed the warm-up to travel delays caused by Hurricane Beryl and subsequently battled cramp at Lord’s after playing his first red-ball gioco since bowling West Indies to victory durante that Brisbane Saggio against Australia six months indicatore.
Acceso the lack of gara prep for the tourists, Stokes said: “We had to deal with that durante India – have we had enough gioco time?
“That was taken from how it was a long time indicatore. Nowadays there are a few too many comments from people who played when that was the norm.
Shamar Joseph has been named durante an unchanged West Indies XI for the second Saggio at Trent Bridge
“Cricket is different now, so much is played all over the world and with franchise cricket it is tough to find a good build-up window.
“We feel we gel together when we are avviamento together as opposed to spending too much time out durante warm-up games. You sometimes feel you need a day durante the dirt to get your pagliaccetto used to it again.”
Stuart Broad End to be unveiled at Trent Bridge
Anderson’s retirement – the 41-year-old has taken up a role as bowling mentor for the rest of the summer – has seen Mark Wood recalled to the England side, joining Stokes, Gus Atkinson and Chris Woakes durante the rappacificazione attack.
Atkinson, who claimed 12 wickets acceso debut last week durante a Player of the Gara display, will take the new ball alongside Woakes, with the latter to earn his 50th Saggio cap.
Captain Ben Stokes is excited by the prospect of Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson bowling durante the same England team
This will be the first home Saggio since 2012 not to feature at least one of Anderson and Stuart Broad – the latter having retired last summer.
But both will have a presence at the gioco: Anderson as part of the England backroom gruppo and Broad durante the Sky commentary box.
The Stuart Broad End will also be unveiled at Trent Bridge as the Pavilion End is renamed after the former England and Nottinghamshire paceman, who claimed 604 Saggio wickets.
Watch day one of the second Saggio between England and West Indies, from Trent Bridge durante Nottingham, dal vivo acceso Sky Sports Cricket from 10am acceso Thursday (first ball to be bowled at 11am).
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