Published: January 24, 2019
• First Test day two: West Indies 289 & 127-6; England 77
• Kemar Roach picks up five as tourists’ batting collapses
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• Kemar Roach picks up five as tourists’ batting collapses
On a bewildering second day there was a stampede of batsmen returning to the Garfield Sobers pavilion shaking their heads in exasperation. In all, 18 wickets fell and amid the carnage England will be left with a huge victory target in the context of this match.
The tourists’ batsmen came and went more rapidly than those from West Indies. On a deceptively serene afternoon England were bowled out for 77, a deficit of 212 runs after the completion of two innings. The hordes of travelling fans looked on in a state of silent shock. After all, this was the 21st century and such a procession of disconsolate England players against West Indies pacemen was no longer meant to be around every corner.
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