• BATSMEN
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    22.3 gottim, Jennings steers to slip! And there I was, giving him the biggun about his ability against spin... Nicely bowled by Bess, just the right line from round the wicket and it gripped, straightened and clipped the outside edge. Taken safely by the lurking Burns 41/2
    15.5 short stuff does the job, Sibley gloves behind! Archer with the breakthrough for the Jos Army, he was quickly up in appeal and it didn't take long for the umpire's finger to follow. Looked like he just got a tickle, trying to work it away off his body. Team Stokes lose their first 30/1
    42.2 perfect line, draws a prod, Crawley nicks off! Just a casual raise of the fist from Woakes, but that was a beauty, jagging late to flummox Crawley's straight-batted push. So has he done enough to unseat Denly at No.3 after all? 116/4
    34.1 a wild flash on the full length, and snicked to the keeper! Bairstow's patience cracks! It was right up to the bat, but the pace was hot and it was through Jonny before he could properly line it up. A tightened stance works up to a point... but it's a limp finish 83/3
    53.1 and it's brought the downfall of Stokes, beaten by spin and stumped out of his ground! We saw Parkinson smuggle one through in the previous over, and he's done it again here, leaving Buttler to gleefully whip off the bails and send back his opposite number on the brink of tea! 152/5
    68.2 short again, hurried for pace as he takes on the pull and he falls tamely, caught at mid-on! Not a great shot by any means from Foakes, who had got somewhat bogged down, and Archer has his second wicket 183/8
    63.1 slightly full of a length, trapped on the pad, big shout... given! Robinson gets the breakthrough. Couple of question marks there, over whether it pitched outside the leg stump and if it might have gone over the top of the stumps, but it was good enough for the umpire. A nothing shot from Moeen, who never really got going, and was struck on the pad without much foot movement 179/6
    63.5 uses his feet again, struck on the back pad again and there's another loud shout... given this time! Looked pretty adjacent to me, and Gregory's frenetic innings comes to a lamentable end 179/7
    82.1 the arm ball does it, Overton nicks behind! Second wicket of the day for Bess, who's bowled very nicely indeed. Maybe a bit of drift did for the batsman, no great turn but he knew he'd got an edge. Brings an end to a nuggety little stand between Overton and Leach 216/9
    not out
    25
    64
    79
    3
    0
    39.06
    87.5 heaved leg side, but he's picked out a fielder! Mahmood tosses it away, giving Virdi a wicket for his troubles (having begun the game outside the XIV) and that will be that for the day. Lovely 233/10
    Extras
    16 (b 9, lb 3, nb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    233 all out (87.5 Overs, RR: 2.65, 380 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Dom Sibley, 15.5 ov), 2-41 (Keaton Jennings, 22.3 ov), 3-83 (Jonny Bairstow, 34.1 ov), 4-116 (Zak Crawley, 42.2 ov), 5-152 (Ben Stokes, 53.1 ov), 6-179 (Moeen Ali, 63.1 ov), 7-179 (Lewis Gregory, 63.5 ov), 8-183 (Ben Foakes, 68.2 ov), 9-216 (Craig Overton, 82.1 ov), 10-233 (Saqib Mahmood, 87.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    CR Woakes1133713.3600
    SCJ Broad1334203.2300
    JC Archer1233723.0810
    MA Wood1141411.2700
    OE Robinson94720.7700
    DM Bess2066023.0000
    MW Parkinson722313.2801
    A Virdi4.53110.2000
  • BATSMEN
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    35
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    45.45
    22.1 whoops, there's a misjudgement! Back of a length, an attempted glide through the off side, but that just skids on through what little remains of Burns' defences, and knocks back his off stump! This innings is suddenly snowballing, 67 overs remaining to make a game of it... 74/3
    18.2 a wild wipe across the line, but that's a steepling top-edge. Backward square steadies himself and swallows the chance! At least, I assume it was routine, judging from the low-key responses of all watching fielders. Bracey's made an impact this week, but that's a bit of a sucker dismissal 61/1
    19.1 round the wicket, tight line, thumps the back pad and that's plumb! Denly was pushing down the wrong line there, and never came close to connecting. Well, well. Cat, meet pigeons 62/2
    not out
    55
    66
    91
    3
    2
    83.33
    30.5 launched up in the air over the off side, but he didn't get all of it... and caught in the deep! Buttler departs after a livewire cameo. He looked to get legside of this and swing it over wide mid-off, but it skewed off the bat and Sibley swallowed the chance in the deep 124/4
    39.5 Woakes uses his feet, pushed through quicker by Leach and he hasn't got all of it... caught in the deep! Woakes' cameo comes to an end, and it was good fun while it lasted. His batting returns have dropped off in the last year so that will do his confidence a bit of a boost 182/5
    41.4 full from wide on the crease, thumped down the ground... and caught on the rope. And Team Buttler have declared 200/6
    Extras
    9 (b 1, lb 5, nb 2, w 1)
    TOTAL
    200/6d (41.4 Overs, RR: 4.8, 184 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-61 (James Bracey, 18.2 ov), 2-62 (Joe Denly, 19.1 ov), 3-74 (Rory Burns, 22.1 ov), 4-124 (Jos Buttler, 30.5 ov), 5-182 (Chris Woakes, 39.5 ov), 6-200 (Dan Lawrence, 41.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    JM Anderson621502.5000
    L Gregory41902.2500
    S Mahmood301705.6601
    BA Stokes511613.2010
    MJ Leach13.418236.0001
    MM Ali603826.3300
    J Overton401704.2500

Close of Play

  • Wed, 1 Jul - day 1 - Team Buttler 1st innings 287/5 (JC Buttler 24*, SM Curran 15*, 90 ov)
  • Thu, 2 Jul - day 2 - Team Stokes 1st innings 233
  • Fri, 3 Jul - day 3 - Team Stokes 2nd innings 157/4 (30.2 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

Team Stokes 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st70JM BairstowDP Sibley
2nd27DP SibleyZ Crawley
3rd53BA StokesZ Crawley
4th7MM AliBA Stokes