- England 416; West Indies 351-5 – Windies trail by 65 runs
- Hodge makes 120 after Wood clocks up 97.1mph delivery
At about 4.30pm on the second day in Nottingham a small pocket of England supporters over in the Fox Road Stand began chanting Jimmy Anderson’s name. It said a bit about the esteem in which the great man is held, clearly, but in this first week of his retirement, a bit more about the wickets column on the scoreboard next to them.
Anderson was perched on a balcony at the time and possibly happy to be there with his feet up. It was hard graft out there for his mentees, with hot sunshine, a flat pitch and some scraggy, repeatedly replaced Dukes balls offering them little by way of assistance. More importantly for both West Indies and the series, there were also two batters rallying hard to trigger this restlessness from the home crowd.
Written by Ali Martin at Trent Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/19/england-west-indies-second-test-day-two-match-report-cricket under the title “Kavem Hodge century puts brakes on England after Mark Wood’s rapid start”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
