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After a shaky start, England were able to fight back on opening day of the second Test against West Indies, courtesy a strong partnership between Ben Stokes and (59*) and Dominin Sibley (86*). They have put on 126 runs for the fourth wicket after England lost three wickets under 90 runs early in the day. They finished the day at 207/3 in 82 overs that were bowled. The hosts were once 29/2 when Root joined Sibley. England skipper Root, who missed the first test to attend the birth of his child, stitched a 52-run partnership together with Sibley to stabilise the innings. [caption id=“attachment_8606251” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] File image of England skipper Joe Root and his West Indian counterpart Jason Holder. Reuters[/caption] West Indies paceman Alzarri Joseph returned after the drinks break to remove Root, who edged an outswinging delivery to Holder in the slip cordon. Sibley was dropped at short-leg just before the tea break to deny Chase a third wicket. West Indies suffered a setback when seamer Shannon Gabriel, who claimed nine wickets in the first test, left the field to get treatment on a reported a groin issue. Earlier, West Indies won the toss and Holder chose to bowl first to take advantage of seamer-friendly conditions after rain delayed the start of the match. England are without Jofra Archer after the fast bowler breached the team’s bio-secure protocols while top order batsman Joe Denly was dropped to make way for Root. Squads: England:
Ben Stokes ,
Dominic Bess ,
Rory Burns ,
Zak Crawley ,
Joe Root (captain),
Ollie Pope ,
Jos Buttler ,
Dom Sibley ,
Chris Woakes ,
Sam Curran West Indies:
Jason Holder (captain),
Jermaine Blackwood ,
Kraigg Brathwaite ,
Shamarh Brooks ,
John Campbell ,
Roston Chase ,
Shane Dowrich ,
Shai Hope ,
Alzarri Joseph , Shannon Gabriel and
Kemar Roach . With inputs from Reuters


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