Surprisingly, West Indies has got a good start, with Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis looking quite comfortably out there. Also, the good news for West Indies is that Gudakesh Motie has recovered from his injury and is a part of playing XI for this match. And West Indies have also won the toss, so they don't need to bat last. But the priority for now is to survive against the pace trio of Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood. Anything above 350 would be a good total for the first innings.
After the decent start that West Indies actually got, They had lost the first wicket at 76. And after that they have been losing wickets at regular intervals. In evening when I tuned their playing they had scored 187 so far and they had lost 5 wickets that process. Actually they had lost the fifth wicket when they were 115. So there is a good partnership was going on between Jason Holder and Desilva. You know they are the last recognized pair who can actually handle themselves with the bat in hand. After this there was not much batting left for the West Indies. So those two would have to go to at least 250, but they failed. At night when I tuned again their score is 270 within 9 wickets, 300 is expecting not more then. The bowling from England has actually been pretty good. They looked to break this partnership quickly. So far the fast bowlers have been pretty successful in this match.
I can't say that 282 is a good collection on this pitch. Had the West Indies managed to score more than 350, the match was likely to be competitive. But now probably we will see only England's dominance in this match. Because in the last two matches, we have seen that England's batsmen are in very good form. And in both the matches England's batsmen batted responsibly.
Gus Atkinson bowled well in this innings. Gus Atkinson took 4 wickets. Besides, Chris Woakes took 3 wickets and Mark Wood took two wickets. However, if the West Indies bowlers can bowl well now, the match is likely to be competitive.