England vs West Indies, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: West Indies tour of England, 2017 Venue: Headingley, Leeds Date & Time: Aug 25-Aug 29, 11:00 AM LOCAL
Gabriel 2-125(26 ov)
116.6
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, no run, short and rose sharply to Moeen Ali, he hangs back and fends it off the splice
116.5
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, FOUR, 15 runs from the over with a delivery to go. A pitched up half-volley, Moeen Ali spanks it through covers
116.5
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, no ball, FOUR, things slipping away from the Windies. Another front foot no ball, and to rub salt into injury he bowls one short and wide. Moeen Ali stands tall and carves it over backward point
116.4
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, no run, the nip-backer now, at 86mph, Moeen Ali offers a straight bat in response. May have got an inside edge onto pad
116.3
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, no run, good length, decks away off the seam. Beats Moeen Ali's waft outside off-stump
116.2
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, low full toss slipping into the pads, Moeen Ali collects another couple through mid-wicket
116.1
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, FOUR, 50 partnerhip up! Can't bowl full and wide to Moeen Ali; he will punish you all day - like this one - leaning into the shot and clobbering a drive through the covers
114.6
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, 1 run, a clip to deep square, and that ends a rather awful over from the Windies best bowler on show this Test match
114.5
Gabriel to Moeen Ali, FOUR, and to celebrate that 200 landmark Moeen Ali dismisses a leg-side full toss to the long leg fence
114.5
Gabriel to Woakes, no ball, 1 run, holds the seam upright and digs it hard into the pitch, gives Woakes hopping time to tuck it into the leg-side. And no wonder, he's overstepped. With that, the lead swells to 200
114.4
Gabriel to Woakes, no run, back of a length wobbling in towards middle, Woakes arches back to block that
114.3
Gabriel to Woakes, no run, good length outside off, Woakes shoulders arms
114.2
Gabriel to Woakes, FOUR, half-volley in Woakes' arc and he deals it with zero fuss. Transfers his weight into the drive and blazes it away through the covers
114.1
Gabriel to Woakes, 2 runs, full inswinger on off, Woakes doesn't get his front leg away, but manages to flick off the inside half through mid-wicket. Doesn't matter how they come. These runs are gold
96.6
Gabriel to Malan, FOUR, as if two from Stokes weren't enough this over. So here's the third boundary of the over, courtesy Malan. Slaps a slightly wide ball through covers. With that, England - a hurting England - raise 300!
96.5
Gabriel to Stokes, 1 run, was back to a ball that doesn't get up much. So he adjusts, swiveling his stance open and tucking the ball awkwardly through mid-wicket
96.4
Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR, leg-stump half-volley. Windies' fight being peeled away, over by over, boundary by boundary. Well in front of long leg, this flick
96.3
Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR, first ball with his new bat and he's away. Gets a short and wide delivery that he clouts over the off-side infield. Gets to his fifty with that shot!
96.2
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, pitching outside leg and ending up on middle and off. Stokes spindles his stance front-open to block this from the crease
96.1
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, nipping away, left alone off the front foot
94.6
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, gets half-forward and gets behind a fullish delivery
94.5
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, extra bounce from a length, Stokes has his weight in front, so takes a blow on the belly I think
94.4
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, that's a beaut. Pitches on middle, Stokes plays for the angle around off-stump and the ball seams in to find a way past the inside edge..
94.4
Gabriel to Stokes, no ball, another no-ball. Eighth of the game for Gabriel. Was a punchy push to mid-on from Stokes
94.3
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, low full toss from wide of the crease and it's been worked off the thick inside edge to mid-wicket
94.2
Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR, closes the bat face and punches the full ball wide of mid-on. He's flowing now, nabbing runs for fun. We've seen this before
94.1
Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR, now this is as stylish a response to a yorker can get. Well, turns out it was a low full toss. But still, Stokes slaps it into the pitch and the rebound over Gabriel's head
94.1
Gabriel to Stokes, wide, hurled too wide and across
92.6
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, left alone
92.5
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, nipping away from outside off, so Stokes decides that it's past his radar
92.4
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, shoulders arms outside off
92.3
Gabriel to Malan, 1 run, looks to defend, gets an inside edge into the leg-side and gets to his 2nd half-century in Tests. We must remember that this Windies series is also a closet Ashes audition and Malan has come good in this round
92.2
Gabriel to Malan, no run, gets behind the away-nipping delivery off the back foot. And opens the bat face in adjustment
92.1
Gabriel to Malan, no run, going across, left alone
90.6
Gabriel to Stokes, 1 run, is playing from the crease, so wasn't quite behind this delivery that's nipping away ever so slightly. But goes soft and deflects it off the outside half to deep point
90.5
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, gets behind a length ball just outside off
90.4
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, good bounce but Stokes leaves the ball on the angle -- it's going across him
90.3
Gabriel to Malan, 1 run, stays in the crease and chops a single to cover
90.2
Gabriel to Malan, 2 runs, now a short ball on leg-stump and this has been smacked to fine leg. Good job in the deep to run across and stop that, albeit of the wrists. But the good thing there was how the fielder was behind the ball with a slide-dive
90.1
Gabriel to Malan, no run, now. That's an ungainly pull played more in hope. Firstly the angle and then the little bit of movement is taking this short ball away from over the wicket. And Malan pulls. Misses by a mile
88.6
Gabriel to Stokes, FOUR, misfield at mid-off. Holder's a tall man, so he takes his time to unleash a dive, which was necessary. Gabriel understands that but his facial countenance there didn't, certainly. And hence, this back-footed check-push from Stokes gets a boundary
88.5
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, beaten for pace. Misses the tuck and is hit right on the box by this back of a length delivery.. Shows no pain but crouches and loses balance, almost.
88.4
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, shortens the length a touch and Stokes gets behind
88.3
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, beats him with pace on leg-stump and pins the pad.. but pitching outside leg-stump. Not even an appeal. #spiritofcricket -- Gabriel gets quick slither off the deck here, with an iota of inswing that takes the ball onto leg-stump from over the wicket
88.2
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, on the bounce to the keeper. Staying low and all on this fourth day pitch. In defence of sanity, this was a pretty full ball, so not downright outrageous is this lack of bounce
88.1
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, full and moving away from middle-stump. Stokes shoulders arms. Early movement from the bowler's arm a giveaway there. Need late swing or sharp nip to get the edge. And Gabriel's been good with the latter
68.6
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, walks forward and across to drive it back towards the bowler
68.6
Gabriel to Stokes, no ball, front foot no ball, knocked into the leg-side
68.5
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, wider of off again, Stokes doesn't offer a stroke
68.4
Gabriel to Stokes, no run, outside off, left alone to the keeper
68.3
Gabriel to Root, out Caught by Shai Hope!! Would you believe me if I say that I had a feeling Root might get out this over. Crikey! I had to pinch myself after what I saw. Gabriel was keen on bowling to Root for he had beaten the English skipper umpteen times, and his keenness paid off. This one was from back of a length, rose sharply off the surface and went at an awkward height to Root; he had to play. Looks for the back cut and was cramped for room. As a result, slices it off the thick edge to fine gully where Shai Hope juggles once before pouching it cleanly. Root c Shai Hope b Gabriel 72(111) [4s-15]
68.2
Gabriel to Root, no run, the nip-backer from a good length, solid defence to the left of mid-off
68.1
Gabriel to Root, no run, hurtling back in from outside off, Root shoulders arms
66.6
Gabriel to Malan, FOUR, flicked in the air and may have grazed the fingertips of square leg. Gabriel has nowhere to look. He's down on the ground, arms folded across his chest. Signs of a frustrated man? Bowls a pacy length ball on Malan's pads and that extra zip means Malan hadn't got control of the stroke. In the air and just over. Oh dear...
66.5
Gabriel to Malan, no run, on the back foot, opens his bat face and steers one to backward point
66.4
Gabriel to Root, 1 run, drops one into the off-side and runs a quick single. Gabriel is getting worked up with these pinchy singles and he is staring at the fielders
66.3
Gabriel to Root, no run, angles his bat in the corridor and dabs it awat into the off-side
66.2
Gabriel to Malan, 1 run, would have been close with a direct hit. Malan just tapped one in front of Holder at short extra and ran for a non-existent single; the ball went straight to the Windies captain, had one stump to aim at and he misses. Malan gets into a tangle with an off-balance drive, but he was safe
66.2
Gabriel to Malan, wide, way, way wide of off-stump; called
66.1
Gabriel to Root, byes, 1 run, it's been a tough Test match for Dowrich, both with the bat and with the gloves. Gabriel bumps one in the middle of the pitch which snakes to the left of him who jumps desperately, but all he could manage was to take the pace off
64.6
Gabriel to Root, no run, pitches outside off and decks back a long way, but Root had decided to leave it alone the moment it landed
64.5
Gabriel to Root, FOUR, too straight again, exquisite timing from Root who flicks it wide of Holder at mid-wicket. And with that, the 100-run partnership is up
64.4
Gabriel to Malan, 1 run, drifting into the pads, Malan tickles him to the left of fine leg. Only a single
64.3
Gabriel to Malan, no run, further away from the left-hander, no shot offered
64.2
Gabriel to Malan, no run, keeps it in that tight channel outside off, shoulders arms
64.1
Gabriel to Root, 1 run, slants in towards middle and off, Root just extended his defence with an open bat face into the covers
62.6
Gabriel to Root, no run, bustles in and bowls a yorker outside off, Root digs it out
62.5
Gabriel to Root, no run, making Root look like a school boy now. Bowling those unplayable jaffas. Root's lured for another poke and is really lucky to be staying there, just a bit of away movement late denies the edge
62.4
Gabriel to Root, no run, superb! That's where you need to bowl to Root. Fifth stump channel. Draws him forward and takes it away with a thundering pace
62.3
Gabriel to Root, no run, on the back foot, making Root hop and hobble with the pace, glided towards backward point
62.2
Gabriel to Root, no run, hurries him with a one that curves in, Root had no room, taps it towards the cordon with soft hands
62.1
Gabriel to Root, FOUR, short and slipping down leg, Root helps it with a half-swivel hack past backward square
60.6
Gabriel to Root, no run, 88.5mph, came back in from a length, a shuffle-jump block from Joe
60.5
Gabriel to Root, no run, that's an edge-shaver. Nearly. Root fiddles at one in the channel and too much movement means he escpaes
60.4
Gabriel to Malan, 1 run, nip-backer, Malan inside edges the defence onto his pad and hustles for a quick single. Good running
60.4
Gabriel to Malan, no ball, FOUR, overstepped and overpitched. Result? A four. Malan allows the ball to jag back in and just pushes it with full face of the bat to the left of Holder at mid-off. Easy!
60.3
Gabriel to Malan, no run, repeats the same dose for Malan, no half-measures from the batsman this time, leaves it all alone
60.2
Gabriel to Malan, no run, 87mph, perfect line to be bowling to the left-hander; in the corridor of uncertainty. Malan arrests his wrists on the push and does well to drag it inside the line
60.1
Gabriel to Malan, no run, wobbles it away from a fuller length, on and around fourth stump, Malan shoulders arms
58.6
Gabriel to Malan, no run, another firm drive. Mid-on shows good reflexes to swoop on the ball with a dive to his right. No single and that's it for the day. Stumps.
58.5
Gabriel to Malan, 2 runs, pitches it up, extracts a wee bit of movement off the seam, Malan had it covered and drove it past the bowler to bring up England's lead
58.4
Gabriel to Malan, no run, probing away outside off, with the angle taking it away, Malan doesn't bother
58.3
Gabriel to Malan, no run, too full and just outside off, Malan on-drives to the left of mid-wicket and wants a quick single. Was almost half-way down before he saw a resigned look from his skipper
58.2
Gabriel to Malan, no run, Malan happy to bide his time as he knows this is the last over of the day. Another left alone
58.1
Gabriel to Malan, no run, touch too wide to demand a stroke
58.1
Gabriel to Root, no ball, 1 run, scores level. Thanks to Gabriel's front foot and Root's back foot, tuck
58.1
Gabriel to Root, 5 wides, another short ball and this one would have been still over Root had he been standing in the keeper's position. Gabriel might have pumped all his frustration into that bouncer, Dowrich's dive goes in vain
58.1
Gabriel to Root, wide, bouncer, way over Root's head and signalled wide
56.6
Gabriel to Root, 1 run, steps back and steers a length ball backwards of square on the off-side
56.5
Gabriel to Root, no run, in the outside off window, Root lets it be
56.4
Gabriel to Root, no run, shuffles across his off and pushes the drive to mid-on
56.3
Gabriel to Root, no run, the pace is there, but the line making life too easy for Root, left alone to the keeper
56.2
Gabriel to Root, no run, juggles in his crease and prods it to mid-on
56.1
Gabriel to Root, FOUR, and it goes right in the gap between cordon and gully. Just fences his bat at an outside off cherry and sends a fine edge in the gap
40.6
Gabriel to Malan, no run, again
40.5
Gabriel to Malan, no run, left alone outside off
40.4
Gabriel to Malan, no run, edged? No one was confident. This swung across the left-hander from over the wicket, hooping and beating the bat's shoulder with pace and bounce. Pitching around leg-stump.. and wait, there's an edge. Snicko records something there. But the appeal was so half-hearted that you couldn't see a review coming. Holder had reviewed an lbw which pitched outside leg but misses one here. Clear edge that
40.3
Gabriel to Malan, FOUR, is able to jab the ball wide of mid-off here. Four runs. Overpitched and it's a long chase for mid-off. Gives up in the end
40.2
Gabriel to Malan, no run, oh he's bowling a brilliant full length from time to time. Like here. Arrests Malan on the back foot, and has him falling over in his defence
40.1
Gabriel to Malan, no run, angled down leg
38.6
Gabriel to Malan, no run, blocked into the off-side
38.5
Gabriel to Malan, no run, on the pads, blocked into the leg-side
38.4
Gabriel to Malan, no run, yorker squeezed out
38.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, out Bowled!! Such a dampener that they're checking the front foot -- and for this corker of a delivery! -- but Gabriel has called this upon him. Had a no-ball just this over and tell ya what, this is close. Seems to have a hint of his boot behind the line, so Stoneman has to go. Brilliant innings but he had to be bowled here. This ball is unplayable. Gabriel went wide of the crease from round the wicket, extracted little seam to get past the left-hander's outside edge, and then tackled the top of off-stump. Doesn't get much better, cricket on-screen or inside your head. Stoneman b Gabriel 52(124) [4s-7]
38.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, thinks about playing this length ball outside off but then resists
38.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, no ball, oversteps. Bowls this quickbut down leg, beating Stoneman's attempted leg glance with pace
38.1
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, jams out a yorker bowled from round the wicket. Good ball, good defence
36.6
Gabriel to Root, no run, left alone outside off. Fifth maiden in a row
36.5
Gabriel to Root, no run, he could have gotten off the mark there, but gully dives across to stop this open-batted shunt from Root
36.4
Gabriel to Root, no run, defended off the back foot
36.3
Gabriel to Root, no run, blocked
36.2
Gabriel to Root, no run, leading edge drops short of second slip.. There's consistent seam movement in this pitch. Root, here, was trying to work a straightish delivery -- that was brilliantly angled in -- into the leg-side. Just holds its line. Hard hands too from Root but just doesn't carry
36.1
Gabriel to Root, no run, blocked down the ground
34.6
Gabriel to Root, no run, defends off the back foot
34.5
Gabriel to Root, no run, fullish outside off, left alone. And it swings after it's crossed the batsman
34.4
Gabriel to Root, no run, too full and squeezed back to Gabriel
34.3
Gabriel to Root, no run, goes wide of the crease to angle it in, Root is right behind
34.2
Gabriel to Root, no run, transfers weight on the front foot now and leaves this line outside off
34.1
Gabriel to Root, no run, now the captain's beaten. Gabriel extracts some seam and beats Root, who's pinned inside his crease, looking to play everything on the back foot
32.6
Gabriel to Root, no run, skidding outside off, Root doesn't dare to poke at it
32.5
Gabriel to Root, no run, back of a length outside off, left alone
32.4
Gabriel to Root, no run, fullish outside off, left alone
32.3
Gabriel to Root, no run, goes back and opens the bat face to adjust
32.2
Gabriel to Root, no run, Root is late on the forward defence here, so uses his hands to search for the ball in front. Manages to find it
32.1
Gabriel to Root, no run, first ball for him is a yorker. Dug out in front of off-stump. Gabriel's been good today, too
30.6
Gabriel to Stoneman, 1 run, gets this ball to angle into Stoneman, who's worked it to long leg
30.5
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, front foot defence
30.4
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, shuffles to leg-stump and closes the bat face
30.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, stabs it back
30.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, 2 runs, full toss easily flicked to deep mid-wicket
30.1
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, tempts the left-hander with a full ball going across him. Left alone
26.6
Gabriel to Westley, no run, good length, plenty of room, Westley says no thanks
26.5
Gabriel to Stoneman, 1 run, yorker tailing into middle and leg at 89mph, Stoneman squeezes it off the cue end into the leg-side
26.4
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, angles it in on off, tapped back down the pitch
26.4
Gabriel to Stoneman, wide, too far outside off and Gaffaney exercises his arms
26.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, outside off, left alone to the keeper
26.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, Windies think they have their man. Appeal for lbw and Holder reviews straightaway. Where did it pitch? Outside leg says my colleague Pratyush Sinha. Fair delivery. Nothing on the UltraEdge. And just as my friend, seated next to me, predicted, it pitched outside leg. Well done umpire Chris Gaffaney and the hawk-eyed Sinha. To be fair it looked close, but the only issue was where it pitched. It came back in sharply and caught Stoneman on the shuffle who missed the flick. Hitting top of middle, only if_______
26.1
Gabriel to Stoneman, FOUR, Gabriel comes and finds the edge right away. Bowls good pace and extracts healthy bounce in the corridor of uncertainty, Stoneman jumps to cut and ends up slicing it off the edge through the gully region
8.6
Gabriel to Cook, no run, slanting away outside off, Cook lifts his bat and lets it go
8.5
Gabriel to Cook, no run, driven to mid-off
8.4
Gabriel to Cook, no run, very full, left!
8.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, 3 runs, very full outside off, all textbook from Stoneman who puts bat to ball on the push-drive. Holder was at extra cover and the ball went past him, and all of you might have thought that he was the one who flicked the ball back. Wasn't to be. Blackwood ran in from backward point, defeated his skipper on the sprint and pulled it back. What athlete!
8.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, outside off, try playing that. No, I won't says Stoneman
8.1
Gabriel to Cook, 1 run, Cook is a very good puller of the ball and this shot is a proof of that. Pacy bouncer on middle and leg, but Cook had so much time to settle into his swiveling dance, down to long leg
6.6
Gabriel to Cook, no run, touch wide of off, and that allows Cook to practice his leaving dance
6.5
Gabriel to Cook, no run, that's leaving the left-hander from a fuller length, would have been a repeat of first innings dismissal had he not dragged his bat inside the line of safety
6.4
Gabriel to Cook, no run, that's an excellent leave from Cook. Purely left it on length, the line was around middle and off, but read the length early and had bundles of faith in his judgement. Jumps just over middle stump
6.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, 1 run, full and swung in late, Stoneman seeks to drive, big gap between bat and pad as he does so. Clatters the inside edge and skims past leg peg
6.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, no ball, bouncer outside off. Front foot no ball, again!
6.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, left alone to the keeper
6.1
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, explodes off the pitch and hits the bat hard, Stoneman did well to drop his bottom hand off the bat handle which is why the edge didn't carry to the cordon
6.1
Gabriel to Stoneman, no ball, this could be the start of a spate of no balls says Mic Holding on air. No doubt about that. I advocate the same opinion. Gabriel has a history of front foot no balls. This one zipped off the surface onto Stoneman who had to fend it off his ribs
4.6
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, sliding down leg, misses the glance does Stoneman
4.5
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, 90.5mph, hurries him with a length ball, Stoneman tucks to mid-wicket
4.5
Gabriel to Stoneman, no ball, front foot no ball? Yes! Bouncer, way too high and wide to be playing
4.4
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, length ball straight at the stumps, punched back
4.3
Gabriel to Cook, leg byes, 1 run, errs on the line, Cook misses the flick, thuds the thigh pad and dribbles to the right of a diving Dowrich
4.2
Gabriel to Cook, no run, straightens this in the fifth stump corridor, you think Cook will play. If yes, then 1-0
4.1
Gabriel to Cook, no run, that's Cook's customary leave early on in the innings, typical away slanter that may have lured lot of left-hander's into a drive, but not Alastair Cook
2.6
Gabriel to Stoneman, leg byes, 1 run, that came straight off the thigh pad. Stoneman jumped but missed the flick. Extra bounce did him...
2.5
Gabriel to Stoneman, 2 runs, hops on the back foot, just a tap with soft hands through backward point. All about timing that. Good enough for a double
2.4
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, a predictable away nibbler that pitches about off-stump, Stoneman second-gueesed it and had his arms shouldered
2.3
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, 86.7mph, good length curving in towards off, Stoneman had the line covered with a confident stride forward
2.2
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, tries to get some shape back in, hoops in on middle, Stoneman falls slightly on the flick and gets it to mid-on
2.1
Gabriel to Stoneman, no run, swings away outside off, Stoneman lets it be
0.6
Gabriel to Cook, no run, better. Fuller and seaming from off-stump. And then has pace, which draws the batsman into a poke. Doesn't quite manage one here but a good line and length to persist with
0.5
Gabriel to Cook, 2 runs, stays in his crease and clips this ball on leg-stump. Firstly too full and then too straight. Needs to get back to the line he bowled the third ball of this over with, soon
0.4
Gabriel to Cook, no run, fuller to get a firmer edge on the drive but Cook resists
0.3
Gabriel to Cook, no run, doesn't quite carry to gully. Perfect line to Cook. In the corridor of undertainty outside off, with the ball swinging/seaming across him from over the wicket. Jabs at this and gets lucky
0.2
Gabriel to Cook, no run, angled across, left alone
0.1
Gabriel to Cook, no run, stays low on leg-stump but that pitched down leg. Cook shuffled far across and missed it
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