ENG vs WI 3rd Test takes place at Old Trafford, Manchester
England vs West Indies (ENG vs WI) 3rd Test Day 1 Live Cricket Score Online Updates: West Indies won the first Test in Southampton by four wickets, chasing 200 in a tightly fought final day. However, England bounced back in the following Test, winning the second Test by 113 runs on the back of Ben Stokes’ heroics. Ben Stokes has overtaken West Indies’ Jason Holder to become the number one ranked all-rounder in the world owing to his match-winning performance in Manchester. Stokes followed up his 176 in the first innings with an unbeaten 78 in the second and also picked up three wickets in the contest to pull off a series-levelling win on Monday, earning the player-of-the-match award.
Both England and West Indies are well-balanced as they boast of some of the best quick. England will be boosted by the return of Jofra Archer, who was suspended from the second Test due to breaching biosecure protocols. James Anderson, too, is likely to return to the fold in this Test after being rested in the second.
Holder restarts the proceedings and Burns smacks him through point in the first ball of the second session. After conceding six runs in that over, Roach comes in in the next over. ENG are 73/2 after 29 overs.
And that's it for the first session! Not much happened after Root was dismissed, as Stokes (7*) and Burns (33*) took it slowly and dealt with the West Indies bowling attack of Gabriel and Cornwall quite responsibly towards the end. They stitched a 19-run partnership in the six odd overs they were together. ENG are 66/2 after 27 overs.
Roston Chase does it! After Cornwall's delivery to Burns, Chase is quick enough to hit the stumps from backwards point and dismisses Root who was going for a quick single. The England captain goes back to the pavilion for 17. Ben Stokes comes to the crease. ENG are 47/2 after 21.3 overs.
Joe Root, who has been forced to make an early entrance on Day 1, will have a chance to rectify his abysmal record in the 3rd Test of a series. He averages a shade over 31, his poorest, and just over 22% of his innings in these matches have been 50 .
England are steady at 21/1 at drinks. Windies might be in trouble after Shannon Gabriel walks off the field with a calf injury as the visitors are already a fast bowler short in this Test
The 25-year-old Archer was included in the England team for the third Test after being dropped from the second game for breaching the side's COVID-19 bio-secure protocol. (READ MORE)
Meanwhile, West Indies pace legend Michael Holding feels Jofra Archer has the potential to become a great fast bowler and the England speedster should ignore the "outside noise" and focus on his bowling.
Bad news here as Gabriel looks in trouble. He walks holding his calf after attempting to run to the crease twice without releasing the ball. He has decided to walk off the field. Now the West Indies are down to 2 fast bowlers. Kemar Roach has to step into the breach and complete the over.
Rory Burns gets the first boundary of the match off Gabriel. Dowrich dives but can't reach the ball on time. 17% of the Windies deliveries so far were projected to hit the stumps; only once in their last 18 innings have they bowled more at the stumps in the first 10 overs. ENG are 11/1 after 6 overs.
What a start! Roach strikes in the first over of the 3rd Test as second Test century-maker Dom Sibley departs for a five-ball duck. That's a perfect start for the tourists. ENG are 1/1 after the 1st over on Day 1.
Day 1 kickstarts! Rory Burns and Dom Sibley begin England innings in the 3rd Test. Kemar Roach opens the proceedings for the West Indies.
Rahkheem Cornwall replaces Alzarri Joseph for West Indies.
Playing XI: Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Shai Hope, Shamarh Brooks, Roston Chase, Jermaine Blackwood, Shane Dowrich(w), Jason Holder(c), Rahkeem Cornwall, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel
England bring in Jofra Archer and James Anderson, leaving out Zak Crawley and Sam Curran.
Playing XI: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Joe Root(c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Chris Woakes, Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
West Indies win toss in of the third and deciding Test in Manchester, opt to field first as they look to create history
Playing XI: While England captain Joe Root is fretting over Ben Stokes' injury concerns ahead of the toss, his counterpart, Jason Holder, is having a harrowing time trying to mend his team's brittle top-order. (READ MORE)
Players on both sides will wear red caps, with logos and splashes of red also appearing on shirts, stumps and boundary hoardings in honour of former England captain Andrew Strauss’s late wife Ruth. (READ FULL)
There are chances of scattered showers during the first day of the third Test in Manchester. However, the good news is that it might not cause havoc like it did on the third day of the 2nd Test. (Weather Report)
Shai Hope is erring far too frequently, and time is fast running out to prove that he is indeed a jewel...It’s almost a Rohit Sharma quandary. You expect limited-over success to seamlessly translate into Tests but it doesn’t. His sustained failures have not gone unnoticed in the Caribbean. (READ MORE)
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third Test between England and West Indies taking place at Old Trafford in Manchester. This is the final and deciding Test of the three-match Test series which stands level at 1-1. Stay tuned for live score and updates of the match here.