West Indies vs England: Doubts over Ben Stokes' fitness for 3rd Test pile more misery on visitors
Cricket | February 09, 2019 10:25 ISTStokes could feature as a specialist batsman if he cannot play a full part with his bowling.
Stokes could feature as a specialist batsman if he cannot play a full part with his bowling.
Michael Vaughan, in a series of tweets, said he found the ban 'absolutely bonkers' and thinks that Holder is 'very very unlucky'.
Holder will be sorely missed. He's the leading run-scorer in the series, with 229 after an unbeaten 202 in the first Test.
England was routed for 132 in its second innings and the West Indies knocked off the 14 runs needed for a 10-wicket victory on a dramatic day.
Bravo and captain Jason Holder, 19 not out off 58 balls, navigated the last 19 overs safely to ensure West Indies won the day.
It was Roach who sowed the seeds of England's match-defining 77 all out in Bridgetown and he took 4-30 here.
Windies all-rounder Jason Holder leapfrogged Shakib Al Hasan and Ravindra Jadeja to grab the number one spot for the first time in his career.
Jason Holder leapfrogged Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan and India's Ravindra Jadeja to grab the number one spot for the first time in his career.
Part-time spinner Roston Chase claimed a career-best figure of 8/60 in Tests as West Indies demolished England by 381 runs in the 1st Test, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
"To score a double hundred in front of your home crowd is a very pleasing feeling," Holder said.
The 29-year-old Nurse picked up a niggle in his shoulder in the previous match in Mumbai and looked in discomfort, rendering him unavailable for the fifth and final ODI against India.
A clinical performance by India saw off West Indies for a paltry score of 104 through the help of the bowlers and Rohit's fifty wrapped up the match in style.
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Chasing the huge total, West Indies were bowled out for 153 with rookie left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed grabbing 3 wickets.
It can be considered as a masterstroke by Jason Holder to give the ball to Marlon Samuels who earned them the wicket of the danger man, Virat Kohli.
India notched up 321 for six, while the West Indies, needing 14 runs in the final over and five off the last ball, levelled the score with Hope (123 not out) cutting Umesh Yadav for a boundary.
Despite's Kohli unbeaten 157, West Indies somehow managed to scrape the bottom of the barrel to salvage a draw against India in a thriller in Vizag.
Holder felt the 320-odd runs his team scored at Guwahati was below par, and given the way Kohli and Rohit made mince-meat of the bowlers on a featherbed, he is not way off the mark.
Shimron Hetmyer's 106 was the high point of their innings and the skipper said he could have gone a bit deeper.
Asked about the positives, skipper Holder termed Roston Chase and Sherman Lewis' performance.
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