England v West Indies, Birmingham

England 514/8

West Indies 168/10 & 137/10

England won by 209 runs

England v West Indies 2017 · 1st Test Edgbaston, Birmingham 17–19 Aug 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than England.

England

1.20× +20%

West Indies

0.91× -9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AN Cook England

243 +238

J Blackwood West Indies

91 +169

Joe Root England

136 +124

DJ Malan England

65 +54

KC Brathwaite West Indies

40 +42

Best bowling

Top match figures

RL Chase4/113

JM Anderson3/34

SCJ Broad3/34

JM Anderson2/12

Top score

243

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

248

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · West Indies

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 209 runs

Length3 days

England

514 /8 (135.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	lbw b RL Chase	243	407	33	59.71
MD Stoneman	b KAJ Roach	8	6	2	133.33
T Westley	lbw b ML Cummins	8	18	2	44.44
Joe Root	b KAJ Roach	136	189	22	71.96
DJ Malan	c J Blackwood b RL Chase	65	139	10	46.76
Ben Stokes	c J Blackwood b RL Chase	10	14	2	71.43
JM Bairstow	b JO Holder	18	33	1	54.55
MM Ali	c KC Brathwaite b RL Chase	0	4	0	0.00
TS Roland-Jones*	not out	6	12	1	50.00

Extras 20 (lb 10, w 3, nb 7)

Total 514/8 (135.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	28.0	8	86	2	3.07
AS Joseph	22.0	3	109	0	4.95
ML Cummins	24.0	3	87	1	3.62
JO Holder	29.3	5	103	1	3.49
RL Chase	26.2	2	113	4	4.29
KC Brathwaite	6.0	0	6	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (MD Stoneman, 2.1)·2-39 (T Westley, 7.3)·3-287 (Joe Root, 74.2)·4-449 (DJ Malan, 117.2)·5-466 (Ben Stokes, 121.1)·6-505 (JM Bairstow, 130.4)·7-506 (MM Ali, 131.5)·8-514 (AN Cook, 135.5)

West Indies

168 /10 (47.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	0	8	0	0	0.00
KOA Powell	run out	20	52	2	0	38.46
KA Hope	c Ben Stokes b JM Anderson	25	47	4	0	53.19
SD Hope	b TS Roland-Jones	15	33	3	0	45.45
RL Chase	b JM Anderson	0	11	0	0	0.00
J Blackwood*	not out	79	76	9	2	103.95
SO Dowrich	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	4	6	1	0	66.67
JO Holder	c JM Bairstow b MM Ali	11	23	2	0	47.83
KAJ Roach	b SCJ Broad	5	8	1	0	62.50
AS Joseph	lbw b SCJ Broad	6	17	1	0	35.29
ML Cummins	run out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 3 (lb 1, w 2)

Total 168/10 (47.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	15.0	6	34	3	2.27
SCJ Broad	16.0	3	47	2	2.94
TS Roland-Jones	6.0	0	31	2	5.17
Ben Stokes	7.0	0	40	0	5.71
MM Ali	3.0	1	15	1	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (KC Brathwaite, 2.2)·2-45 (KA Hope, 16.6)·3-47 (KOA Powell, 17.5)·4-47 (RL Chase, 20.5)·5-89 (SD Hope, 28.5)·6-101 (SO Dowrich, 30.6)·7-129 (JO Holder, 38.3)·8-134 (KAJ Roach, 39.5)·9-162 (AS Joseph, 45.5)·10-168 (ML Cummins, 46.6)

West Indies

137 /10 (45.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b MM Ali	40	76	7	52.63
KOA Powell	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	10	13	2	76.92
KA Hope	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	12	15	2	80.00
SD Hope	c Joe Root b Ben Stokes	4	30	0	13.33
RL Chase	lbw b SCJ Broad	24	47	4	51.06
J Blackwood	st JM Bairstow b MM Ali	12	16	2	75.00
SO Dowrich	b SCJ Broad	5	18	0	27.78
JO Holder	c AN Cook b SCJ Broad	0	1	0	0.00
KAJ Roach	b JM Anderson	12	33	2	36.36
AS Joseph	c Ben Stokes b TS Roland-Jones	8	24	1	33.33
ML Cummins*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 9, lb 1)

Total 137/10 (45.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	7.0	2	12	2	1.71
SCJ Broad	10.0	4	34	3	3.40
TS Roland-Jones	6.4	4	18	2	2.70
Ben Stokes	9.0	4	9	1	1.00
MM Ali	13.0	2	54	2	4.15

Fall of wickets

1-15 (KOA Powell, 4.2)·2-41 (KA Hope, 10.1)·3-60 (SD Hope, 19.1)·4-76 (KC Brathwaite, 26.2)·5-102 (J Blackwood, 30.6)·6-104 (RL Chase, 33.4)·7-104 (JO Holder, 33.5)·8-115 (SO Dowrich, 37.2)·9-137 (KAJ Roach, 44.5)·10-137 (AS Joseph, 45.4)