West Indies v England, London

West Indies 121/10 & 136/10

England 371/10

England won by 114 runs

England v West Indies 2024 · 1st Test Lord's, London, London 10–12 Jul 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it tougher than England.

West Indies

0.88× -12%

England

1.01× +1%

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

JL Smith England

70 +118

Z Crawley England

76 +118

Joe Root England

68 +89

OJ Pope England

57 +81

G Motie West Indies

45 +64

Best bowling

Top match figures

AAP Atkinson7/45

AAP Atkinson5/61

JNT Seales4/77

JM Anderson3/32

Top score

Z Crawley · England

Biggest stand

2nd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–0

3 wkts for 0 · West Indies

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 114 runs

Length3 days

West Indies

121 /10 (41.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	b AAP Atkinson	6	33	0	0	18.18
M Louis	c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	27	58	4	1	46.55
KSA McKenzie	c Z Crawley b AAP Atkinson	1	14	0	0	7.14
A Athanaze	c Joe Root b AAP Atkinson	23	56	3	0	41.07
KAR Hodge	c OJ Pope b CR Woakes	24	48	3	1	50.00
JO Holder	c Harry Brook b AAP Atkinson	0	1	0	0	0.00
J Da Silva	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	0	2	0	0	0.00
AS Joseph	c CR Woakes b AAP Atkinson	17	9	4	0	188.89
G Motie*	not out	14	19	3	0	73.68
S Joseph	c OJ Pope b AAP Atkinson	0	2	0	0	0.00
JNT Seales	lbw b JM Anderson	2	8	0	0	25.00

Extras 7 (lb 7)

Total 121/10 (41.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	10.4	4	26	1	2.44
CR Woakes	11.0	2	29	1	2.64
AAP Atkinson	12.0	5	45	7	3.75
Ben Stokes	8.0	2	14	1	1.75

Fall of wickets

1-34 (KC Brathwaite, 10.2)·2-36 (KSA McKenzie, 14.2)·3-44 (M Louis, 21.2)·4-88 (A Athanaze, 34.2)·5-88 (JO Holder, 34.3)·6-88 (J Da Silva, 34.5)·7-88 (KAR Hodge, 35.3)·8-106 (AS Joseph, 38.1)·9-106 (S Joseph, 38.3)·10-121 (JNT Seales, 41.4)

England

371 /10 (90.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b JNT Seales	76	89	14	0	85.39
BM Duckett	c J Da Silva b JNT Seales	3	13	0	0	23.08
OJ Pope	lbw b JO Holder	57	74	11	0	77.03
Joe Root	b G Motie	68	114	7	0	59.65
Harry Brook	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	50	64	5	1	78.12
Ben Stokes	b G Motie	4	11	0	0	36.36
JL Smith	c KSA McKenzie b JNT Seales	70	119	8	2	58.82
CR Woakes	c M Louis b JNT Seales	23	43	4	0	53.49
AAP Atkinson	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shoaib Bashir	run out (M Louis)	0	17	0	0	0.00

Extras 20 (b 4, lb 11, nb 5)

Total 371/10 (90.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AS Joseph	18.0	1	106	1	5.89
JNT Seales	20.0	5	77	4	3.85
S Joseph	15.4	2	68	0	4.34
JO Holder	18.0	2	58	2	3.22
G Motie	16.0	3	41	2	2.56
KC Brathwaite	2.2	0	6	0	2.57

Fall of wickets

1-29 (BM Duckett, 7.2)·2-123 (OJ Pope, 26.3)·3-153 (Z Crawley, 30.5)·4-244 (Harry Brook, 50.4)·5-254 (Ben Stokes, 54.6)·6-287 (Joe Root, 66.3)·7-339 (CR Woakes, 81.6)·8-342 (AAP Atkinson, 82.5)·9-367 (Shoaib Bashir, 89.2)·10-371 (JL Smith, 89.6)

West Indies

136 /10 (47.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	b JM Anderson	4	26	1	15.38
M Louis	c JL Smith b Ben Stokes	14	49	2	28.57
KSA McKenzie	lbw b Ben Stokes	0	9	0	0.00
A Athanaze	c JL Smith b JM Anderson	22	47	4	46.81
KAR Hodge	b AAP Atkinson	4	5	1	80.00
JO Holder	c OJ Pope b AAP Atkinson	20	59	2	33.90
J Da Silva	c JL Smith b JM Anderson	9	26	1	34.62
AS Joseph	c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson	8	9	1	88.89
G Motie*	not out	31	35	5	88.57
S Joseph	b AAP Atkinson	3	9	0	33.33
JNT Seales	c BM Duckett b AAP Atkinson	8	12	1	66.67

Extras 13 (lb 7, w 2, nb 4)

Total 136/10 (47.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.0	7	32	3	2.00
CR Woakes	7.0	3	11	0	1.57
AAP Atkinson	14.0	2	61	5	4.36
Ben Stokes	10.0	4	25	2	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-12 (KC Brathwaite, 8.1)·2-17 (KSA McKenzie, 11.3)·3-32 (M Louis, 17.2)·4-37 (KAR Hodge, 18.3)·5-55 (A Athanaze, 28.2)·6-79 (JO Holder, 34.5)·7-88 (J Da Silva, 37.1)·8-96 (AS Joseph, 40.1)·9-103 (S Joseph, 42.2)·10-136 (JNT Seales, 46.6)