West Indies v England, Grenada

West Indies 299/10 & 307/10

England 464/10 & 144/1

England won by 9 wickets

England v West Indies 2015 · 2nd Test National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada 21–25 Apr 2015

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

West Indies

1.05× +5%

England

1.02× +2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Joe Root England

182 +296

GS Ballance England

158 +212

MN Samuels West Indies

140 +200

AN Cook England

135 +173

KC Brathwaite West Indies

117 +157

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson4/43

SCJ Broad4/61

D Bishoo4/177

MM Ali3/51

Top score

182*

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

165

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–22

3 wkts for 22 · West Indies

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 9 wickets

Length5 days

West Indies

299 /10 (104.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	b JM Anderson	1	11	0	0	9.09
DS Smith	c JC Buttler b CJ Jordan	15	37	2	0	40.54
DM Bravo	c AN Cook b SCJ Broad	35	81	5	0	43.21
MN Samuels	c IR Bell b JM Anderson	103	228	14	0	45.18
S Chanderpaul	c MM Ali b Ben Stokes	1	13	0	0	7.69
J Blackwood	lbw b CJ Jordan	26	58	5	0	44.83
D Ramdin	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	31	80	5	0	38.75
JO Holder	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	22	28	1	2	78.57
KAJ Roach	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	1	16	0	0	6.25
D Bishoo	lbw b MM Ali	30	48	4	0	62.50
ST Gabriel*	not out	20	30	1	1	66.67

Extras 14 (b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 2)

Total 299/10 (104.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	24.0	10	47	2	1.96
SCJ Broad	24.0	9	61	4	2.54
CJ Jordan	25.0	4	65	2	2.60
MM Ali	13.4	1	47	1	3.44
Ben Stokes	17.0	7	66	1	3.88
IJL Trott	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (KC Brathwaite, 2.1)·2-28 (DS Smith, 13.6)·3-65 (DM Bravo, 28.4)·4-74 (S Chanderpaul, 33.2)·5-129 (J Blackwood, 53.5)·6-223 (MN Samuels, 82.6)·7-233 (D Ramdin, 87.1)·8-246 (JO Holder, 89.6)·9-247 (KAJ Roach, 93.2)·10-299 (D Bishoo, 104.4)

England

464 /10 (144.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	b ST Gabriel	76	211	8	0	36.02
IJL Trott	c J Blackwood b D Bishoo	59	147	7	0	40.14
GS Ballance	b MN Samuels	77	188	8	1	40.96
IR Bell	b ST Gabriel	1	3	0	0	33.33
Joe Root*	not out	182	229	17	4	79.48
MM Ali	run out (J Blackwood)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Ben Stokes	c J Blackwood b D Bishoo	8	23	0	0	34.78
JC Buttler	st D Ramdin b D Bishoo	13	30	1	0	43.33
CJ Jordan	run out (JO Holder)	16	28	3	0	57.14
SCJ Broad	c DS Smith b D Bishoo	0	4	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson	run out (ST Gabriel)	2	12	0	0	16.67

Extras 30 (b 9, lb 2, w 1, nb 18)

Total 464/10 (144.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	28.0	4	100	0	3.57
ST Gabriel	22.0	3	67	2	3.05
JO Holder	21.1	6	57	0	2.69
D Bishoo	51.0	10	177	4	3.47
MN Samuels	21.0	4	38	1	1.81
J Blackwood	1.0	0	14	0	14.00

Fall of wickets

1-125 (IJL Trott, 49.2)·2-159 (AN Cook, 64.1)·3-164 (IR Bell, 66.1)·4-329 (GS Ballance, 107.5)·5-335 (MM Ali, 109.6)·6-364 (Ben Stokes, 118.1)·7-387 (JC Buttler, 127.4)·8-426 (CJ Jordan, 136.3)·9-431 (SCJ Broad, 137.5)·10-464 (JM Anderson, 144.1)

West Indies

307 /10 (112.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	116	252	14	46.03
DS Smith	b JM Anderson	2	7	0	28.57
DM Bravo	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	69	147	12	46.94
MN Samuels	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	37	103	3	35.92
S Chanderpaul	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	7	16	1	43.75
J Blackwood	c JM Anderson b CJ Jordan	10	21	2	47.62
D Ramdin	lbw b MM Ali	28	64	2	43.75
JO Holder	run out (JM Anderson)	2	5	0	40.00
KAJ Roach	c JM Anderson b MM Ali	10	26	1	38.46
D Bishoo*	not out	15	30	2	50.00
ST Gabriel	lbw b MM Ali	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 8, lb 2, nb 1)

Total 307/10 (112.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	22.0	7	43	4	1.95
SCJ Broad	21.0	2	71	1	3.38
MM Ali	24.0	9	51	3	2.12
CJ Jordan	21.0	6	69	1	3.29
Ben Stokes	8.0	0	34	0	4.25
Joe Root	16.0	7	29	0	1.81

Fall of wickets

1-3 (DS Smith, 2.4)·2-145 (DM Bravo, 50.5)·3-224 (KC Brathwaite, 81.1)·4-238 (S Chanderpaul, 85.4)·5-239 (MN Samuels, 87.5)·6-257 (J Blackwood, 92.4)·7-260 (JO Holder, 94.2)·8-282 (KAJ Roach, 101.6)·9-307 (D Ramdin, 111.4)·10-307 (ST Gabriel, 111.6)

England

144 /1 (41.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook*	not out	59	121	8	0	48.76
IJL Trott	b ST Gabriel	0	3	0	0	0.00
GS Ballance*	not out	81	126	8	2	64.29

Extras 4 (w 1, nb 3)

Total 144/1 (41.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	7.0	1	18	0	2.57
ST Gabriel	7.0	3	20	1	2.86
JO Holder	1.4	0	11	0	6.60
MN Samuels	12.3	2	54	0	4.32
D Bishoo	8.0	0	32	0	4.00
KC Brathwaite	5.0	1	9	0	1.80

Fall of wickets

1-2 (IJL Trott, 1.3)