2nd Test: Dom Sibley's gritty fifty saves England against West Indies!
Updated On: 17 July, 2020 07:34 AM IST | Manchester | AFP
Opener scores gritty half-century to rebuild England innings with Ben Stokes after skipper Joe Root falls early
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Dom Sibley in full flow against WI at Old Trafford yesterday. Pic/ Getty Images
Dom Sibley's painstaking unbeaten 86 helped England recover from an early collapse to be 207-3 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford on Thursday. Warwickshire opener Sibley batted out the day's 82 overs during more than six hours at the crease on the way to posting his second successive fifty of the series. England, in a match they have to win to level the three-match contest, were in trouble at 29-2 after off-spinner Roston Chase took two wickets in two balls either side of lunch.
But the twice dropped Sibley and Ben Stokes (59 not out) got England back into the game with an unbroken stand of 126 after they lost the toss in overcast, bowler-friendly conditions. England suffered a setback before play started when they were forced to leave out Jofra Archer after the fast bowler admitted to breaking coronavirus protocols. Archer left the bio-secure bubble where his teammates were staying to go home to Brighton on Monday following the end of the first Test, before the team travelled up to Manchester.
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