WestIndies defeated England in the first test match.
West Indies have won the 1st Test match by 4 wickets,defeating England in their home.The first test match was held in Southampton.England batted first and scored 204 in their 1st Innings.Stokes made 43 runs and Rory Burns 30 and Jason Holder took 6-42 in the first innings.Then West Indies batted really well in their first innings by putting up a total of 318 runs and have taken the lead.K Brathwaite and Dowrich were the leading run scores in that innings .They scored 65 and 61 respectively.Ben Stokes took 4 crucial wickets and Anderson took 3 wickets.
In reply to that 1st innings score,England put a respectable total of 318 runs and set up a target of 200 runs for WestIndies.Zak Crawley scored 76 runs,D Sibley 50 runs and Gabriel got fifer in the 2nd innings.England made it little bit difficult for WestIndies to chase down the target by taking 6 wickets.Jofra Archer took 3 crucial wickets.But Blackwood played a sensational knock at the end of 95 runs and that's how WestIndies won the match by 4 wickets.Black wood was crowned as Man of the match.
By IGNITED MINDS.
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