Twitter Reactions: Kemar Roach breathes fire as vintage Windies take control of the first Test

It was a horrible day for England at the office on the second day of the first Test against the Windies. They’ve bagged some embarrassing records which surely they wouldn’t be proud of. A total of 18 wickets fell on the day with some enthralling bowling on display. The Windies already have a massive lead of 339 runs in the match and they’ll look to push that forward as much as possible with time not being a constraint.

The Windies first started off the day with an overnight score of 264/8. It was Shimron Hetmyer who did all the scoring for Windies on the day in this innings after the mini-collapse towards the end of day-1. Hetmyer added another 25 runs before he was dismissed for 81 and his team was eventually bundled out for 289 runs. Jimmy Anderson registered his 27th five-wicket haul in the game, equalling England’s record holder Sir Ian Botham.

England register their fourth-lowest score against Windies

When England came out to bat in their first innings, no one ever imagined that they’d get bowled out for 77. The Windies fast bowling quartet was absolutely fired up and gave the English batsmen no chance. Kemar Roach led the attack from the front with an inspiring bowling performance.

He accounted for a five-wicket haul which came in just 11 overs. While Gabriel picked up one wicket, Holder and Joseph gulped two each. 17 runs from Keaton Jennings was the highest score of the innings. Had Sam Curran (14) and Adil Rashid (12) not put up a little fight at the end, England’s condition would’ve been even worse.

The bowlers, though, did a good job in the last session of play when Windies came out to bat the second time. Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes picked up 3 and 2 wickets respectively. The home team finished the day with 127/6. Shane Dowrich (27*) and Jason Holder (7*) are still out there in the middle. The focus would be to take the lead anywhere between 375 and 400 at least. Batting on this track in the fourth innings isn’t going to be easy by any means. Hence, Windies look the favourites at the moment to win the game.

Twitterati couldn’t believe what they were seeing. It was almost like watching a Windies team from the 80s for the fans. They thoroughly enjoyed watching Kemar Roach do the job, with sheer pace and aggression. Also, there were congratulatory messages for James Anderson for the record. The England fans lashed out at the team for such a pathetic show with the bat.

Here is how Twitterati reacted:

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