LEEDS: England´s Ben Stokes made the most of being dropped twice to score a hundred that took the shine off an improved bowling display by the West Indies on the first day of the second Test at Headingley on Friday.Stokes´s score of exactly 100 was the cornerstone of England´s modest 258 all out.
Yet a good day for the West Indies, 19 for one at stumps, could have been so much better.Both Stokes and England captain Joe Root, who made 59 after winning the toss, were dropped in the slips in single figures.Stokes was missed again on 98, with the three errors effectively costing the West Indies some 142 runs.
Recalled fast bowler Shannon Gabriel led the attack with four wickets for 51 runs in 17 overs and new-ball partner Kemar Roach took four for 71 in 19.5.This was still an encouraging display by the West Indies given their utterly inept performance in the field during an innings and 209-run defeat inside three days in the inaugural day/night Test in Britain at Edgbaston last week that saw them go 1-0 down in this three-match series.
