Kemar Roach (2-10) claimed the last two wickets to fall on the fourth morning, a brilliant catch by Jason Holder to dismiss Chris Woakes (19); England were bowled out for 120, adding 17 to their overnight score; Chasing 28 off 29 balls, West Indies won by 10 wickets and won the series 1–0
Jason Holder celebrates after taking a brilliant catch at leg slip to dismiss Chris Woakes on the fourth morning
Jason Holder celebrates after taking a brilliant catch at leg slip to dismiss Chris Woakes on the fourth morning
At the start of the fourth day of the Third Test in Grenada, the West Indies beat England by 10 wickets to win the five-Test series without a win.
The Tourists resumed at 103-8 and, with a lead of just 10 runs, stayed on for 11.2 overs before being bowled out for 120, leaving West Indies in a routine run chase of 28 - with their openers running Fired him on target in 29. balls
England's defeat completed a pathetic run of results with only one Test win to show from their last 17 matches until February 2021.
Prior to the loss in the Caribbean, Joe Root's side lost to Australia in India, away from New Zealand, and were down 2-1 in last summer's home series against India, before it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Was.
England's last wicket pair of Jack Leach and Saqib Mahmood added 90 runs in the first innings, but a repeat performance from the tail on the fourth morning was not always likely, and so it proved to be, even if the pitch was not good enough. It was a lot for the bowlers as it happened the day before when England's top order came to a standstill.
Saturday's West Indies superstar Kyle Meyers could not contain his five-wicket haul, and looked more harmless than the medium-pacer of the night's metronomic nightmare; It was the introduction of Kemar Roach (2-10) that finally ended England's futile resistance.
Roach strikes the first ball, though Chris Woakes (19) met with Chris Woakes (19) only for Jason Holder to take a sensational diving catch at leg slip, a sensational diving catch at leg slip .
Woakes had been scared a few overs earlier, caught at short leg off Alzarri Joseph for 18, but he quickly reviewed and the decision was reversed without a lead as he looked to work one away from his hip. Were were
Woakes could not cash in on the reprieve and with him back in the hutch, Leach (4) dismissed Roach in the next over to end the innings. The DRS again overturned the decision to end England's innings when initially not given the field.
Craig Brathwaite (20no) and John Campbell (6no) then quickly and calmly dismissed the required runs for West Indies to lift them to a memorable series win, the new Richards-Botham Trophy.