article_snippet.sent: But West Indies made Anderson wait on an attritional day that was in sharp contrast to the excitement provided by the first of this crucial series.
article_snippet.sent: Certainly Anderson would not have expected to play a more significant role with bat than ball on the second day of this first Test as West Indies did much to make up for their profligacy in the last two sessions of the first.
article_snippet.sent: When Anderson, watched by Anderson wife, two daughters and parents, strode out to bat England had lost five wickets for 20 runs and were in danger of wasting the initiative handed to Anderson, watched by his wife, two daughters and parents largely by Ian Bell’s century.
article_snippet.sent: Modern Test pitches in the Caribbean are notoriously slow and turgid and Modern Test was never going to be a case of simply sitting back and waiting for a West Indian collapse.
article_snippet.sent: But Anderson, who had led England out on to the field in Jimmy Anderson
article_snippet.sent: Jimmy Anderson (right) could make no further inroads and was surprisingly limited to just four overs after tea as the other England bowlers were forced to share the load and three more wickets.
article_snippet.sent: West Indies were batting earlier than expected because of a poor performance from England in the morning as they replicated they struggles of the first session of the match and crumbled against good pace bowling.
article_snippet.sent: but once Stokes had steered Jerome Taylor straight to gully England worryingly had no answer to what remains a more than useful West Indies pace trio.
article_snippet.sent: the Test was back in the balance but Anderson and Jordan kept England’s noses in front until the wait for Anderson England
article_snippet.sent: England, meanwhile, should confirm on Wednesday that Moeen Ali will join the squad in time for the second Test in Grenada after successfully coming through Moeen Ali return after injury with Worcestershire.
article_snippet.sent: England could mean that Adil Rashid, disappointing in the warm-up in St Kitts, is released to return to Yorkshire, who have been frustrated by the sight of four of Adil Rashid, disappointing in the warm-up in St Kitts players being in the England party but not included in this first Test.