Mikyle Louis and Kavem Hodge batting during the third Test against England at Edgbaston.

West Indies versus England Test Series, 2024

3rd Test

Day-3 Morning Session Highlights:

Mikyle Louis and Kavem Hodge fifties has powered West Indies resurgence in the first Session

Hodge reached his second Test half-century.

At the Lunch of Day-3:

West Indies scored 282 (1st Innings) & 151/5 (2nd Innings), where as England scored 376 (1st Innings).

So, finally West Indies lead by 57 runs.

Mikyle Louis and Kavem Hodge led West Indies’ fightback with an aggressive 72-run partnership on Day 3 of the third Test in Edgbaston, pushing the visitors into the lead by 57 runs at Lunch.

Louis, resuming on 18 off 38 at stumps on Day 2, adopted an attacking approach on the third day, reaching his first Test fifty before being dismissed.

Hodge, playing some elegant shots alongside some fortuitous edges, notched his second fifty-plus score of the series and remained unbeaten by the end of the first session, in which West Indies scored 118 runs in 27 overs and lost three wickets to be 151/5.

Shoaib Bashir and Mark Wood, who had bowled in tandem at the end of Day 2, continued to apply pressure with their spin and pace at the start of Day 3, keeping the West Indian batters on edge.

Bashir delivered a ball that turned sharply past Mikyle Louis’s inside edge, while Wood’s pacy bouncer struck Alick Athanaze on his right shoulder.

Louis managed a well-executed paddle sweep for four off Bashir and narrowly escaped when an inside edge went past short leg.

Athanaze also had a reprieve as Harry Brook dropped a tough chance at third slip off Wood’s bowling.

Despite the testing period, England found success when Athanaze missed a sweep off Bashir and was trapped in front.

Hodge had an edgy start, edging deliveries outside off from both Bashir and Wood, with the resultant edges racing to the boundary.

However, he found his rhythm, pulling and driving Wood for a couple of fours and confidently driving Stokes through covers.

Louis also executed a square drive off Stokes, leading to a steady partnership that brought West Indies into the lead within the first hour.

Louis reached his maiden fifty-plus score by dispatching a full-toss from Bashir over the long-on fence and followed it up with a straight six off the spinner’s next over.

At the other end, Stokes tested Hodge’s outside edge, beating it twice in an over, with one thick edge going for four.

However, Louis fell to Stokes, edging to second slip while attempting to defend, ending the counter-attacking stand.

Stokes almost claimed Jason Holder’s wicket as well, but Zak Crawley dropped a relatively simple chance at second slip.

Hodge then reached a 56-ball fifty, after which Holder was dismissed leg-before by Gus Atkinson, with the umpire’s call upheld upon review.

Joshua Da Silva, who was struck on the arm by a Stokes short ball, remained unbeaten at Lunch alongside Hodge, with West Indies still needing to do significant work to set a challenging target.

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