England V West Indies Test Match Series 2020

Close Day 4 - England 469-9 & 37-2 West Indies 287 England lead West Indies by 219 runs with 8 2nd Innings wickets remaing

Dom Sibley broke Covid rules by putting saliva on the ball to shine it.
The umpires had to clean it.

England batted for 11 overs, adding 92 runs for the loss of Root, who sacrificed his wicket in trying to give the strike back to Stokes, who made 78 not out, after he was dropped early in the day off the bowling of Gabriel.
West Indies require 312 from 86 overs. Broad takes the early wicket of Campbell.

88- 4 Broad 3-25 in 10 overs

update WI 113 4 look like a rear guard action has dug to keep England at bay

138 -5
Blackwood b Stokes 55

Two wickets for an England win....
184 - 8

England win by 113 runs

Now will we se Archer back in the attack for the last game? I would like to see him but would not be surprised if England named an unchanged side.

Do we know of what action/fine Sibley will face for his actions of shining the ball?

That's a great win, I didn't think it would happen after losing the day to rain, step up very nicely this morning by some very impressed batting from Stokes, also Broad showed why he should have played in the first test with some quality blowing, mush better all round looks like they have got the rust of there game,

(20-07-2020 18:34 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  Do we know of what action/fine Sibley will face for his actions of shining the ball?

None, the officials expected players to forget about using saliva to polish the ball, something that will have become second nature to them. Sibley also owned up himself & reported to the umpires what he had done. They are allowed a number of transgressions before a 5 run penalty is imposed for the new covid rules.