ENG vs WI Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at London, July 10 – 12, 2024

10.2 to KC Brathwaite, chopped on, Atkinson strikes with his second ball as a Test cricketer! Maybe not quite as he would have pictured it, a wide-ish length ball outside off stump. But Brathwaite chases after it without much foot movement and can only deflect it into his own stumps via the inside edge of his hard-handed swish. 88mph/141kph. 34/1

14.2 to KSA McKenzie, Atkinson makes use of the perfect conditions! Look up, skies and mizzle. Look down and the debutant is pitching it up, decking it about with the scrambled seam to induce the drive. McKenzie’s feet were stuck as he went for the straight drive, thick outside edge. Crawley was taken aback by the ball rising towards his chest. He fell back but held onto it safely. He’s relieved. 36/2

34.2 to A Athanaze, poked to first slip! 87mph/140kph from Atkinson and just enough pace for a bit of lift from a good length. Athanaze pushed at it and his outside edge flies low to Root, who takes an excellent low catch to his right as Smith leaves it to him. 88/4

34.3 to JO Holder, gone first ball, Atkinson is on a hat-trick! Length ball with good bounce, no real movement in the air or off the seam and heading towards the top of leg stump. Holder looks to flick it away off his pads but is squared up as the bat face closes in his hands, and Brook holds on in the slip cordon. 88/5

34.5 to J Da Silva, inside-edged through to Smith, the debutants combine and Atkinson has FIVE on Test debut! Three wickets in four balls for Atkinson and for England. Scrambled seam, fullish length, angling in and taking the inside edge as Da Silva prods unconvincingly forwards. Smith takes it low, falling forwards and to his left, and has his first catch as a Test match wicketkeeper. But this moment is all about Atkinson who wheels away with arms outstretched. 88/6

38.1 to AS Joseph, skied to mid-on, Atkinson has SIX! Joseph saw little point in hanging around and looked to smite Atkinson back over his head for another boundary, but his timing was off this time. A lofted straight drive but it loops up tantalisingly, and Woakes settles underneath it to pouch a straightforward catch. 106/8

38.3 to S Joseph, SEVEN for Atkinson on debut, would you believe it?! This is a bizarre and pretty ugly dismissal. Joseph was looking to swipe this away over the leg side but slipped as he planted his front foot and edged up falling over as the ball flew away off the top edge of his bat. It looped up to backward point where Pope ran back to settle underneath it, and Atkinson can’t quite believe what is happening. 106/9