England sent James Anderson into retirement in style after beating West Indies in resounding fashion at Lord’s.
Telegraph Sport rates the players from both sides after the first Test.
England
Ben Duckett
3
Not a great defence when the ball is moving around, so out cheaply on the first morning, but a wonderfully steady catch at long leg to give Gus Atkinson his 10th wicket. 3/10
Zak Crawley
76
Rapidly becoming England’s most consistent batsman, a complete volte face, although the big hundred eludes. His long-reach driving deters new-ball bowlers from pitching it up. 8/10
Ollie Pope
57
Why cannot he start quietly, play himself in, leave plenty of balls, then accelerate? Here, as usual, it was the other way round, starting hectically before calming. Number three is not yet nailed. 7/10
Joe Root
68
He kept the England innings going like an elder statesman to prevent overheating. Just the sort of tempo which this England side needs – and he too to make hundreds in the next Ashes. 8/10
Harry Brook
50
His most spectacular contribution was his diving right-handed catch, and he makes a fine addition to the slips now he is fitter. A typical freewheeling 50 off 64 balls ended by a mis-hook. 7/10
Ben Stokes
4, 1-14 and 2-25
Back with a bang as a bowler, taking him past 200 Test wickets and bowling as economically – if not quite so venomously – as ever. Like Root, he could do little about the left-arm spinner that ripped through him. 7/10
Jamie Smith
70
Kept wicket very soundly – does he need to extend his initial foot movement when he dives leg side? – and batted like an old master, not a debutant, when playing himself in then shepherding the tail. 8/10
Chris Woakes
23, 1-29 and 0-11
A quiet game after a quiet start to his summer but he created the environment for the rookies, Gus Atkinson and, if he had been used, Shoaib Bashir, to prosper. Not a part of the Ashes plan though. 6/10
Gus Atkinson
0, 7-45 and 5-61
Somewhat made up for being dismissed first ball by becoming the first England bowler on Test debut to take 10 wickets in a match since John Lever in 1976-77. Compact, pacey, straight. Long may it last. 9/10
Shoaib Bashir
0
Had a quiet game, to say the least, as he did not score a run or bowl, such was the thinness of the West Indian batting. He did get a clap from Stokes though for his fielding. 3/10
James Anderson
0*, 1-26 and 3-32
The lord of Lord’s after another masterclass in accuracy, seam-movement and economy. Test cricket will never see his like again. If he had to go out (which he did not want to), he went out on the highest of highs. 8/10
West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite
6, 4
That Headingley Test when he almost beat Shai Hope to the honour of becoming the first to score two centuries in a first-class match at Leeds seems a long time ago. Not the footwork nor the strokeplay to set the tone his raw batsmen need. 3/10
Mikyle Louis
27, 14
If only it said a lot that he shaped like the most promising of the West Indian rookies with his handsome front-foot driving. Great direct-hit run-out, but yet to prove himself against bouncers. 6/10
Kirk McKenzie
1, 0
Promising left-hander, no doubt, but what other sort of outcome do you expect from someone who has made one first-class century, when thrown into the deepest end after one warm-up game? 2/10
Alick Athanaze
23, 22
Looked the most balanced and complete of the tourists’ middle-order batsmen, although again that does not say very much. If he had a couple of seasons in county cricket, like his predecessors… 6/10
Kavem Hodge
24, 4
Looks like a decent stroke-player, but when the ball is swinging around at Lord’s and in the next Test at Trent Bridge that would not be top of the tourists’ shopping list. 5/10
Jason Holder
0, 20 and 2-58
It was a bad sign from the outset when he was slated for No 6, and surely enough he was caught at slip first ball. Did much of what could be expected of a fourth seamer or swinger. 6/10
Joshua da Silva
0, 9
Did his main job well as the wicketkeeper, adjusting quicker than most tourists to the Lord’s wobble. Shaped well in his second innings, but again, like Jason Holder, No 7 is a place too high. 6/10
Alzarri Joseph
17, 8 and 1-106
Officially he is the vice-captain but it shows how raw these tourists are that he has not taken 100 Test wickets. Too inaccurate as well, because his action is not perfectly grooved, but he has been playing white ball. 4/10
Gudakesh Motie
14*, 31* and 2-41
One of only two tourists who had a satisfactory game – and he bowled Joe Root and Ben Stokes with absolute pearlers – might be the one who is dropped if West Indies cannot afford a spinner in their next Test. 7/10
Shamar Joseph
0, 3 and 0-68
No better sport than cricket to bring a player down to earth instantly, but he had even less chance than most of his team-mates to prepare. No wonder he hobbled off, but had the spirit to keep going. 5/10
Jayden Seales
2, 8 and 4-77
The most prepared of the West Indian players, having played for Sussex, and he kept going well under duress. A serious young fast bowler in the making. 7/10