West Indies vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Permaul to Lawrence, FOUR, this time he gets beside the line of the ball after backing away. Hits it with the turn over extra cover. Lovely shot

Permaul to Lawrence, no run, backs away, Permaul floats it down leg and it's blocked down the pitch

Permaul to Root, 1 run, punched off the back foot through midwicket

Permaul to Root, 2 runs, tossed up down leg, Root gets the sweep away fine, easy two

Permaul to Root, byes, FOUR, misses the sweep again, this one's down leg and has gone through the keeper's legs as well

Permaul to Root, no run, misses the sweep, goes off the pad to short third

Permaul to Lawrence, 1 run, takes it on the full and sweeps to long leg

Permaul to Root, 1 run, swept to long leg

Permaul to Root, no run, misses the sweep down leg

Permaul to Lawrence, leg byes, 1 run, misses the sweep and is hit on the pad. It pitched well outside leg

Permaul to Lawrence, no run, tossed up down leg, this time goes for the conventional sweep and misses

Permaul to Lawrence, FOUR, reverse-sweeps this from outside leg past short third, races away

Permaul to Crawley, no run, full on off, blocked

Permaul to Root, 1 run, steers to backward point's right and hares to the other end

Permaul to Crawley, 1 run, another back-footed punch, a single to deep extra cover

Permaul to Crawley, no run, punches to cover point off the back foot

Permaul to Crawley, no run, in-drifter, forward defence

Permaul to Root, 1 run, not-so-short ball, punched through cover point off the back foot

Permaul to Crawley, 2 runs, worked through square leg for a brace

Permaul to Crawley, no run, fullish delivery, Crawley blocks it out on the off-side

Permaul to Root, 1 run, full and down leg, swept to fine leg

Permaul to Root, no run, nudged towards mid-wicket

Permaul to Root, no run, late-steered off the back foot, finds backward point

Permaul to Root, no run, comes down the track to glance and misses. Big appeal for lbw but Root was a long way down the pitch. Would have gone down leg

Permaul to Crawley, 1 run, allows the ball to do its bit and punches with the spin to sweeper cover

Permaul to Root, 1 run, sweeps down to fine leg

Permaul to Root, no run, away-turner, watchfully defended into off

Permaul to Root, no run, skips down the pitch and plays all around it while trying to work it into the leg-side. Gets pinned on the front pad outside the line of off-stump

Permaul to Root, no run, in-drifter, blocked stoutly

Permaul to Crawley, 1 run, driven to deep extra cover off the front foot

Permaul to Crawley, no run, full and on the stumps, dead-batted

Permaul to Crawley, no run, 86kph, Crawley rocks back to cut and misses. Wasn't that short to be playing that shot

Permaul to Root, 1 run, full and marginally outside off, pushed through cover off the front foot

Permaul to Root, no run, full and on the stumps, blocked back to Permaul

Permaul to Crawley, 1 run, turned to square leg off the back foot

Permaul to Crawley, no run, 82kph, slow through the air, Crawley presses forward in defence

Permaul to Crawley, no run, 82kph, no turn, middle-stump line, Crawley defends into the on-side

Permaul to Crawley, no run, 82kph, Crawley gets forward and blocks with his bat close to the pad

Permaul to Crawley, no run, tossed up, Crawley defends off the front foot

Permaul to Root, 1 run, full and around off, paddle-swept to fine leg. 150 partnership!

Permaul to Root, no run, short of length, Root steers to point off the back foot

Permaul to Root, FOUR, tossed up, full and wide of off, Root gets down on one leg, fetches it from outside off and sweeps fiercely through mid-wicket

Permaul to Root, 1 run, fired in on leg, turned around the corner

Permaul to Root, FOUR, shot! 95kph, quick and flat marginally outside off, Root rocks back and employs the late-cut to superb effect. No chance for backward point to even get close to it

Permaul to Crawley, 1 run, turns a fullish ball to mid-wicket and the England batters set off for a quick single. Good running from Root

Permaul to Crawley, no run, in-drifter, Crawley defends from the crease

Permaul to Crawley, FOUR, poor ball and Crawley takes full toll of it. Full and fired down leg, Crawley gets down and sweeps it away fine sending it to fine leg for four

Permaul to Root, 1 run, low full toss, pushed to mid-on's right

Permaul to Crawley, no run, length ball on off, straightens, Crawley defends forward

Permaul to Crawley, no run, drifting in on middle, defended forward

Permaul to Crawley, no run, punches off the back foot to backward point

Permaul to Crawley, no run, gets forward looking to defend and gets a thick inside edge onto pad

Permaul to Crawley, FOUR, that didn't seem to be very short but Crawley has still manages to cut it firmly for four

Permaul to Root, 1 run, goes back in the crease and tucks it through square leg

Permaul to Crawley, no run, an appeal for a catch. The umpires get together and refer it upstairs. Soft signal is not out. Will have to see if there's bat involved, and if there is, whether it's a bump ball. Very hard to tell anything from the replay. All seems to be happening at the same time, with the ball next to the bat and on the ground simultaneously. Flighted up by Permaul, lands close to the blockhole as Crawley looks to flick it away. Off a faint inside edge first, onto the ground next, and then pops up off the pad to slip. That's the sequence in which it seems to have happened and the third umpire probably reckons the same as he signals not out

Permaul to Root, 1 run, punches it to cover

Permaul to Root, no run, smothered on the front foot

Permaul to Crawley, 1 run, pushed to long-off

Permaul to Root, 1 run, sliding in on leg, Root tucks it through square leg

Permaul to Root, FOUR, short outside off, Root late-cuts past backward point. And that's fifty for the England captain, much to the delight of the England fans who've started singing in praise of their captain

Permaul to Crawley, no run, drifting in on middle, Crawley turns it to short midwicket

Permaul to Crawley, no run, 83kph, full on off, Crawley defends forward

Permaul to Crawley, 2 runs, slightly shorter this time outside off, Crawley goes back and punches it through cover

Permaul to Crawley, no run, floated up on off, defended forward

Permaul to Crawley, no run, floated up and drifting in on middle, defended forward

Permaul to Crawley, no run, flat outside off, Crawley punches to cover

Permaul to Crawley, no run, tossed up on off, smothered down the pitch

Permaul to Crawley, no run, full on off, defended forward

Permaul to Crawley, FOUR, premeditates the paddle-sweep and gets it away fine for four

Permaul to Crawley, FOUR, short and wide, deserves the treatment it gets as Crawley slaps it through extra cover

Permaul to Crawley, no run, drifting in on middle, Crawley defends forward

Permaul to Crawley, 2 runs, pushed through full outside off, Crawley hangs back and steers through point