At present, the first test match is being played between England and West Indies at The Lord’s in London. In this match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Gus Atkinson bowled brilliantly for England in the first innings and took 7 wickets for 45 runs.

Let us tell you, this is Gus Atkinson’s debut Test match and he completely destroyed the West Indies batting lineup by bowling lethally in his very first match. The best thing about fast bowler Gus Atkinson was that he did not let any West Indies batsman dominate him.

Not only this, he also took wickets at regular intervals. Due to his lethal bowling, West Indies were all out for 121 runs in their first innings. Gus Atkinson is one of the few best bowlers who took a 7 wicket haul in their debut match.

Gus Atkinson bowled brilliantly in the first Test against West Indies

Apart from Gus Atkinson, James Anderson, captain Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes took one wicket each for England. Talking about West Indies, Mikyle Lewis played an innings of 27 runs for the team while Kevin Hodge contributed 24 runs. Alick Athanaze played a valuable innings of 23 runs while Alzari Joseph scored 17 runs.

The West Indies batsmen failed to bat well in the first innings but now the team’s bowlers will have to bowl well and dismiss England as soon as possible in their first innings. The first Test match is currently being played at Lord’s while the second Test will begin on July 18 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The third and final Test will be played between these two teams in Birmingham from July 26 to July 30.