Jimmy Anderson’s final Test continued to proceed serenely towards an apparently inevitable England victory, the second day at Lord’s ending with West Indies 79 for six, still 171 runs away from making the home side bat again.
But the 41-year-old missed out on one showpiece moment when a planned guard of honour as he came out to bat, perhaps for the final time, was scuppered by the tourists’ gleeful celebration of Mikyle Louis’ long-range direct-hit run-out of Shoaib Bashir and he ended up having to make do with a hurried handshake from Jason Holder.
