Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich has put West Indies in a very strong position against England in the first Test in Barbados. On day three, West Indies resumed batting on 127/6 with a lead of 339 runs.
Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich took the charge and kept on smashing England bowlers all over the park. Both the batsmen brought up their respective hundreds and after the completion of his double hundred Jason Holder declared their innings on 415/6 with a lead of 627 runs and set a mammoth target of 628 runs for the visitors.
In reply, England ended day three on 56/0 and still need 572 runs to win the game. Jason Holder (202*) and Shane Dowrich (116*) set the following records -
202* - Jason Holder's score of 202* is the third highest score by a batsman while batting at number 8 or below.
Highest individual Test scores while batting at 8 or below -
257* - Wasim Akram vs ZIM at Sheikhupura, 1996
209 - Imtiaz Ahmed vs NZ at Lahore, 1955
202* - JASON HOLDER vs ENG at Barbados, 2019
173 - Ian Smith vs IND at Auckland, 1990
169 - Stuart Broad vs PAK at Lord's, 2010
6 - Jason Holder became the sixth West Indies captain to score a double hundred in Test cricket.
West Indies captain to score double hundreds in Test cricket -
Brian Lara (5)
Clive Lloyd
Denis Atkinson
Carl Hooper
Shiv Chanderpaul
JASON HOLDER
3 - Jason Holder is also the third captain to score a double hundred and take a 10-wicket haul in a Test match.
Captains with a 200 and a 10 wickets haul in Test cricket -
Wasim Akram
Allan Border
JASON HOLDER
3 - Shane Dowrich has scored 3 Test hundreds - the joint third most by a West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman.
Most Test hundreds by West Indies wicketkeepers -
5 - Jeff Dujon
4 - Denesh Ramdin
3 - SHANE DOWRICH
3 - Ridley Jacobs
3 - Sir Clyde Walcott
295* - Shane Dowrich and Jason Holder's 295* runs partnership is the second biggest partnership for the seventh wicket for West Indies in Test cricket.
Highest 7th wicket partnerships for West Indies in Test cricket -
347 - Denis Atkinson and Clairmonte Depeiaza vs AUS at Bridgetown, 1955
295* - SHANE DOWRICH and JASON HOLDER vs ENG at Bridgetown, 2019
204 - Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy vs ENG at Nottingham, 2012
628 - Runs target is the highest ever target set by West Indies in Test cricket. The previous highest target was 617 runs against England at Guyana in 1930.
