Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Alastair Cook angave akazorora kwenguva refu achishanda pakurova kwake nomudzidzisi wake wekare Graham Gooch asi zvinetso zvake zvokugadzira zvichiripo. Kaputeni weEngland, asina zana remakore renyika kwerinenge makore maviri, akakundikana kechipiri muTest yekutanga sezvo kukundikana kwake kwekare pakurwisa bhora rakazara kunze kwekunze kwakashandiswazve neWest Indies. Kuwedzera panhamo yaCook, pakanga panewo kumwe kukundikana kwaJonathan Trott, uyo akatsungirira kudzoka kunotyisa kuchikwata cheEngland kweTest yake yechi50, mwedzi 18 mushure mekurwadziwa kwekusiya rwendo rweAshes mushure me49 yake. Kurohwa kwakapetwa kaviri pakatanga innings yechipiri yeEngland kwakavasiya vaine zvakawanda zvokuita muTest iyi yokutanga kuti vashande nzira yavo kuenda kunzvimbo yekukunda paSir Viv Richards Stadium kunyange zvazvo vakawana chinzvimbo chekutanga che104. Cook haagoni kungoita zvimwe zvikanganiso zvakawanda, mutungamiri mutsva weECB Colin Graves achida kukunda kuno pamusoro pokushorwa muWest Indies kwaakashora se"kusina kunaka" pamberi porwendo urwu. Cook akadzokera kune chimwe chinhu chakafanana nezvakanakisisa zvake gore rapera nemakumi matatu emakore makumi mashanu mumakwikwi ake mana ekupedzisira eTest neIndia asi chimiro chake chinosuruvarisa chezuva rimwe muSri Lanka chakaita kuti England imurase semutungamiriri we50-over pamberi peNdebe yeNyika. Iye akasvika muCaribbean achiri kurwadziwa kubva pakurohwa ikoko asi ane unyanzvi hwakashandurwa zvishoma uye akatarisa akazorodzwa mukuwana zana rokudziya neSt Kitts. Zvisinei, kukwira kusvika padanho reTest, kwakaona Cook achinetseka uye Jerome Taylor airatidzika chero chinhu asi asina kunaka mukutumira iye naTrott kumashure ne20 chete pabhodhi sezvo England yakatsungirira kutanga kwedombo kune yavo yechipiri innings. Trott akayeukwa ari muchinzvimbo chisina kujairika chemuvhuri asi airatidzika achinetseka pakuwana dhadha uye ikozvino mana uye aive achinyatso kudonha mumutsetse paakaisa bhora rakanaka kubva kuna Taylor kuenda kuna Denesh Ramdin. Alastair Cook akakundikana nebati zvakare pazuva rechitatu reTest yekutanga muAntigua. Jonathan Trott akabudawo zvisina mari sezvo mawiketi matatu okutanga zvakare akadonhera vashoma. James Tredwell...
England yakavhara zuva rechitatu reTest yokutanga pa 116 nokuda kwevatatu, 220 vanomhanya mberi. West Indies yakabviswa pamakumi maviri nemapfumbamwe nemashanu muchikamu chavo chekutanga. James Tredwell akatora mavhiketi mana muWest Indies innings. Jermaine Blackwood akarova zana rake rokutanga reTest nokuda kwevakakokwa. Jonathan Trott (4) naAlastair Cook (13) vose vakakundikana nebati zvakare. Ian Bell akarohwa ne11 apo England yakadonha kusvika pa52 nokuda kwevatatu. Joe Root (32*) naGary Ballance (44*) vasina kukundwa pa stumps pazuva rechitatu.