Simmons pleased with bowlers’ grit

West Indies Head Coach, Phil Simmons

Following a late burst from the West Indies bowlers at the end of day four yesterday of the first Test against England, Windies head coach Phil Simmons is pleased with their effort.

Speaking to the media via West Indies’ virtual press conference at the end of the penultimate day, Simmons said, “I am extremely pleased with the way the bowlers bowled today …”

He said “before lunch and more so when [Ben] Stokes and [Zak] Crawley were trying to take it away from us, the patience exhibited from us, you know it’s something we been asking for a while and today it showed up and we bore the fruit of that in the evening session other than that you can’t say more than they stuck to the task.”