Day five of the first Test against hosts England has now concluded, and the West Indies have won with four wickets to spare on Sunday afternoon, July 12.

Unfavoured and with the odds stacked

against them, the Men in Maroon, on their summer tour of England, now hold a

1-0 lead in the #RaiseTheBat series, with the coveted Wisden Trophy poised to

return to the West Indies.

Jermaine Blackwood missed out on a deserved

hundred but did just enough to inspire West Indies to a four-wicket victory at

the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

Asked to chase 200 for victory on the final

day of the contest, West Indies reached their target with an hour left.

Jamaica’s Blackwood was at the forefront of

the run chase, top-scoring with 95 to hold together an innings which lay in

ruins at 27 for three in the first session after Barbados-born speedster Jofra

Archer produced a lethal two-wicket burst to demolish the top order.

All told, the right-hander faced 154 balls

in a shade over 3-¾ hours and struck 12 fours.

More importantly, he put on 73 for the

fourth wicket with Roston Chase who made 37 and then added a further 68 for the

fifth wicket with wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich who made 20.

He partnered with skipper Jason Holder (14

not out) in another critical stand of 21 before drilling seamer Ben Stokes to

Jimmy Anderson at mid-off with West Indies needing only 11 runs to win.

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Opener John Campbell, forced to retire hurt

on one in the fourth over after being struck on the toe, returned to partner

Holder and it was his single to square leg off Stokes which saw Windies over

the line.

Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel had earlier

snatched the last two wickets to fall to finish with a five-wicket haul as

England, resuming from 284 for eight overnight, were dismissed for 313 in their

second innings inside the first 40 minutes of the morning.

Archer, unbeaten on five at the start, top-scored with 23 to lead England’s brief resistance but man of the match Gabriel proved irrepressible with five for 75 to finish with match figures of nine for 137.