England expect Windies response - Crawley

Opener Zak Crawley says England are expecting a beardown consequence from West Indies successful nan 2nd Test aft hammering nan visitors successful nan bid opener past week.

England went 1-0 up pinch an innings-and-114-run triumph astatine Lord’s and tin seal nan three-match bid astatine Trent Bridge, opening connected Thursday.

But West Indies person shape for producing daze results, successful peculiar a stunning conclusion of Australia successful Brisbane earlier this year.

“We cognize they're a bully side,” Crawley, 26, told BBC Sport.

“They’ve sewage immoderate really, really bully players successful that team, truthful we're going to person to execute good to hit them.

"We don't return anyone for granted. We person to beryllium crisp and execute for illustration we did astatine Lord's. It was a really bully capacity and we want to backmost that up again.”

Nottingham will beryllium England’s first Test since nan retirement of James Anderson, who ended his legendary world profession astatine Lord’s.

England’s all-time starring wicket-taker has joined nan coaching unit arsenic a bowling mentor and was portion of a rain-shortened training convention connected Tuesday.

Mark Wood has been added to nan hosts’ squad for nan 2nd Test and is vying pinch Matthew Potts and nan uncapped Dillon Pennington to return Anderson’s spot successful nan XI.

“He’s going into his caller domiciled beautiful seamlessly,” said Crawley of Anderson. “It's normal and he's nan aforesaid bloke.

“I ever recovered he was really adjuvant to my crippled anyway, talking to him astir really he bowled astatine maine and definite things for illustration that.”

West Indies’ wicketkeeper Joshua da Silva was nan 704th and last wicket of Anderson’s Test profession erstwhile he edged down successful nan closing stages of nan first Test.

“I tried my hardest not to beryllium 1 of those wickets but unluckily I sewage a bully Jimmy seed,” said nan 26-year-old.

“I told him aft nan crippled I was trying really hard, and he had a bully laugh. What a fable he is, and I’m happy I don’t to person to spot him again.”

Da Silva was portion of nan West Indies squad that pulled disconnected nan triumph complete Australia astatine nan Gabba, 1 of nan all-time awesome astonishment results to seal a 1-1 bid draw.

West Indies besides bounced backmost from a immense conclusion by England connected their circuit of 2017 erstwhile they secured a memorable triumph astatine Headingley.

“Brisbane is thing we tin look at. We came backmost and we won nan Test. If we tin replicate that, each of america will beryllium really happy,” added Da Silva.

“It’s not going to beryllium easy again. We request to do nan correct thing, bat for agelong periods of clip and return wickets.”

West Indies are hopeful Shamar Joseph will beryllium fresh for nan 2nd Test aft nan gait bowler struggled pinch a near hamstring problem astatine Lord's.