West Indies vs England: Saqib Mahmood explains the no-ball that cost him maiden Test wicket

Saqib Mahmood has taken two wickets in his Test debut against West Indies, but it was the one that got away that he remembered most vividly. Mahmood thought he had snared his first Test scalp with a brilliant yorker which bowled Jermaine Blackwood on Friday, but the 25-year-old's celebration was cut short when the umpire called a no-ball at Kensington Oval in Barbados. The swing bowler said the extra effort he had put into the delivery had caused him to overstep the crease. "I was fine the whole time on the front line and then just a bit of an effort ball trying to get that yorker in," he said on Saturday. "I was pretty gutted at the time. Thought I'd let myself down, let the boys down, but I tried to get it out of my head, which was quite tough, tried to crack on."

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At stumps on the fourth day on Saturday, England were 40 without loss in their second innings, an overall lead of 136, after the home side were eventually dismissed after tea for 411 in reply to the visitors' first innings effort of 507 for nine declared.

It took the best part of 24 hours for Mahmood to finally break his duck when he had Jason Holder caught on Saturday when the all-rounder miscued an attempted hook. This time Mahmood was more subdued in light of his previous experience. "There wasn't a massive celebration from me. I was looking at the wicket to see where my foot landed and whether the umpire would say anything," he said. "I guess it was just a feeling of relief more than anything after what happened last night." Mahmood later dismissed tailender Veerasammy Permaul lbw and finished with 2-58 off 27 tidy overs. Like his fellow bowlers, Mahmood