Their 183-run fourth-wicket stand lifted West Indies to 288 for 4 of their first innings, nonetheless 219 runs behind England at stumps
Their 183-run fourth-wicket stand lifted West Indies to 288 for 4 of their first innings, nonetheless 219 runs behind England at stumps
Centuries by West Indies’ Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood stymied a pissed off England on day three of the second Take a look at in Barbados on Friday in a match that more and more appears headed for a draw.
Their 183-run fourth-wicket stand lifted West Indies to 288 for 4 of their first innings, nonetheless 219 runs behind England at stumps.
Blackwood, who would have gone lbw for a duck if England had reviewed the choice, lastly went shortly earlier than the shut for 102, plumb lbw when not providing a shot to spinner Jack Leach.
Barbadian Brathwaite was an immovable object as he performed with the utmost of warning in taking 278 balls to achieve his tenth check century.
He acquired a heat ovation upon reaching his ton at his residence floor even from many England followers in a principally full Kensington Oval.
Opener Brathwaite has been on the sphere for each minute of the primary three days, displaying a strong sense of focus that has by no means wavered.
He was 109 at stumps, with nightwatchman Alzarri Joseph on 4. Although he has a mediocre batting common of barely 33, Brathwaite has been a West Indies mainstay for greater than a decade and is aware of the best way to occupy the crease.
Fortunate Blackwood
He was supported on Friday by a generally fortunate Blackwood, who ought to have been despatched packing twice and England each occasions had solely themselves accountable.
The Jamaican was rapped on the pad by Ben Stokes for what would have been a duck, however England erred in opting to not assessment the on-field not out name as a result of ball-tracking confirmed it might have hit the center of leg stump.
Blackwood had one other life on 65 when bowled by a yorker, a no-ball name foiling what would have been debutant Saqib Mahmood’s first Take a look at wicket.
The England bowlers toiled actually however lacked the cutting-edge penetration wanted to beat the bat frequently on a placid pitch, with none of their pacemen averaging way more than 80 miles-per-hour (130 kph).
Spinner Leach despatched down 44 tidy overs, touchdown the ball on a proverbial dinner plate with monotonous regularity however solely often beating the bat.
After final week’s first Take a look at within the three-match collection was drawn, the present contest additionally appears probably to finish in a stalemate until England can decide up some fast wickets on Saturday morning.
The day had began properly for England once they picked up two wickets in a morning session highlighted by a number of extraordinarily shut lbw calls.
Leach had Shamarh Brooks (39) caught at backward level by a mis-hit reduce, whereas Stokes trapped the damaging Bonner lbw for 9, the on-field determination standing when a assessment confirmed that the ball would have clipped the highest of center stump.
Blackwood later survived one other shut lbw determination earlier than lunch.
