Summary

  • Brathwaite 101 not out, Samuels on 22

  • Broad removed Bravo for 69

  • Root made unbeaten 182 for England

  • Second Test in Grenada

  1. Postpublished at 22:59 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Moeen Ali is a good cricketer with potential and has had moments where he has done well for England. But he's not Jim Laker, or Graeme Swann. He is making his way in the game and I would have left him at Worcester to play county cricket and get games under his belt."

  2. Postpublished at 22:57 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Take Ben Stokes' figures and Chris Jordan's figures, they're very good. But they're not penetrating. You're better off with bowlers who are expensive. We need someone who gets wickets. And it's all very well having bowlers who can bat, but we don't need all that batting on this pitch. We need different bowlers. Bowling for maidens and good figures doesn't win you Test matches."

  3. Review of the daypublished at 22:55 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Well, a tough, chastening day for England. Optimism was high in the morning when Joe Root skipped to 182 not out as the tourists built a lead of 165, before James Anderson removed Devon Smith before lunch.

    From then on in, it was all West Indies. Kraigg Brathwaite batted with super concentration and resolve to reach his fourth Test hundred, and he was well supported by Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels as West Indies wiped out England's lead and built a slender advantage of their own.

    England have it all to do tomorrow to earn their first away Test win since 2012. As for West Indies, they will simply look to bat on...and on...and on.

  4. Postpublished at 22:52 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "I don't think England have imagination. They do the sensible, conservative things. With a Test side you need imagination. We should be polishing off the West Indies on any surface. We're in a winning draw position but someone is going to have to come up with something tomorrow."

  5. Postpublished at 22:48 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "England have got to remember the West Indies are only 37 ahead, with 98 overs left. I reckon you've got 50 overs to bowl the West Indies out, until tea. It's not doom and gloom. Those who play club cricket will often take those wickets in 50 overs, but I guess not on a pitch like this. I'm expecting a Calypso collapso at some stage."

  6. Postpublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    West Indies batsman Kraigg Brathwaite on Sky Sports: "I kept working hard and I'm very proud. I grew up watching England so I'm very happy to make a hundred. England were aggressive at the start and I thought they bowled really well. I learned my powers of concentration from my father - I used to bat really fast! We start afresh tomorrow and take it from there."

  7. Final scorecardpublished at 22:42 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    West Indies second innings: 202-2 (75 overs) - lead by 37 runs

    Batsmen: Brathwaite 101 (230 balls, 11 fours), Samuels 22 (66 balls, two fours)

    Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Smith 2), 145-2 (Bravo 69)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 14-4-27-1, Broad 10-2-23-1, Moeen 17-4-48-0, Jordan 13-4-41-0, Stokes 8-0-34-0, Root 13-6-22-0

    England first innings: 464 (Root 182 not out)

    West Indies first innings: 299

    Match scorecard

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  8. WI 202-2published at 22:40 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    It'll be Chris Jordan to cap off a thoroughly disappointing day for England with the ball. Samuels blocks it out for a maiden, and that is a job very well done indeed by the West Indies - they've lost only two wickets in 75 overs, and hauled themselves back from a position of real jeopardy.

  9. Postpublished at 22:37 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Kraigg Brathwaite celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    "Kraigg Brathwaite, at 22 years and 144 days, is the third West Indian to reach four Test centuries, after George Headley and Gary Sobers."

  10. Postpublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Brathwaite thoroughly deserves his hundred. He's played well. He's no Greenidge or Haynes on the eye but he occupies the crease and hats off to him. He's thwarted everything England have thrown at him."

  11. 100 for Brathwaitepublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    He's got it! In the fading light, Kraigg Brathwaite brings up his fourth Test hundred with two past cover point. That's a terrific effort from the young man, who may not be the most dashing strokemaker but has been able to repel everything England have tried to get him out today.

    Kraigg BrathwaiteImage source, AFP
  12. WI 200-2 (lead by 35)published at 22:32 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Chris Jordan switches ends. Samuels knocks a single to midwicket to bring up the 50 partnership, before Brathwaite moves on to 99 with a nudge to long leg. Samuels then creams Jordan through extra cover for four. England just want this to be over now.

  13. WI 194-2 (Anderson 13-4-25-1)published at 22:27 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Joe Root looks absolutely cream-crackered - he runs around to prevent a Brathwaite single at point and stays down on his haunches for a full standing eight count. The returning Jimmy Anderson keeps Brathwaite pinned on 98.

  14. Postpublished at 22:27 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "England have tried things and varied their field but are getting nothing from the pitch and are a bit predictable. Batting is too easy.

    "I don't think you need four seamers. I'd love to find a space for Adil Rashid to play. I think he's a better bowler than Bishoo and he could produce the odd magic ball."

  15. WI 194-2 (Brathwaite 98, Samuels 17)published at 22:22 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Three distinguished sunhats arranged in a catching cordon on the leg-side: Anderson, Broad, and Cook lie in wait for a rash flick from Brathwaite. Jordan spoils the cunning plan, like a bungling jewel thief activating the laser tripwire, by spraying one down the off-side, which Brathwaite merely helps on its way down to the third-man boundary.

  16. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:22 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Michael Dickie: Which is true?

    A) The Windies are good

    B) England are bad

    C) the pitches are so lifeless A and B are irrelevant

  17. WI 188-2published at 22:14 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Brathwaite is now closing in on his fourth Test hundred - are century nerves England's best chance of getting him before the close? He moves on to 93 with two to cover point and a single to square leg. Five overs left - can he get there?

    Alastair CookImage source, Getty Images
  18. WI 185-2 (Jordan 10-3-30-0)published at 22:14 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Brathwaite moves into the 90s with a single to square leg.

  19. Not outpublished at 22:10 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    England players wait for decisionImage source, Getty Images

    Oh no, there's a big inside edge. That's torn it. England lose a review, and Brathwaite hangs on.

  20. Umpire reviewpublished at 22:09 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Kraigg BrathwaiteImage source, Getty Images

    Now then, now then. Chris Jordan has trapped his old schoolmate Brathwaite bang in front of the timbers. It looks a very good shout, but Steve Davis has said not out. England send it upstairs...