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 20:15 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    There were some rather ceremonial-looking policemen on the outfield during the interval, but they have now given way to a rather hit-and-bothered looking England team. There are 36 overs remaining in the day. Could be a long session.

  2. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Daisy Christodoulou: Jim Standen won FA Cup for West Ham and County Championship for Worcs in same year, 1964. Goalkeeper & medium-pace bowler.

  3. Postpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Thanks, James. That session was flatter than month-old lemonade, wasn't it? If you've decided that a Friday night out is more interesting than this Test match, I don't blame you. However, do let me know if you're barside. We'll even put some pics in if you're moved to take one.

  4. Postpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Time for me to duck out and hand you back to Stephan Shemilt, who will take you through the first half of the evening session...

  5. Postpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    So, England have still plenty more work to do to win this match. They will be desperate to break this terrifically resolute partnership, while West Indies will simply want to keep batting as long as they can. The pitch has been unhelpful, but England's bowlers were still guilty of a lack of any real penetration - they scarcely created a chance.

    A few wickets are needed in the evening session to restore the fortunes of Alastair Cook's men, who must be wondering if that first away win wince Kolkata in 2012 will ever come.

  6. Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "I like what Cook was doing at the end in setting aggressive fields and changing the bowlers around. Nothing much was happening but he is trying to make something happen. I am still pretty confident England can four or five wickets at the end of the day but they need something to happen pretty fast."

  7. Scorecard updatepublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    West Indies second innings: 122-1 (39 overs) - trail England by 43 runs

    Batsmen: Brathwaite 68, Bravo 47

    Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Smith 2)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 7-2-13-1, Broad 7-1-17-0, Moeen 12-4-34-0, Jordan 7-3-23-0, Stokes 4-0-27-0, Root 2-1-3-0

    England first innings: 464 (Root 182 not out)

    West Indies first innings: 299

    Match scorecard

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  8. Postpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Alistair Cook instructsImage source, AP

    "England are under big pressure to win this series but it's a tough ask on these pitches. That makes the comments by the incoming chairman hard to fathom. He was trying to be a plain-speaking Yorkshireman but he just piled pressure on the players."

  9. WI 122-1 (partnership 119)published at 19:58 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Brathwaite sweeps for four to end a superb session for the West Indies and a hugely frustrating one for England. Hats off to Brathwaite and Bravo - they've batted splendidly.

  10. Postpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Joe Root's six Test wickets are all batsman in the top five."

  11. WI 118-1 (Root 2-1-3-0)published at 19:55 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    More from young Joe Root, the Charlie Bucket of this England team. Has he got the Golden Ticket that will finally get them into the middle order?

    Not yet, and we very nearly have a clip for 'When Relay Fielding Goes Bad' as Chris Jordan almost gets in the way of Ben Stokes's bullet arm on the off-side boundary. You don't want to be standing in front of that thing, it's like a rocket launcher.

  12. Postpublished at 19:51 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    The crowdsoaks up the sunImage source, TMS

    The action may be slow-going but, as this picture tweeted by Test Match Special suggests, the crowd seem to be enjoying soaking up the Grenada sunshine.

  13. WI 115-1 (Brathwaite 61, Bravo 47)published at 19:50 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Seven minutes until tea. Spin at both ends, so we may get through three overs. Moeen to bowl the first of them. Darren Bravo decides he's had enough of cautious accumulation and smacks him to the boundary at cow-corner. Moeen then gets one to spit out of the footmarks and elude Jos Buttler on its way to the boundary.

  14. Postpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Joe Root has a bit of a golden arm. There's not been much help for Moeen Ali but perhaps Root can take some of the confidence from his magnificent 182 not out into his bowling."

  15. WI 106-1published at 19:46 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    The cap is off. The shades are off. The shinpads are off. The golden boy is on.

    Here's Joe Root with a bit of part-time tweak. He begins with a maiden.

  16. Postpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "As a seamer on this pitch England need to be patient, patient, patient and keep bowling at the stumps. Stuart Broad sets himself high standards and doesn't like going for a boundary. He hates it."

  17. WI 106-1 (Broad 7-1-17-0)published at 19:44 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Kraigg Brathwaite celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    These two batsman are proving harder to get out than the last Pringle at the bottom of the tube. Brathwaite brings up the 100 partnership with - stop me if you've heard this one before - a late cut past point. Are England feeding his cut shot in the hope of a drag-on, which we've seen a lot in this match? Dangerous little game if so - this is a man who averaged 79 in Tests last year.

  18. WI 101-1 (Brathwaite 56, Bravo 43)published at 19:39 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Two men on the drive for Moeen, England looking for the dismissal that did for Chanderpaul against Tredwell in Antigua. The spinner is still struggling to hit a consistent area though, and Brathwaite late cuts through third man for three.

  19. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 19:39 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Rob Cobban: AB de Villiers - national junior swimming record, rugby captain, hockey, football, Davis Cup tennis. 100m record. Oh and cricket.

  20. 50 for Brathwaitepublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Joe Root is warming up, time for the Golden Child surely? But first, Stuart Broad is back. Brathwaite reaches an impressively dogged and mature fifty with a cut in front of point.