Summary

  • WI 202-4: Holder 43*, Bonner 34*

  • Windies slip from 83-0 to 127-4 before unbeaten stand of 75 between Bonner & Holder

  • Windies openers had cruised to 83 against wayward England seamers

  • England 311: Bairstow 140; Seales 4-79

  • First Test, day two, Antigua

  1. Postpublished at 20:26 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2022

    Thanks Harry. The best performance by an Everett on the BBC since Kenny was doing it in the best possible taste back in the 1980s.

    One for the older viewers, that.

    Anyway, a key partnership for West Indies this. Another wicket and England could get stuck into a fairly fragile tail.

  2. WI 163-4published at 53 overs

    Trail by 148

    Overton does get hit for a single, but these are still miserly enough figures.

    That's my debut spell successfully managed without a wicket taken or the game being taken away from either side.

    A quiet, steady session - just playing myself in, hoping for fireworks later in the game.

    Here is Timothy Abraham to take over proceedings.

  3. WI 162-4published at 52 overs

    Somerset bowlers bowling in tandem now.

    The Taunton Vettori starts with a quicker, flatter one which Bonner does well to keep out.

    Foakes really enjoyed that over behind the sticks, Leach getting into some rhythm with better field sets now helping him to another maiden.

  4. WI 162-4published at 51 overs

    Overton lets out a grunt as he's hit for four. He goes for six off the over - the Windies' most prolific in a while.

    For those of you now double screening with tonight's Champions League proceedings, be warned play in Antigua can go on as late as 21:47 GMT today, so plenty more cricket to keep you occupied.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2022

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    Loving Foakes's energy behind the stumps!

    Will, Kingston Bagpuize

  6. WI 156-4published at 50 overs

    Jack Leach gets his first bowl of the evening session, from the Sir Curtly Ambrose end this time, backed by the breeze.

    A maiden.

  7. WI 156-4published at 49 overs

    Just as I mention Holder being watchful we have our first non-streaky boundary for a long time.

    A Stokes short ball is pulled for four by the Barbadian.

  8. WI 152-4published at 48.4 overs

    Back in January, Holder ended the T20 series with four wickets in four balls.

    He earned player of the series predominantly for his seam bowling - even more impressive seeing as those five matches served up the most sixes in a bilateral T20 series.

    Quite a different job for him to do with the bat now, still ever so watchful.

  9. WI 152-4published at 48 overs

    The two Durham boys are bowling nicely in tandem here.

    The West Indies batters relaxed on their home patch.

    Mark Wood attempting to ruffle some feathers with some quick deliveries. That's another maiden.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:03 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2022

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    John Petrie: Would it be a fair assumption that there is a plan to rotate Overton and Woakes with Mahmood and Fisher? Otherwise what is the point of them being there?

  11. WI 152-4published at 47 overs

    Neil Diamond has made an early audio appearance care of the Barmy Army trumpeter.

    Stokes, with his slicked-back hair, glides through the breeze comfortably enough to go for just two singles from his eighth over.

    He ends with a bumper that Holder has a nice chuckle at.

  12. Postpublished at 20:02 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Antigua

    It’s a similar phase to yesterday. Four down and the middle order having to repair the situation.

  13. WI 150-4published at 46.1 overs

    The Windies batters did not even make it inside, the players are back out already.

    Wind ripples Holder's top as Stokes tops his mark ready to bowl the remaining five balls of his over.

  14. It's rainingpublished at 19:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2022

    An 83-run opening partnership saw English fans berating the England team again, deja vu from the winter down under, but an afternoon fightback saw the West Indies reduced to 127-4 at the tea interval.

    Bonner and Holder have dug in but gone nowhere, they are still only 150-4, nearly an hour into the evening session.

  15. rain stops play

    Rain stops playpublished at 46.1 overs

    WI 150-4

    The blue sheet is coming on, but the rain shouldn't last long, possibly before they even get off the field!

  16. WI 150-4published at 46 overs

    Another maiden from Wood.

    That's 23 runs off 65 balls for Bonner and Holder together.

    England have kept West Indies to 2.21 runs per over this session, but without a wicket yet.

  17. WI 150-4published at 45 overs

    Joe Root does turn to Ben Stokes!

    His seventh over of the 45 England have bowled goes for just one and that's the 150 up for the hosts.

    The last ball goes really late, a peach that Holder just evades.

    The vice-captain is setting his own field. Root is chilling at first slip.

  18. WI 149-4published at 44 overs

    Trail by 162

    Ashington's Mark Wood bowls a gorgeous 91.3 mph late inswinger to Jason Holder which Jack Leach mops up from long leg for one.

    A short ball to Bonner gets the same outcome.

    Really good spell this from Wood getting it to reverse swing now.

    When will Root turn to Stokes?

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    Get Involvedpublished at 19:37 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2022

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    Mark Burt: A big fan of Chris Woakes but he’s having a nightmare today. Out without troubling the scorer, then 10 overs of predominantly dross at five per over. Not inspiring.

  20. WI 147-4published at 43 overs

    Another streaky boundary for Holder.

    This time off a Craig Overton back-of-a-length delivery.

    Is being born and bred on the rock hard track of North Devon CC at Instow decent prep for Antigua?