Get Involvedpublished at 19:53 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2022
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Arjun Singh: Chris Woakes has been so, so unlucky (as well as bowling poorly to begin). I can’t remember how many edges have gone to third man for four off his bowling.
WI 373-9: Bonner 123, Brathwaite 55; Stokes 2-42
Bonner c Foakes b Lawrence 123 (355)
Crawley drops Bonner at slip off Leach for 73
Wood spent most of day off the field with elbow issue
England 311: Bairstow 140; Seales 4-79
First Test, day three, Antigua
Timothy Abraham
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Arjun Singh: Chris Woakes has been so, so unlucky (as well as bowling poorly to begin). I can’t remember how many edges have gone to third man for four off his bowling.
Permaul is unorthodox but successful so far for his six off 20 balls
Just the one successfully overturned review when he inside edged an lbw decision.
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Andrew Bevan: RE Ian Holmes and West Indies food, perhaps the most bountiful food on offer is the buffet being served up by some of our bowlers!
It's all systems go in the field as players move drastically for the batter 109 runs behind Bonner's 110*.
A helmet is donned at silly point.
Overton is being encouraged to give Permaul a bit of chin music here by his team-mates.
One of them is somehow steered into the leg side for one by Permaul, from one of the weirdest positions I have ever seen.
Another change of bowling sees Overton return.
He has bowled 125 dot balls in his 27 overs to date.
This over should have started with a single to Bonner who turns it down, deciding Permaul can't handle the Somerset pacer and keeps the strike.
lead by 23
Chris Woakes returns to the attack in place of Jack Leach.
He attempts a short ball to keep Veerasammy Permaul on his toes.
Permaul pulls to long leg and uses those same toes to scamper a single.
Bonner drives through covers for one.
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Ian Holmes: Watching the Test makes me long for another trip to the West Indies, for the food as much as the cricket. Curried goat, coconut rice and fried plantain. All the dips. YUM YUM.
Lead by 21
Another Stokes maiden to Bonner.
In fairness Scott (19:32), Leach has bowled much better with attacking fields set this Test match, quite differently to down under across December and January.
With all these fast-bowling injuries, struggles and non-selections, could Root not be brave and play two spinners - Leach and Parkinson?!
(Outrageous I know).
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Scott Fowler: As good as Jack Leach has been. With this drift and the obvious turn on offer can’t help but think Matt Parkinson would have been more of a threat.
Lead by 21
Permaul attempts to use his feet to Leach, rather unconvincingly.
Leach has toiled away well for England across today and yesterday and would deserve two tail-end wickets to add to his 1-66 off 35 overs.
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Nicolas Fleche: I'm supposed to be exchanging on my house later this week. Is this Test match really going to go all five days?
So close to the bat it actually hit the bat.
Inside edge and Permaul survives.
Stokes looks up to the skies in anguish.
Veerasammy Permaul is given out lbw from just his second ball against Ben Stokes.
The ball is close to the bat as it then hits his pad.
Permaul sends it straight upstairs.
David Gower
Ex-England captain on BT Sport
The run out was by some six inches or so and a sharp piece of work by Ollie Pope in the field, and good technique from Ben Foakes.
There was a communication breakdown, some confusion, and Kemar Roach will be disappointed to be back on his way to the pavilion after batting for so long. We are really into the West Indies tail now.
Roach run out (sub) 15 (WI 326-8)
At last.
Just as we applauded Kemar Roach's rearguard efforts he gets himself out in a way that does not require good England bowling.
Sub fielder Ollie Pope does well behind point, Ben Foakes doing the necessary rest from in front of the stumps.
Roach is run out for 15 off 89 balls.
Is Roach short of his ground here?
"I reckon this is out", Root shouts.
A run out appeal is sent upstairs.
Ben Stokes tries the full and straight ploy to Kemar Roach to no avail.
Another maiden.
I thought Roach was a typical tailender but he's showing he's got a bit about him here.
Not quite like his old mate Shannon Gabriel who you know would be out soon enough after some entertaining shots!
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Lead by 15
Given it did look like sliding down in real time, it was a bit of an ambitious appeal from Root, Leach, Foakes and co there but worth a try when little else has looked like getting Bonner out since Crawley dropped him on 73.
David Gower
Ex-England captain on BT Sport
It fits the description of close, but it's ultimately in the hands of the men in the middle.