Summary

  • Close - WI 288-4: Brathwaite 109*, Blackwood 102

  • Blackwood falls lbw to Lawrence for 102, playing no shot

  • Foakes misses chance to stump Brathwaite on 109

  • Blackwood brings up third Test ton off 207 balls

  • Brathwaite reaches 10th Test century off 278 balls

  • Day three, second Test, Barbados, series level 0-0

  1. WI 189-3published at 81 overs

    Trail by 318

    Woakes' first over with the new ball has hardly filled me with hope and expectation. We'll probably squeeze one more over in.

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 18:33 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2022

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    Re praising Fisher for good control...it's kind of the bare minimum isn't it? Like the footballer who 'puts a shift in'. We need pace. Fisher/Overton/Woakes/Robinson will always have control but only be effective in bowler friendly conditions.

    Jasper in Verwood (lacking in pace himself)

  3. new ball

    WI 188-3published at 80 overs

    Brathwaite 75, Blackwood 46

    England's bowlers will be feeling a tiny bit happier. The new ball is now available. What can England do with it? There are eight minutes to go until tea.

  4. WI 186-3published at 79 overs

    Chris Woakes is back but his comeback over is interrupted by the buckle on his boot breaking. He'll be keen to get the new ball in his hand in an over's time.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2022

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    James Staples: I presume there have been several series where every match has been a draw, so this won't be the first, but it certainly looks like it will be the case here.

  6. WI 184-3published at 78 overs

    Jack Leach gets a pat on the back side at the end of the over. It's a much better over. The second lbw shout - the closer of the two - would have slipped down to miss leg stump. A good decision from Joel Wilson.

  7. WI 184-3published at 77.3 overs

    Leach has found a groove. Twice England go up for big lbw appeals but both are turned down. Finally something for the batters to think about.

  8. WI 184-3published at 77 overs

    England just have to hope the new ball brings this pitch to life a little. Ben Stokes brings about a bit of uneven bounce but there's not enough in the pitch for the ball to go to hand. Stokes shakes his head as a boundary is hit off the outer part of Brathwaite's bat at the end of the over.

  9. Postpublished at 18:12 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Barbados

    It's frustrating that Leach has just beaten the bat with a sharply spinning ball - but he hasn't hit that length often enough today.

  10. WI 174-3published at 76 overs

    Trail by 333

    Oooooft. Jack Leach heard Aggers' analysis. He has just ripped one past the edge of Kraigg Brathwaite. It's the first false shot for a good while and somehow misses edge and off stump. More of that, please.

  11. WI 174-3published at 75 overs

    Brathwaite 68, Blackwood 41

    When Leach turned the first ball of the day a long way I really thought England might be in business. Since then he hasn't had as much support and since lunch has been unable to hold his line and length consistently.

  12. Postpublished at 18:08 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Barbados

    To have only taken two wickets so far today in these conditions has been very disappointing for England. There's still spin out there but Leach hasn't been threatening.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 18:07 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2022

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    Olly Monk: Leach bowling well but England missed a trick not playing Parkinson someone with some variation and everyone knows leg spinners make things happen.

  14. WI 173-3published at 74 overs

    I'd have loved to see what Matt Parkinson could have done on this pitch.

  15. WI 170-3published at 73 overs

    Better from Stokes who throws his arms out wide and looks to the sky. He almost managed to get one to nip in and hit Jermaine Blackwood's pad. Blackwood nods in approval, waving his glove to say "that swung".

    Ben StokesImage source, Getty Images
  16. WI 170-3published at 72 overs

    Trail by 337

    Jack Leach returns, again with little impact. Yesterday's play was really thrilling with Ben Stokes' sublime century. Today's has not been.

  17. WI 169-3published at 71 overs

    Things absolutely are not made to happen in this Stokes over. He's bowling with a ball that is nine overs away from being changed.

  18. WI 169-3published at 70 overs

    Brathwaite 66, Blackwood 38

    Matthew Fisher continues after drinks. Joe Root watches on with a expression that looks more and more pained.

    Sound the 'He Makes Things Happen' klaxon. Ben Stokes is coming on for a burst at the other end.

  19. Postpublished at 17:45 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March 2022

    Steven Finn
    Former England bowler on BT Sport

    There's not much happening with the softer ball. The reverse swing has eased up in the last few overs. There are 11 overs until the next new ball which is a significant juncture. So just chop and change the bowling until then.

  20. drinks break

    Drinks break - WI 168-3published at 69 overs

    Trail by 339

    In the first Test I was critical of England's efforts with the ball in the first innings when they struggled for wickets. I think that would be harsh today. The bowlers have bowled well enough but with very little support from the pitch.

    Joe Root bowls an off-spin bouncer before everyone wanders off to have a drink.