Summary

  • Last pair Leach (41*) & Mahmood (49) share highest stand of innings

  • Pair came together on 114-9 and put on 90

  • Mahmood drags on with three balls left in day

  • England fell from 23-0 to 90-8 after being asked to bat on lively pitch

  • Lost 3-0 after lunch - Stokes (2), Lees (31) & Bairstow (0)

  • Root caught behind off seamer Mayers for a duck in morning session

  • Mayers also has Crawley (7) taken at extra cover, Lawrence (8) out lbw Seales

  • Third & final Test, day one

  • Series level at 0-0

  1. 6 runs

    Eng 155-9published at 72.2 overs

    Nautghy Saqib Mahmood. Very naughty indeed.

    A ball after being dropped the England number 11 opens up his arc and whacks the economical Kyle Mayers back over long-on for six. That must have gone 10 rows back.

    You love to see it.

  2. dropped catch

    Dropped catchpublished at 72.1 overs

    Saqib Mahmood mistimes a drive off Kyle Mayers but the diving John Campbell is unable to cling on to a spectacular catch.

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:27 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

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    Ross: The England batting collapse has shades of our performance in India when the players became convinced there were ghosts in the pitch and started getting out to very average balls.

  4. Eng 149-6published at 72.0 overs

    Saqib Mahmood fancies a bit of Nkrumah Bonner and dances down the track before a big swipe. He gets an edge on it and it squirts away beyond wicketkeeper Joshua da Silva allowing him to add two more to the total.

    Jack Leach a little more circumspect. He doesn't want to give his wicket away to a fellow spinner.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:24 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

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    Jack Leach once again proving how stubborn a customer he can be with the bat at the end of an innings.

    Alex, Sheffield

  6. Eng 149-6published at 71.0 overs

    A maiden from Kyle Mayers immediately after drinks and Kraigg Brathwaite will now try to mix it up with an over of Nkrumah Bonner's part-time leggies.

  7. Postpublished at 20:22 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    This will be a lesson to the West Indies for the second innings about the importance of getting through the new ball.

  8. How's stat?!published at 20:22 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

    That glorious drive from Jack Leach before drinks took him past his second-best Test score of 26 versus Australia. Still some way to go to eclipse his 92 against Ireland at Lord's, mind.

  9. Postpublished at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

    Tim Peach
    BBC Sport in Grenada

    The steel band were ringing out across the stadium a little earlier.

    Steel band at West Indies v England Test in GrenadaImage source, BBC Sport
  10. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

    Drinks.

    This last-wicket partnership is worth 32 runs from 100 balls.

  11. Eng 146-9published at 70.0 overs

    Jack Leach is light on his feet as he advances down the track a touch and crisply drives Jason Holder for four straight past his bootstraps a couple of balls before drinks.

    That went all the way along the carpet. Top class from Leach. He cannot stifle a huge grin, Holder, meanwhile, has a face like thunder.

    Quite possibly the shot of the day.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:13 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

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    This last-wicket stand puts England's top order capitulation shambles into perspective. The pitch isn't that bad!

    Neil B, Borehamwood

    Saqib MahmoodImage source, Getty Images
  13. Eng 141-9published at 69.0 overs

    Jack Leach needs seven more runs to become England's top scorer in this innings and overtake Alex Lees' 31.

    Another maiden, this time from Kyle Mayers, but neither of these two seem fazed by things. All very calm and collected compared to the frenzied collapse of earlier.

  14. Postpublished at 20:09 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    Saqib Mahmood is batting much better than his number 11 position might suggest. He and Jack Leach are playing the soft ball very easily.

  15. Eng 141-9published at 68.0 overs

    A mischievous flag in the crowd requests 'Justice for Broad' and urges England to 'Bring back Jimmy'.

    Would either of those two would be capable of this kind of last-wicket stick-ability? That's tongue in cheek before a barrage of texts and tweets.

    Third consecutive maiden for West Indies as Jason Holder notches six dots.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:07 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

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    Ben: Just done a 15km run and shocked that England are still batting...

  17. Postpublished at 20:05 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    The ball has gone so soft that the tailenders have put on the biggest partnership of the innings. It looks like a completely different game.

  18. Eng 141-9published at 67.0 overs

    Kemar Roach on the money as he clocks up a maiden which Saqib Mahmood is able to see off.

    How does this bode for the rest of the game?

    England will need the new ball to talk when this last wicket does finally go down.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:03 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2022

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    Jack Leach on course to be part of the two highest wicket stands in this innings, AND to top score. We just need him to get 5-22 now, and we're back in this game.

    Andy, West Linton.

  20. Eng 141-9published at 66.0 overs

    Leach 25, Mahmood 12

    A quite deliberate drive from Jack Leach off Jason Holder through the point region pierces the field and brings him four.

    A classy shot. He controlled that well.

    This partnership is worth 27 - the highest in England's innings which, of course, tells another story.