Summary

  • West Indies 232-8 at close of play day two

  • Da Silva 54 not out & Roach unbeaten on 25

  • Pair share unbroken stand of 55 for ninth wicket

  • West Indies were 128-7, trailing by 76, when Mayers (25) was caught mid-on off Stokes

  • Woakes takes three wickets after lunch - Bonner (4) bounced out, Holder (0) caught on pull and Blackwood (18) lbw

  • England improved after poor opening hour when hosts reached 50-0

  • Brathwaite (17) and Brooks (13) out lbw to Stokes and Mahmood respectively

  • Opener Campbell caught down leg side for 35 off Overton

  • Third Test, day two, Grenada

  • Three-Test series level at 0-0

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    Simon Lassam: Can someone make sure Jimmy and Broady haven’t gone and booked a summer holiday. Turns out, we still need them.

  2. Postpublished at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    That first hour is not what England were looking for. They've beaten the bat a couple of times, but it's certainly not offering as much help as yesterday, and England haven't put the ball in the right place enough. For the West Indies, it's not merely a safe start, it's a positive one.

    Saqib Mahmood and John CampbellImage source, Getty Images
  3. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 15:04 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Well that was not what we were hoping for from England.

    West Indies have serenely cruised through until the first drinks break.

  4. Eng 41-0published at 15.0 overs

    John Campbell a little eager to get off the strike to Ben Stokes as he sets off to take a single with a dab into the off side.

    Never a one there and Kraigg Brathwaite sends him back, and Campbell quickly offers profuse apologies to his skipper.

    Stokes continues to keep it tight. Two runs from the over.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    Re: Mark at 14.25. Very harsh. We have Jofra Archer, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood missing. Remove the best three bowlers from other teams, for a fair comparison.

    Tim, Surrey

  6. WI 39-0published at 14.0 overs

    Kraigg Brathwaite, a more slight figure at the crease compared to John Campbell, looks like he is the kind of mood to stick around for the long haul again.

    He's more than happy to see out a maiden from Saqib Mahmood with a mixture of defensive prods and careful leaves.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    England's bowlers simply have no patience to stay on a line & length and rightly being punished. Project reset is becoming a shambles.

    Raj in Fleet.

  8. WI 39-0published at 13.0 overs

    Joe Root having a tactical chit-chat in the slips as Ben Stokes works his way through another over largely targeting the stumps.

    His final delivery is full and swings in a touch but Kraigg Brathwaite jabs his bat down and the ball squirts away on the leg side allowing him to take a single.

    Stokes, who is wearing a support on his left knee, has momentarily left the field at the end of that over. Let's hope it is nothing too serious.

  9. Postpublished at 14:52 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Tim Peach
    BBC Sport in Grenada

    Office of the anti-money laundering commission just along from the commentary box in GrenadaImage source, BBC Sport

    When you're on a relatively small island, large buildings can have many uses. This is just down the corridor from our commentary box.

  10. Postpublished at 14:51 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Ian Bishop
    Former West Indies pace bowler on BT Sport

    Not great bowling, to be honest. There is enough in the pitch to be hitting a good length.

  11. WI 37-0published at 12.0 overs

    Things are quickly going a little awry for England here.

    Back-to-back boundaries for John Campbell as Saqib Mahmood gets his sums wrong with his first two balls to the West Indies left-hander.

    Short and wide outside off-stump and Campbell thwacks it away to the boundary through point. Next ball Campbell clinically cuts another even shorter, even wider, delivery to the rope.

    Slightly aerial with that second shot but he was in control of it.

    John CampbellImage source, Reuters
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    If there was a cash prize for bowling a pretty, unthreatening 7th stump line with a little swing with the new ball, Chris Woakes would be quids in wouldn't he.

    Ade

  13. WI 28-0published at 11.0 overs

    Relatively plain sailing for West Indies thus far.

    Chris Woakes, inevitably, withdrawn from the attack as Ben Stokes is thrown the ball by Joe Root in an attempt to contrive a breakthrough.

    Stokes, with his hair slicked back like Don Corleone, largely keeps it full and tight to the stumps.

    At the end of Stokes' over Root has a brief chat with a slightly sulky Woakes, giving him a bit of reassurance.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    Si: If Woakes cannot take wickets on this, then he never will, should be tailor made for him. No way should be taking wickets at 52 a piece here! As English conditions as will get abroad.

  15. Postpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BT Sport

    Chris Woakes needs to go out there and imagine he's playing in Birmingham. The management have picked him as the senior bowler and the leader of the attack and he has to step up.

  16. Postpublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    That's the first time, in the 10th over, that we've seen the ball beat the bat. Good bowling from Mahmood.

  17. WI 24-0published at 10.0 overs

    That's a bit more of what Joe Root wants here from Saqib Mahmood.

    His first ball of the over beats the outside edge of Kraigg Brathwaite who had to play at a delivery which pitched around off and nipped away.

    Around the wicket to John Campbell later in the over and the West Indies opener gets forward decisively to block.

  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:39 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    The Retrospective: The pitch was definitely more of a minefield yesterday morning than it has appeared so far today. Not nipping around like it was.

  19. WI 21-0published at 9.0 overs

    John Campbell is a picture of balance as he capitalises on a slightly over-pitched second delivery from Chris Woakes and creams the Warwickshire all-rounder through the covers for four.

    That was a glorious shot by the left-handed West Indies opener.

    Woakes finds a better length, darting the ball across Campbell, in the remaining four balls.

  20. Postpublished at 14:34 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    West Indies have had the better of the opening salvos so far because England haven't made them play enough.

    John CampbellImage source, Getty Images