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 19:32 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    Richard Hodgkinson: An Arnold Palmer is quite a famous drink commonly ordered in the United States: indeed half and half lemonade and iced tea! It's less bad than many American drinks.

  2. WI 153-7published at 57.0 overs

    Chris Woakes to Alzarri Joseph and the latter sets off for a risky single after he dabbed it to cover.

    Dan Lawrence shies at the stumps - and misses - after a slight a fumble with Joseph able to get his bat down behind the line.

    Joshua da Silva nudges Woakes' final ball into the leg side to keep the strike. The ball and conditions seem favourable for batting again.

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    You never know how good a pitch is until both 10 and 11s have batted on it.

    Kevin

  4. WI 151-7published at 56.0 overs

    Trail by 53

    A big shout for lbw with Jack Leach's first ball after that rain break which strikes Alzarri Joseph on the pad. Pitched outside leg and didn't straighten enough and would have missed leg stump.

    "Come on Leachy" bellows Ben Foakes from behind the stumps. Joseph punches his fifth ball down the ground for a single.

  5. Postpublished at 19:25 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    That brief cloud burst has passed and we are back under way at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium.

    Jack Leach has the ball in hand.

  6. Postpublished at 19:22 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Tim Peach
    BBC Sport in Grenada

    Arnold Palmer's Half and Half Ice Tea Lemonade drink on sale in GrenadaImage source, BBC Sport

    On sale in supermarkets in Grenada - Arnold Palmer's Half and Half Ice Tea Lemonade drink. No, I didn't try it.

  7. rain stops play

    Rain stops playpublished at 19:19 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    A shower is passing over the ground so the covers are on the pitch. A handful of England players loiter around knowing they'll probably be back on shortly.

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  8. WI 150-7published at 55.0 overs

    Trail by 54 runs

    Alzarri Joseph is brimming with intent here. Stand and deliver to Ben Stokes and he biffs him straight down the ground. Stokes, diving to his left, gets a hand on it before Saqib Mahmood comes round to collect.

    Bit of rain on the hills around, and the groundstaff are preparing to come on.

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    You never know how good a pitch is until both sides bowlers have batted on it...

    Joe

  10. 6 runs

    WI 149-7published at 54.0 overs

    Alzarri Joseph begins to charge Chris Woakes but his fourth ball is back of a length and gets big on the West Indies batter who pads it down in an othodox fashion.

    A psychological ploy, maybe? Two balls later Woakes bounces him and Joseph is quickly on to it, hoisting a hook shot into the stands for six.

  11. Postpublished at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Grenada

    This is a really good game brewing here. If England can get a lead of 40-50 on this pitch in these conditions, it'll give them a huge helping hand.

  12. WI 141-7published at 53.0 overs

    Ben Stokes, who looks a little leggy it has to be said, is flicked for three by Alzarri Joseph from his first ball. He and Joshua da Silva then milk the strike for the next four deliveries.

    Joseph has a big wild swing at Stokes' final ball - prompting a derisory look from the England all-rounder on his follow through - which just misses the stumps.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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    Simon Collett: Love being a Englishman...Yesterday at tea "Oh well there goes the series"... Today at tea "A 30-40 run lead here could be crucial to victory".

  14. How's stat?!published at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

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  15. WI 135-7published at 52.0 overs

    Chris Woakes keeps Alzarri Joseph honest before he slips one on to his pads which the West Indies batter flicks off his hips for a single.

    Joshua da Silva, who six runs from 55 balls, happy to block out the last ball of the over.

  16. Postpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BT Sport

    As a captain you tell the bowlers in this situation to go out there and bust a gut.

  17. Postpublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Chris Woakes has the ball in hand. Alzarri Joseph on strike.

    Ready for play to restart after tea.

  18. Postpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Jonathan Trott
    Ex-England batsman on BT Sport

    England shouldn't try to change too much but they have got to start well. Not just let West Indies ease into this session.

  19. Postpublished at 18:57 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Even during the tea interval Jack Leach is out there practicing his bowling.

  20. Postpublished at 18:56 Greenwich Mean Time 25 March 2022

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BT Sport

    England with new ball didn't get their lengths right. It was a little but friendly. After an hour or so they realised you have to whack the ball into the pitch to get the uneven bounce.