The steel drummers were wonderfully relentless and the locals have already appeared in good numbers for the island’s first test race in seven years. The arrival of the weekend promises a further rise here, as well as a race situation that, after two turbulent days, appears on the tip of the knife. Those drawn from St George’s National Cricket Stadium first will see the West Indies continue at 232 for eight, 28 ahead of their visitors. Here are three tough cricket sessions that, like the day before, saw a top-class collapse offset by a dynamic rearguard under the class. Joshua Da Silva, the young goalkeeper from Trinidad who says he loves every second of his first taste of the Test Cricket crowd, will start undefeated with 54 of 152 balls. He had played well in the last session, winning the stands of 49 with Alzarri Joseph (28) and then an undefeated in 55 with Kemar Roach, 25 outside, as an old professional. Da Silva is a bit of a scammer at No. 8, it must be said, having lost his West Indies battery card due to the inclusion of two almighty. But as an insurance policy, the 23-year-old has worked wonders here, reaching 95 on his side for six – 109 runs back – and changing the tone of the day. Obduracy was his default setting, but when the right-hander picked up the second new ball before closing, hitting Craig Overton in the middle of the wicket for an elegant foursome that brought the fourth half-century test, England’s attack seemed ready to put their feet up. in ice buckets all night. After the boring draws in Antigua and Barbados, the whimsical nature of this surface has significantly raised the levels of entertainment. And although England could not muster the same luxurious sideways movement that their hosts had on the opening day, they discovered during the first two sessions that breaking the ball hard on the pitch brought its variable bounce rewards. This was a tactic used by Chris Woakes on an afternoon that saw the West Indies fall from 71 for three to 134 for seven. Gloomy after a very friendly spell with the new ball that caused the double teapot from Joe Ruth, and knowing that this tour had done little to soothe the talk of a bad record abroad, Wicks gave a nice an explosion with three wickets that dissolved the middle class. Chris Woakes celebrates the dismissal of Jermaine Blackwood. Photo: Randy Brooks / AFP / Getty Images First went Nkrumah Bonner, with gloves back, after he failed to throw his arms while avoiding a bouncer, and then Jason Holder for his third apology in a row, when he scored the third ball with a pull shot. Jermaine Blackwood may have felt an unfortunate touch on a number of bad referees – some 16 decisions were overturned – when he was light on one who was only shown scratching his leg. Ben Stokes, who completed the second session with a charismatic ousting of Kyle Mayers for 28, had led the way here. Struggling with an angry left knee and struggling all day, Stokes made his first valuable discovery in the 17th goal when he entered the Darbeau End – named after the green neighboring hills full of colorful cottages – and a fiery cottage. on Kraigg Brathwaite’s pillows at 17. It was the simplest of the lbw’s decisions for referee Gregory Brathwaite, followed by an almost carbon fiber handwritten by Shakib Mahmoud who sent Shamar Brooks to pack suitcases for 13. Not even the English bowler felt compelled to Brod is here in spirit, at least, while he and Jimmy Anderson negotiate the waters of St. Andrews back home. At the other end Overton followed the approach in the midst of a fiery battle with John Campbell. The captain broke two rubber blocks during Overton’s harmless starting spell, but the Englishman won the second round by knockout, hitting Campbell twice in the helmet with ugly buns, before a short ball in the hip area got stuck in the gloves. 35ο. Overton was also the bowler when England lifted the lone wicket of the evening session, Joseph once again showing off his fighting qualities during a restorative eighth wicket stand with Da Silva, only to attempt an ambitious slog on the ground at 28 and under-edge rear. The Spin: sign up and receive our weekly email cricket. But, as happened 24 hours earlier, when Mahmoud and Jack Leach had overturned the situation with a stand of 90 10th wicket routes in the 204 all out of England, the softness of this Dukes ball and the miles on the bowlers’ feet saw the light of day. convenience significantly for lower class bathers who are prepared to fight their corner. Roots, who led the Stokes to the cover to take the lead, is definitely one of them. England has the advantage of knowing that the West Indies should be last on this surface, but they should also have a target that can be defended first on the board. Given the course of the top two orders so far, this will not be entirely simple.
