- Day three: England 416 & 248-3; West Indies 457
- Hosts in ascendancy after Brook’s unbeaten 71
After a Lord’s Test that lasted six sessions and one hour there were concerns this series could go the same way as the farewell pint that Jimmy Anderson walloped on the balcony afterwards. But what this West Indies side lacks in experience they make up for in character and the second instalment here has been a tasty affair.
England were finally in the ascendancy by stumps on day three, sitting 248 for three and leading by 207 runs. But under a blanket of grey cloud and with the floodlights at full beam, they were pushed hard by West Indies. Not least after a maddening 10th-wicket stand of 71 runs between Joshua Da Silva (an unbeaten 82) and Shamar Joseph (33) in the morning that handed the tourists a precious 41-run advantage by lunch.
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