The frustrated cries of West Indies bowlers carried across the empty Ageas Bowl in the evening sunshine as England’s openers survived a difficult 40-minute session to provide the only highlight of their team’s day.
England trail by 99 after an excellent day for West Indies that leaves them with a strong grip on the first Test. West Indies have outplayed England with bat and ball and have looked more like the team playing in home conditions.
Their discipline with the bat, led by Shane Dowrich's 61, and willingness to scrap it out took them to 318 and a 114-run lead, but also provided England with a template for Saturday. Their only hope is batting through to set West Indies more than 175 and give Jofra Archer and Mark Wood the chance to exploit a fourth-innings pitch.
Selectors are always caught between planning for the future and the challenge right in front of their eyes and this will be the difficulty while Broad and James Anderson are still both available. Picking both does not fit in with the plan of working to the next Ashes series and Wood and Archer need matches as they battle to be the main strike bowler. Both were let down by the batsmen, because to be potent in the fourth innings they need runs on the board.
Whether that happens could well be decided by the latest round between Jason Holder and Ben Stokes. Stokes levelled the battle by removing him for five on Friday, making it the first time two captains have dismissed each other in a Test since 1996. Stokes took four for 49, literally rolling up his sleeves to do the donkey work and ending up with a sore, bloody foot to show for his exertions.
Half-centuries from Dowrich and Kraigg Brathwaite, and 47 from Roston Chase compiled over nearly three and a half hours, built the foundation for West Indies.
In Brathwaite, West Indies have a stubborn, old-style opener with a limited range of shots but bags of concentration and discipline. He has struggled in Test cricket recently and before he left Barbados sought the advice of Desmond Haynes.
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The result was he played a few more strokes, looking to do more than just occupy the crease. England helped by trying to bounce him out when Brathwaite is strong against the short ball.
England were too short in the morning and it cost them their chance to dominate a West Indies batting line-up almost as inexperienced as their own. When Archer did pitch it up he had Shai Hope lbw, but striving for pace he had overstepped.
More than half the deliveries Archer and Wood bowled before lunch were short, allowing Brathwaite in particular to hang back and leave the ball. There was precious little lateral movement and Anderson found the least amount of swing in a home Test for three years, so when the short-ball ploy did not work there was very little chance of Archer and Wood making inroads.
England’s best spell was when Anderson bowled with Dom Bess, who is maturing quickly in Test cricket. Bess has a fast bowler’s temperament. He likes confrontation and is willing to bowl an attacking line. His two for 51 was an unexpected bonus. At 22 he has lots of time to learn the subtleties of bowling in the first innings of a Test match that made Graeme Swann such a brilliant bowler for England.
Stokes was fortunate to remove Brathwaite lbw, the review showing the ball trimming the top of the stumps and was umpire’s call on line as well, another decision that West Indies could feel unlucky about.
Shane Dowrich - ADRIAN DENNIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Chase left well, survived being roughed up by Archer and Wood and knuckled down against Bess as his dislike of facing off spin showed.
Shamarh Brooks was playing in only his fourth Test but at 31 has plenty of experience and scored a century for West Indies A on his previous trip to England two summers ago. His was the most attractive innings of the match so far, but Anderson nipped him out as England just kept in sight of West Indies.
At tea, the innings was at a turning point. England had the second new ball but Dowrich and Chase took on the challenge, moving along at five an over as the game started to slip away from England.
It was the most comfortable time to bat so far in this match and it was a crucial moment when Anderson had Chase lbw ending an 81-run partnership.
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The Stokes-Holder contest is just what Test cricket needed on its return. The absence of crowds is forgotten when the world’s two best all-rounders are contesting an absorbing head-to-head battle.
Holder followed his career-best six wickets by saying he wanted to match it with a hundred and with his side leading by 63 when he came in and Dowrich well set, the situation was ideal.
Knowing when to bowl yourself is the key for captain all-rounders and Stokes stepped up. Holder gave away his wicket, his eyes lighting up at Stokes short ball that he pulled to a tumbling Archer at fine leg.
Stokes bowled Alzarri Joseph and strangled Dowrich down the leg side to bag the best figures of the innings and the finest by an England captain since Bob Willis in 1984.
Dom Sibley survived being on a pair as West Indies regularly beat the outside edge in 10 difficult overs before the close, ominously finding more movement than England had managed.
06:05 PM
Stumps: ENG 15-0 (Burns 10 Sibley 5)
Perfect start by England and the Old Whitgiftians at the top of the order. Both will resume on Saturday morning and will relish the forecast sunshine. Should be an excellent day for batting. Please join us then. We'll have a report here from Nick Hoult asap,
06:04 PM
Over 10: ENG 15-0 (Burns 10 Sibley 5)
Burns immediately gets off strike by clipping a short ball off middle into the onside - Sibley won't thank him for that. He leaves the first two, the last one a peach that whooshes within an inch of off-stump. The off-cutter squares him up, hitting him on the thighpad. Too high to merit the appeal. But Sibley sees him off with two leg glances for two and a single. England are intact and have reduced the deficit to 99.
06:00 PM
Over 9: ENG 11-0 (Burns 9 Sibley 2)
That's much better from Sibley, leaving Roach judiciously. Despite the attempt at timewasting to take the big hand of the clock beyond the perpendicular, they will fit another over in.
05:56 PM
Over 8: ENG 11-0 (Burns 9 Sibley 2)
Jason Holder brings himself on but this opening over is two-faced, three good length, three short. Burns has no problem keeping the former out but cannot connect properly when he tries to pull, smacking it into the pitch off a bottom edge.
05:53 PM
Over 7: ENG 11-0 (Burns 9 Sibley 2)
Kemar Roach would have every right to drop to his knees and bemoan his luck. Wicketless in the first innings, he has bowled beautifully tonight and beats Sibley comprehensively twice, angling the ball in then seaming it away from his edge. The art of straightening the ball is taxing Sibley's technique to the max. How one missed the stumps and the other the edge is a mystery.
05:47 PM
Over 6: ENG 11-0 (Burns 9 Sibley 2)
Burns drills four through mid-on - good timing but where the bat is coming from, though effective, still gives a purist the heebie-jeebies. He seems to close the face so early. He is beaten by another Gabriel corker that he tries to block on the back foot but cuts away from his edge.
05:44 PM
Over 5: ENG 7-0 (Burns 5 Sibley 2)
Soft hands from Sibley drops the ball just infront of the slips as he prods forward. Roach keeps probing and teasing outside off and gets one to zip away from the forward push. But leaving well on length if not line so far. Dowrich puts down a legside catch that came off the thighpad.
05:39 PM
Over 4: ENG 7-0 (Burns 5 Sibley 2)
Gabriel almost with the perfect encore and replica to Sibley's first-innings dismissal, the ball fizzes back in and whistles past off-stump as the right-hander shoulders arms. Opening his stance to nurdle a full ball to midwicket allows Sibley to pinch the strike. Play has to finish at 7pm so there should be about five more overs to survive.
05:34 PM
Over 3: ENG 6-0 (Burns 5 Sibley 1)
Sibley is caught on the glove and the ball drops short of first slip. At last he moves off the pair with an ungainly inside edge off a defensive push and walks a single as the ball trickles down to fine leg. Apparently England applied the light roller. They may rue that decision. The heavy roller kills even the most vicious serpents for half an hour.
Burns flicks at the last ball of the over and the cordon appeal for the catch. The umpire shakes his head and Roach isn't interested in an appeal.
05:31 PM
Over 2: ENG 5-0 (Burns 5 Sibley 0)
Gabriel begins with a jaffa to Burns, full from round the wicket and arrowing towards middle stump. It jags after pitching and whistles past the edge and off-stump. He does it again with the fifth ball, scrambling the seam from round the wicket and ragging it away from bat and off-stump as Burns pushes at it. He holds it with an orthodox grip for the final ball and gets it to sear in and hit Burns on the back thighpad via the box. They jog one but he wasn't playing a stroke, merely taking evasive action, and has it chalked off extras.
05:25 PM
Over 1: ENG 5-0 (Burns 5 Sibley 0)
Four for Burns off the second ball but it's not the most reassuring of strokes as he scissors the bat down from first slip and tries to whip it round the corner. It straightens on him and takes a thick edge to scoot through gully for four. He pushes a single to cover to give Dom Sibley a chance to get off the pair quickly but he can't yet. Roach is giving it every chance to swing, pitching up. Sibey defends one and fiddles one, bringing bat round braced front leg into the legside.
05:19 PM
Out come the players
Kemar Roach has first dibs on the new pill.
05:11 PM
England to bat
They will have 14 overs tonight to chip away at West Indies very handy lead. Jason Holder can afford plenty of slips and a leg trap for Dom Sibley.
05:09 PM
Wicket!!
Gabriel b Wood 4 At last the yorker and he knocks over middle stump. Touch of inswing.
West Indies lead by 114.
05:06 PM
Over 100: WI 317-9 (Gabriel 4 Roach 0)
Shannon Gabriel throws the kitchen sink at a drive and makes Stokes smile when the big swinger connects and the ball flies over his head for four. The two exchange a word and big smiles. His figures are 14-5-49-4. Splendid effort with a very sore toe.
05:02 PM
Wicket!!
Dowrich c Buttler b Stokes 61 He walks after being strangled. Flicking an angled bouncer off his hip. FOW 313/9
Stokes in sight of a five-for here.
05:01 PM
Over 99: WI 309-8 (Dowrich 57 Roach 0)
England's quickest bowlers, Wood and Archer, are struggling to maintain a coherent plan today. Variety is not the spice of life when you're toiling and without swing there's little they can do pitching the ball up unless they nail the yorker. To add insult, Dowrich pinches the strike with a drive for three.
04:55 PM
Over 98: WI 306-8 (Dowrich 54 Roach 0)
Joseph infuriates Stokes by edging through third slip -who had been removed to go to midwicket for the pull at the end of the previous over. Four runs, then another boundary to stretch the lead into three figures when he uppercuts over the slips. Then Stokes has his revenge. Enter Roach, predictably, to a bouncer he ducks.
04:52 PM
Wicket!!
Joseph b Stokes 18 Castles him after being hit for two fours earlier in the over. It often happens like that with Stokes. Annoy him and he'll clean the batsman up. Joseph misjudged the length, played back and the ball cannoned into off-stump. FOW 306/8
04:49 PM
Over 98: WI 296-7 (Dowrich 54 Joseph 8)
Stokes gives Wood a leg gully and he starts with a bouncer that Joseph ducks. He takes on the next one though, slicing his pull off the splice over gully for two. Dowrich walks down for a word and Joseph pushes the next ball into the covers for one to take a breather at the non-striker's. He stays there for only one ball as Dowrich French cuts to fine leg for a single. Joseph pulls his nose inside the short ball and plays tip and run to cover again to finish the over.
Stokes hurt his left foot at the end of his previous over and is now having some treatment. Looks like he's hurt his left big toe, there's blood on his sock. He puts an extra sock on and will continue to bowl
04:43 PM
Over 97: WI 291-7 (Dowrich 53 Joseph 4)
Dowrich runs through his repertoire of evasive techniques, ducking and swaying as Stokes tries to entice him to hook. Maiden which will allow Wood to have a shy at Joseph after that bit of Voguing.
04:40 PM
Over 96: WI 291-7 (Dowrich 53 Joseph 4)
Joseph is so pleased with a lofted drive for four off Mark Wood off the final ball of the over and holds the pose. Might get one up his hooter next over.
West Indies extend their lead to 87.
04:34 PM
Over 95: WI 286-7 (Dowrich 52 Joseph 0)
Captain dismisses captain for the second time in the match. The batsmen cross so Joseph beds himself in at the non-striker's. Stokes continues to bang it in to Dowrich, much like his spell in Australia's second innings at Headingly. Enforcement by bouncer. Dowrich jabs one off his chest uppishly and runs a single. Stokes has one ball at Joseph, spars it into his pads but the ball was missing leg stump, despite Stokes appeal, and they jog a leg-bye.
04:28 PM
Wicket!!
Holder c Archer b Stokes 5 Good, diving catch at fine leg as Holder takes on Stokes' bouncer and top-edges his hook. FOW 281/7
04:28 PM
Over 94: WI 281-6 (Dowrich 51 Holder 5)
Wood strains for swing, pitches up and Holder lofts a drive back over his head. The ball plants on landing and they run three.
Dowrich cover drives - Stu Forster/Getty Images for ECB
04:21 PM
Over 93: WI 276-6 (Dowrich 50 Holder 1)
Dowrich again dabs the ball through point for a single and it's Stokes v Holder round two, roles reversed from yesterday. Holder tucks a single off his hips and that installment lasted one ball. Dowrich attempts to cart Stokes over midwicket bit toes it wide of mid-on for two then ends the over with two more with a wristy flick from off-stump to midwicket to raise his half-century. Well played. Drinks.
04:15 PM
Over 92: WI 270-6 (Dowrich 45 Holder 0)
Ben Stokes calls up Mark Wood and England's fastest bowler hits his stride straightaway. Dowrich topples backward when the ball lifts and follows him but gets off strike with a poke wide of the slips. Holder gets his nose over the ball in defence. Double change - Stokes comes on for Anderson.
04:10 PM
Over 91: WI 269-6 (Dowrich 44 Holder 0)
Anderson probes away at Holder's technique expertly and elicits the play and miss in an excellent, testing maiden.
04:05 PM
Over 90: WI 269-6 (Dowrich 44 Holder 0)
Again, tighter from Archer and gradually quicker by the ball. Dowrich gleans two with a push through mid-on.
04:01 PM
Over 89: WI 267-6 (Dowrich 42 Holder 0)
Much tighter and Anderson tempers his frustration in his usual manner with five dot balls and a wicket.
03:59 PM
Wicket!!
Chase lbw b Anderson 46 No, three reds. It was plumb. Another umpiring mistake. FOW 267/6
03:58 PM
England review
Chase lbw b Anderson Too high?
03:54 PM
Over 88: WI 266-5 (Chase 46 Dowrich 42)
Nasser is asked what he would do if he were out there and in charge. Apart from moan, he would gee up Mark Wood and ask for a burst of hostile pace and an intimidating line. Archer is struggling on this pitch. He is improving, though, and gives Dowrich cause to be hurried and a little worried with a couple of short ones. Anderson will have another over.
03:49 PM
Over 87: WI 265-5 (Chase 45 Dowrich 42)
Like all the best keepers, Dowrich is the hearbeat of this side - full of competitive zeal and when he plays well it lifts his team-mates. Tickling Anderson round the corner for four, wide of Buttler's dive, has a double effect, putting a smile on his friends' faces and leading Anderson into a groan of anguish. He's got the face on again now, Anderson. Scowling beneath his Platoon headband. He uses some of his ire to scratch out an unevenness in the footmark where he lands, giving it a proper shoeing.
03:44 PM
Over 86: WI 260-5 (Chase 45 Dowrich 37)
Good bouncer from Archer sits Dowrich down as he takes hurried evasive action. Without the crowd to sow seeds of doubt in the batsman with oohs and ahs, though, it might have lost a key component of the bouncer's effects. They take a single each into the legside.
03:42 PM
Over 85: WI 258-5 (Chase 44 Dowrich 36)
Terrific drive from Dowrich to caress Anderson's fuller delivery through the covers for four. The bowler fires one into his pads - missing leg - then tries a bouncer that doesn't get up and Dowrich swats it through midwicket for two. Anderson is ticking.
03:38 PM
Over 84: WI 252-5 (Chase 44 Dowrich 30)
Archer again fullish and straight and Chase slaps successive middle and leg half-volleys through midwicket for four. He is leaking runs and lacking a consistent plan of attack. England don't need him to e an 83mph inswing bowler. He responds by going shorter and Chase avoids the strangle as it angles across his chest by getting his hands out of the way. He does the same with a short ball outside off, too, dropping his hands and bat beneath the path of the ball.
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Anderson replaces swing for seam and makes it move both ways in successive deliveries, one a jaffa that almost cuts Chase in two as it zips in and just beats his inside-edge. Three more beat his outside edge as Chase restrains himself from nibbling at it by holding his bat on the line of off-stump. Anderson rounds off the torment by cutting one back into Chase's goolies but he stays on his feet and flicks the attempted yorker round the corner for one.
03:29 PM
Over 82: WI 243-5 (Chase 35 Dowrich 30)
Archer is loosening up with an over of low eighties pace, trying for the famous one-day yorker but it doesn't pitch and Chase chastises the low full toss down to fine leg for a single. Much fuller from Archer than he was with the old ball and some movement in, to strike Dowrich on the pads but too high.
03:26 PM
Over 81: WI 242-5 (Chase 34 Dowrich 30)
Anderson with the new ball and the first delivery is full, shapes early and Chase leans into a lovely cover drive, creaming it past Denly for four. The new ball is going to travel quickly whenever it's hit. Anderson angles the next one in too much and Chase flicks it fine for three. He keeps Dowrich honest for four balls but this isn't a promising start. Hope it's a false one.
03:01 PM
TEA: WI 235-5
West Indies extend their lead to 31 with five wickets in hand. Anderson and Bess have bowled very well but fast as Archer and Wood have been, it's been very up and down one channel, coming on nicely on this dry pitch. Anderson could do with a new Dukes that moves off the path of the virtuous. We shall see if he's managed to pick a corking new pill imminently. Dowrich can continue to rattle along if the ball doesn't swing or seam about.
02:57 PM
Over 80: WI 235-5 (Chase 27 Dowrich 30)
Michael Holding is talking about the debt he owes to AME Roberts of Antigua, Leeward Islands, Hampshire, Leicestershire and West Indies. Here are the two of them in conversation.
Bess raps Dowrich on the back pad as he was trying to flick him round the corner. They appeal but it looked as if it was heading down. They don't review and wisely so as it would have missed leg stump.
That's a maiden and tea. We'll have the new ball straight afterwards.
02:52 PM
Over 79: WI 235-5 (Chase 27 Dowrich 30)
Brilliant from Chase to sway out of the way of a vicious Wood lifter, dropping his hands out of the road quickly, too. The next is on a similar line but doesn't veer in and Chase punches it off the back foot for two through cover. One over before the new ball which they should squeeze in before tea at 3.55pm.
02:49 PM
Over 78: WI 233-5 (Chase 25 Dowrich 30)
Only a single from Bess's over, though Dowrich's attacking intent is clear he cannot beat the offside ring with his expansive drive. Chase added the one run, with a back-cut wide of slip.
02:44 PM
Over 77: WI 232-5 (Chase 24 Dowrich 30)
He's falling on down again, falling down again, falling on down. Wood that is as his front foot slides back and the force of his effort spears his body into the ground. Dowrich leans back to carve four through point. Most cut shots require a backward step but Dowrich simply transferred his weight.
02:41 PM
Over 76: WI 228-5 (Chase 24 Dowrich 26)
Dowrich comes down the pitch and spanks a straight drive at Bess who can only tip it over the bar as it burst through his hands. Blistering force. The umpire, though he ducked, would have worn it on the crown of his head had Bess not made the attempt to catch it.
02:38 PM
Over 75: WI 227-5 (Chase 24 Dowrich 25)
Wood draws backward defensives from Chase who lets the one leaper go through to Buttler. Maiden.
02:36 PM
Over 74: WI 227-5 (Chase 24 Dowrich 25)
Chase hustles a single to mid-on with an elongated defensive. Bess has two for 49 from his 16 overs. He's bowling with good control but Chase is batting in similar vein. Dowrich will take risks.
02:30 PM
Over 73: WI 226-5 (Chase 23 Dowrich 24)
Wood raps Chase on the thighpad, appeals but it was way too high and the ball races wide of Buttler for four. Two more are added off the bat with a back-foot drive through point. He has generally been too short - and his effort, always conspicuous, is blatant again when he falls in his followthrough. He can't see to appeal but the slips do for lbw, but there was evidently an inside-edge.
02:26 PM
Over 72: WI 219-5 (Chase 21 Dowrich 24)
'Bessy' as Buttler calls him, returns, having switched ends. Chase reads his slinger and it's poor length, gliding it wide of Stokes at slip for three then Dowrich ends the over with his dancing slippers on, taking a big stride, dropping to one knee and thrashing a drive between mid-off and extra for four.
02:21 PM
Over 71: WI 212-5 (Chase 18 Dowrich 20)
Stokes summons up his Far Corner compatriot, Mark Wood, the least used of the five-man attack. Not much shock and awe so far. And no swing but both Anderson and Bess have bowled well. They need a contribution from their two World Cup-winning quicks. Dowrich defends a couple then plays a back-foot choppy punch, bat at 225 degrees, that runs out to deep point. They run two.
02:16 PM
Over 70: WI 210-5 (Chase 18 Dowrich 18)
Archer strays full and wide and Dowrich pushes forward and thick-edges the ball through the cordon for four. The Windies keeper plays and misses then calls Chase through for a very tight single. Burns pounces on it at cover, dives headlong to flick the ball at the stumps but misses by the barest of margins, the barest of all margins.
02:12 PM
Over 69: WI 205-5 (Chase 18 Dowrich 13)
Not much bounce or carry for Stokes who is bending his back with no return. He is bowling with his jumper on - there can't be anything wrong with his back or he'd simply bowl someone else. Perhaps he's just chilly. Maiden, well defended by Chase who has the soundest looking technique of the Windies top six.
02:08 PM
Over 68: WI 205-5 (Chase 18 Dowrich 13)
Afternoon all. So West Indies have matched England's first dig score and have five wickets left. They'll be looking for a lead of about a hundred. England need to break this and the next partnership double-quick because with their top order and West Indies' bowling, they don't want too deep a hole to extricate themselves from before setting a target.
Chase defends a couple from Archer and then dabs a single behind point off a back-of-a-length delivery outside off-stump to put his side ahead. Dowrich punches a drive into the ground and the ball trickles to cover. No run.
02:03 PM
Over 67: WI 204-5 (Chase 17 Dowrich 13)
A top-edged hook from Dowrich off Stokes yields a single through square-leg, before Chase blocks a couple before nurdling a single on the on side.
That's me signing out, and handing over to Rob Bagchi who will be seeing out the rest of the day.
01:59 PM
Over 66: WI 202-5 (Chase 16 Dowrich 12)
Archer back and getting stuck into Chase after drinks, but it spills over into a rapid bouncer that catches Chase on the helmet, flying over Buttler to run away for four leg-byes. That's the 200 up for West Indies, who now trail by just two runs.
01:55 PM
Bess celebrates the wicket of Blackwood
Dom Bess of England celebrates with his Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler after taking the wicket of Jermaine Blackwood of the West Indies (not pictured) during Day Three of the 1st #RaiseTheBat Test Series between England and The West Indies at The Ageas Bowl on July 10, 2020 in Southampton - GETTY IMAGES
01:52 PM
Over 65: WI 198-5 (Chase 16 Dowrich 12)
A textbook cover drive opens the over from Dowrich, but it was straight to the man. Dowrich then steals two from an inside edge square of the wicket, before ducking, blocking and weaving all over the place to end the over. Stokes bowling some fuller stuff.
And that's drinks.
01:49 PM
Over 64: WI 196-5 (Chase 16 Dowrich 10)
Archer returns at Chase, getting one to fly past the outside edge - that must have been close but the West Indies survive.
And then Chase gets even luckier! Chase attempts to play a shorter delivery that hones in at his body, it flies off the shoulder of the bat and would have been an absolute dolly for gully... if there was one.
Chase gets out the way of an Archer bouncing rocket to finish this maiden over. Stokes is coming on for Bess.
01:44 PM
Over 63: WI 196-5 (Chase 16 Dowrich 10)
Dowrich pulls wickedly a shorter ball from Bess out to deep square-leg, but it is fielded well on the boundary, the new man picking up just two.
And then Dowrich goes to the skies! He comes down the pitch to Bess and drives him in the air on the on side for four. And he goes again, swiping powerfully after coming down the ground, finding four at the long-off boundary.
The West Indies trail by just eight now.
01:41 PM
Over 62: WI 186-5 (Chase 16 Dowrich 0)
Shane Dowrich the new man in then, but he gets a few balls to watch his partner, Chase, block a few Archer quickies.
And he does block; every single ball is a dot. Another maiden for Jimmy.
01:36 PM
Wicket!! Blackwood c Anderson b Bess 12
Chase digs a lengthier delivery out of the pitch for a single through mid-on, before Blackwood loses his cool entirely!
He comes down the pitch to Bess, doesn't really get to the pitch of the ball, and thumps one straight to Anderson at mid-off. He didn't even have to move to take that. Soft.
That was the last ball of over 61, too, and Archer is coming on the other end.
FOW 186-5
01:33 PM
Over 60: WI 185-4 (Chase 15 Blackwood 12)
A bit of slightly shorter stuff from Anderson and, although it doesn't really trouble Blackwood, the over ends as a maiden.
Anderson bowling just north of 80mph.
01:32 PM
Anderson appealing successfully for the wicket of Brooks
James Anderson celebrates the wicket of Brooks - GETTY IMAGES
01:30 PM
Over 59: WI 185-4 (Chase 15 Blackwood 12)
Blackwood kicks off against Bess with a searing drive through extra cover, beating the man in the deep for four, before he nabs a single at the end of the over through the covers again.
Anderson is going to continue from the other end.
01:25 PM
Over 58: WI 180-4 (Chase 15 Blackwood 7)
Anderson to the new man Blackwood - and he gets lucky. A bit of bounce from Anderson and the new man attempts to push it into the off side, but he finds the bottom edge, the ball narrowly missing the stumps and travelling to the fine-leg boundary for four.
Then he decides the aerial route is the way to go, chipping over the circle for two, before pinching a quick single through cover.
Blackwood fights back against Anderson.
01:21 PM
Over 57: WI 173-4 (Chase 15 Blackwood 0)
Another maiden from Bess, bowling a really tidy line and making Chase play. All just outside off, with a couple turning into the leg side.
01:18 PM
Over 56: WI 173-4 (Chase 15 Blackwood 0)
The new man sees out the rest of the over without issue, even winding up into a big drive at the end of the over, but it's mis-timed and barely makes it off the square. There was a lot of conviction though!
Anderson with a lovely angling-in delivery to end the over that Blackwood can't do much with but flail at.
01:15 PM
Confirmation of wicket: Brooks c Buttler b Anderson 39
Well that was an awful review. He's clearly nicked behind, he was clearly correctly given out on the field, and now he clearly has to trudge back to the sheds.
Jermaine Blackwood in next.
01:13 PM
Wicket! Brooks c Buttler b Anderson 39
What was I saying about Brooks looking comfortable with Anderson?
Brooks nicks behind as he attempts to manoeuvre his bat in front of his body, Anderson finding the outside edge and Buttler lapping it up behind.
It's given out, but there's a review coming. Looks in vain to me...
FOW 173-4
01:11 PM
Over 55: WI 173-3 (Chase 15 Brooks 39)
The West Indies trade singles as both look comfortable against Bess. Chase slaps one to the man on the cover boundary while Brooks guided one through extra-cover, which was also stopped by the man there.
I think England want Anderson to have a ago at Chase here, but he's managed to avoid the strike. Brooks looks comfortable.
01:07 PM
Over 54: WI 171-3 (Chase 14 Brooks 38)
Three dot balls for Anderson versus Brooks, the West Indian batsman leaving the first two alone - with a duck and a weave - before an exemplary forward defensive.
More of the same to end the over: a bouncer from Anderson that has a sense of resignation that the ball isn't doing much about it, before another astute defensive shot from Brooks.
Another maiden, but the West Indies trail by just 33.
01:04 PM
Over 53: WI 171-3 (Chase 14 Brooks 38)
Another maiden from Bess, that's back-to-back, and although Chase looked assured for most of the over, the last ball was shaky. Bess almost found the gap between bat and pad - and it was a large one - as Chase tried to push the ball away through cover, but a slither of an inside edge saved him. Close.
01:02 PM
Over 52: WI 171-3 (Chase 14 Brooks 38)
Another good over from Anderson, five dot balls of varying length, but Brooks looks comfortable defensively now, too, before a casual, lofty flick gives him four runs at the deep-midwicket boundary.
12:57 PM
Over 51: WI 167-3 (Chase 14 Brooks 34)
Some more good stuff from Bess, a bit of turn, bringing Chase forward and beating his outside edge.
There's a very tentative caught-and-bowled appeal to end the over from Bess, but I don't think it carried and it looked like a bump ball. Let's just ignore that one. A maiden.
12:55 PM
Over 50: WI 167-3 (Chase 14 Brooks 34)
Well England were thoroughly duped there. Looking like a maiden for Anderson, bowling a tight line and varying length, before an absolute nudge from Brooks.
Off the back foot, bat away from body to a shorter Anderson delivery, blasting the ball through backward point for four. Immaculate.
12:50 PM
Over 49: WI 163-3 (Chase 14 Brooks 30)
Some turn for Bess, who finds Chase's inside edge after drawing him down the pitch into a forward defensive. The West Indies exchange quick singles to end the over.
The floodlights are on for the first time today - there's a bit of cloud about.
12:47 PM
Over 48: WI 161-3 (Chase 13 Brooks 29)
An immediate hint of drift for Anderson, with some slight swing back into the right-hander.
A back-of-a-length delivery gets Brooks attempting a back-foot defensive, the ball missing the edge by a slither, before he nurdles one square on the on side for two.
Bess, the man who made England's breakthrough, to return from the other end.
12:42 PM
And they're back out
It's beginning to cloud over - in Southampton as well as where I am, many miles away - but the players are back out for what seems a pretty crucial session. A few early wickets and suddenly 204 will not seem such a bad score, but there's no doubt the West Indies are still in the driving seat, trailing by just 45.
Anderson to return.
12:32 PM
In case you missed it
Stuart Broad gave a very passionate, open interview this morning in which he said he was 'angry, frustrated and gutted' at being left out of the side for this Test.
Stuart Broad, pictured with headband, was 'gutted' to be left out of the England XI - GETTY IMAGES
12:20 PM
This morning's action
Jofra Archer's premature celebrations for a wicket that was overturned after a review found he bowled a no ball - PA Kraigg Brathwaite celebrating his 50 - GETTY IMAGES Roston Chase hit a sumptuous cover drive just before lunch - GETTY IMAGES Ben Stokes celebrates the wicket of Brathwaite - AP
12:05 PM
Lunch
Brathwaite and Hope's 50 partnership initially made England work hard, but both Bess and Stokes struck to give England something to build on this afternoon.
Brooks has come in and upped the ante for the West Indies, but he has looked a bit streaky at times.
West Indies still in the driving seat, but not a poor morning for England by any stretch, as the visitors head into lunch trailing by 35.
12:02 PM
Over 47: WI 159-3 (Chase 13 Brooks 27)
Lucky boy! Chase gets away with not moving his feet and dangling his bat at one on the up outside off. It finds the inside edge and just about misses the stumps, flying away for four.
A delicious, languid drive from Chase follows, - probably shot of the day thus far - with the ball steaming away to the cover boundary on the half-volley.
And that is lunch.
11:58 AM
Over 46: WI 151-3 (Chase 5 Brooks 27)
It was looking like another maiden from Stokes, with more lovely line and length, all pitched up outside off, but Brooks pilfered two off the final ball, jabbing deep behind square, to spoil the party.
West Indies trail by 53.
11:55 AM
Over 45: WI 149-3 (Chase 5 Brooks 25)
Chase gets off the mark, playing off his pads to feather one fine for a single.
His pads come back into it again as he picks up a leg-bye off the thigh guard.
Don't worry about chasing that Dom! Wood over-pitches slightly and Chase punches him straight through extra-cover for four.
11:51 AM
Over 44: WI 143-3 (Chase 0 Brooks 25)
Another maiden for Stokes, with Brooks on strike - useful for stemming his momentum as he was on a bit of a roll.
West Indies' No 4 never looked particularly uncomfortable, mind.
11:45 AM
Over 43: WI 143-3 (Chase 0 Brooks 25)
Another stylish shot from Brooks, jabbing one on the up through midwicket for three.
Really good leave from the new man Chase, too, as the ball sails just about high and wide of off-stump before he ends the over with a solid front-food block outside off.
11:40 AM
Wicket! Brathwaite LBW b Stokes 65
It's upheld and England have their second wicket of the day.
Umpire's call on the stumps and so, in a game of fine margins, Brathwaite has to trudge off. That was tight.
It was the last ball of the over, too, so Wood will resume at the other end for the new man Roston Chase.
FOW 140-3
11:38 AM
West Indies review
They're reviewing this, but he doesn't seem to have hit it...
11:38 AM
Wicket!!
Brathwaite ups the ante.
He gets across the ball, into the on side to feather one down to fine-leg for four, before flinging at a fuller Stokes delivery outside off that races away to the extra-cover boundary.
This is getting expensive now for Stokes, as Brathwaite helps another shorter delivery on its way down to the fine-leg boundary for four.
But then he's been trapped lbw. And it's given.
11:35 AM
Over 41: WI 128-2 (Brathwaite 53 Brooks 22)
A nicely timed push through extra cover is well fielded, giving Brathwaite just the single.
First signs of fallibility from Brooks as he needlessly wafts at a quick, wide one from Wood - over 90mph.
But he follows it up with a pearl, driving Wood down the ground for three, Bess chasing and fielding on the boundary. Brathwaite pinches another single through midwicket before... ouch! Brooks gets everything out of the way of a Wood bouncer, except his right bicep. He shows no emotion - presumably through gritted teeth - as the ball stings his unprotected arm.
11:29 AM
Over 40: WI 123-2 (Brathwaite 51 Brooks 19)
And skipper Stokes starts off with a maiden, just to put the dampeners on Brooks' early momentum.
And Wood will be coming back for Bess.
West Indies trail by 81.
11:25 AM
Over 39: WI 123-2 (Brathwaite 51 Brooks 19)
Good hitting!
Brooks is not hanging around here, thrashing back-to-back fours through the covers off Bess. He tries a third time but finds the man on the boundary, settling for a single.
Brathwaite sees out the rest of the over without incident.
Stokes is bringing himself on from the Pavilion End, taking over from Archer.
11:21 AM
Over 38: WI 114-2 (Brathwaite 51 Brooks 10)
Brooks is having a very easy ride as it stands, as he clips a length ball down leg-side to fine-leg for four.
The new man bags a single through cover to end the over and he's looking comfortable; impressive, even.
11:17 AM
Over 37: WI 108-2 (Brathwaite 50 Brooks 5)
Patience from Brathwaite until he strikes at the opportune moment, pinching an easy single through deep point.
That's 50 for him. It has not always looked comfortable, but you cannot knock his temperament.
Brathwaite has made 50 - GETTY IMAGES
11:14 AM
Over 36: WI 107-2 (Brathwaite 49 Brooks 5)
Money for old rope for the new man there, as Archer aims for the yorker but puts too much on it and Brooks thumps it down the ground for four.
Brooks leaves the rest of the over alone. England do not want to let him settle.
Brathwaite on strike next, one run away from 50.
11:10 AM
Over 35: WI 103-2 (Brathwaite 49 Brooks 1)
Shamarh Brooks is the new man, getting immediately off the mark with a prod to deep point.
Could we see England accelerate from here?
11:07 AM
Wicket!! Hope c Stokes b Bess 16
Hope always looked like the most vulnerable man and that sentiment has come to fruition.
Bess with a wider delivery that Hope cannot resist but flail at on the front foot, sending a simple catch to skipper Stokes at slip.
The spinner makes the breakthrough on a pitch that is barely turning.
FOW 102-2
11:03 AM
Over 34: WI 101-1 (Brathwaite 48 Hope 16)
Well, an almost perfect plan from Archer.
He lulled Hope into a false sense of security, bowling three on a length, and just when one thought the bouncer was coming, he fires a perfect delivery once again at a length into Hope's pads. A lack of discipline costing England this time.
Hope survives and England are still searching for a breakthrough.
11:01 AM
Not out!
...it's a no ball.
Oh Jofra.
11:00 AM
Wicket!!
Hope lbw Archer16
They are reviewing...
10:57 AM
Over 33: WI 100-1 (Brathwaite 48 Hope 16)
Brathwaite edges closer to 50, picking up three behind square-leg before Bess replies aggressively, finding a better length and forcing Brathwaite to play.
Hope picks up a single through midwicket from the final ball of the over - on the stumps - and the 100 is up for the visitors.
10:54 AM
Over 32: WI 96-1 (Brathwaite 45 Hope 15)
Hope escapes again! He tries to steer a back-of-the-length Archer delivery into the on side, but only succeeds in finding a thick outside edge; the ball sailing over the leaping slips for four down at third man. And that's the 50 partnership for these two.
Super fielding from Pope at short-leg as he gets in the way of a well timed, front-foot square push from Hope, giving the visitors only a single.
Brathwaite hooks down to fine leg for a single to end the over.
It's all a little cumbersome and unorthodox from the West Indies, and you can't say they look comfortable, but they're still there and scoring runs so they will not care one jot!
10:49 AM
Over 31: WI 90-1 (Brathwaite 44 Hope 10)
A maiden from Bess. Not much turn, in honesty, but a maiden nonetheless.
Brathwaite did get his bat powerfully to a couple, but they were either mistimed or hit straight to a fielder.
West Indies trail by 114.
10:48 AM
Over 30: WI 90-1 (Brathwaite 44 Hope 10)
Hope pinches a quick single in front of short-leg from a shorter ball from Archer.
Brathwaite ducks and flings his bat at a bouncer, picking up two at deep square-leg. It was in the air for an age, and I'm not sure Brathwaite knew too much about it, but it landed safely.
Archer peppers the West Indies with some more of the shorter stuff: Brathwaite picks up a leg-bye before Hope leaves the final ball well alone.
10:43 AM
Over 29: WI 86-1 (Brathwaite 42 Hope 9)
Brathwaite attacks Bess first ball, looking to drive back down the ground but it's a bump ball.
There's a hint of turn for Bess, and some bounce, and Brathwaite looks to be in a tangle as one gets across him before a slightly wider, looser delivery gives him two.
The West Indies opener picks up two more from a shorter delivery that he pulls through midwicket.
10:39 AM
Over 28: WI 82-1 (Brathwaite 38 Hope 9)
Archer steams in with a full and wide loosener before honing one into Brathwaite's pads that he guides down to fine leg for a single.
Hope shoulders arms before ending the over with a back-foot drive that is swept up comfortably by Burns in the covers. A good start from big Jofra.
A bit of spin now for England; Dom Bess replacing Jimmy Anderson.
10:35 AM
Over 27: WI 81-1 (Brathwaite 37 Hope 9)
Hope clips a full delivery from Anderson through midwicket for two, before Hope chucks his bat at another fuller delivery that ends up squirting behind square for two.
More good bowling from Anderson, as England bring Jofra Archer into the attack.
10:30 AM
Over 26: WI 77-1 (Brathwaite 37 Hope 5)
Hope flicks a leg-side delivery down to backward square for a single before his partner clubs one into the air in unorthodox style down the ground for three. That was a bit lofty and dangerous initially from Brathwaite.
Hope inside-edges square of the wicket for a single before Brathwaite steals two more down the ground, and then thrashes a back-of-the-length delivery off the back foot through cover for four. Shot of the morning thus far, although it's about the only contender...
A good over for the West Indies. 11 off it.
10:25 AM
Shai Hope is not helping himself...
Shai Hope got himself in a tangle last night against Mark Wood, and no wonder. His average contact point - 2.12m from his stumps - is the furthest down the track of anyone in the match. Against Wood bowling around 93mph, Hope is giving himself very little time to react.#ENGvWI
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) July 10, 2020
10:24 AM
Over 25: WI 66-1 (Brathwaite 28 Hope 3)
Brathwaite flicks one off his pads through midwicket for two, ending any hopes of a third Anderson maiden in a row.
The West Indies opener then drives down the ground, but Wood flies across from mid-on to cut it off. Well fielded.
It squirts away from Brathwaite's outside edge for a couple to end the over.
10:20 AM
Over 24: WI 62-1 (Brathwaite 24 Hope 3)
Brathwaite dabs one in front of point for one, giving Hope the strike back again.
Then Hope gets away with one. A back-of-a-length delivery from Wood and Hope gets his timing all wrong, attempting to whip it away through midwicket. He finds a limp top edge that falls agonisingly safe between short-leg and mid-on.
Wood gets another one to beat the bat - Hope is looking a bit shaky here - before the West Indies No 3 shoulders arms for the last.
10:16 AM
Over 23: WI 61-1 (Brathwaite 23 Hope 3)
Anderson gets one to nip back at Hope but it hits the West Indies No 3 well above the knee roll. He then prods at one outside off-stump that missed the outside edge by a whisker.
Hope blocks the last few more confidently, aligning bat and body. Another maiden for Anderson.
10:12 AM
Over 22: WI 61-1 (Brathwaite 23 Hope 3)
Wood continues to Hope, the West Indies nipping through for a leg-bye with Wood almost touching 90mph, Hope dabbing it off his hip.
Brathwaite nicks the last ball of the over to the slips, but it didn't carry to Sibley at first slip and a slight misfield gives the visitors two runs.
10:07 AM
Over 21: WI 58-1 (Brathwaite 21 Hope 3)
Anderson follows Wood's good work and there's an early review as England think that Brathwaite has nicked behind. Given not out by the umpire and rightly so - it's missed the bat and way too high on the pad. But it absolutely leapt up off the pitch out of nowhere. More encouraging signs.
Brathwaite blocks out the rest of the over and Jimmy kicks off with a maiden.
10:02 AM
Over 20: WI 58-1 (Brathwaite 21 Hope 3)
Just three balls for Wood to bowl after the teams went off mid-over last night.
A good start from Wood. Finds the edge from Brathwaite from the first ball as the West Indies scurry through for a single, before getting one to fly through Hope's gate between bat and pad with the second ball.
Hope leaves the last ball alone. Encouraging signs for England.
09:59 AM
Settle in, take your time
Right, the players are out.
Hope and Brathwaite in for the West Indies and Mark Wood will complete his fourth over.
Here we go.
09:50 AM
Day two in depth
If you're just joining us, after a (quite lengthy) lie-in or at a mid-morning break at work, then play is just 10 minutes away at a sunny Ageas Bowl.
If you'd like to catch up on Thursday's events, then you can read Nick Hoult's report, by clicking here.
And both teams are out warming up in the... wait for it... sunshine!
Sky Sport's coverage has just kicked off, caddied by the dulcet lilt of Newton Faulkner covering Massive Attack's 'Teardrop'. Sunshine, luscious vocals, and cricket. Heavenly.
Chris Silverwood warming up England's fielders - GETTY IMAGES West Indies team warming up at the Ageas Bowl - GETTY IMAGES Ageas Bowl in the sunshine - GETTY IMAGES
09:25 AM
Umpires
I'm really sorry to have to bring this up. I know it is hard, I know they must be rusty, and I know they have more to be thinking about now with the extra Covid-19 restrictions but, let's not beat about the bush, they had a total shocker yesterday.
And what's more galling, and it will, of course, be entirely coincidence and in no way anything more sinister, was that almost every incorrect decision was at the expense of the visitors.
Thankfully, however, the world's best all-rounder and West Indies' captain, Jason Holder, also took the mantle of world's best reviewer, yesterday, and the visitors got their just deserts.
Let's have a better day today, gents.
The Test's umpires - REUTERS
09:21 AM
Everybody's talking about... Stuart Broad?
Should he be playing? Well, I'm not sure he would have been any help yesterday, in honesty. His form with the bat has been, let's say, shaky at best in recent times.
But did yesterday's events enlighten us more as to what England might be missing today. Broad is the most similar bowler to Jason Holder in England's arsenal. Tall, medium-fast, with the ability to get the ball moving off the seam, England might rue leaving Broad out today.
Should he be wearing that headband? Well, that's another matter entirely...
Stuart Broad - PA
09:03 AM
Morning all!
Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport's live coverage of this, the third day of the first Test between Ben Stokes' England and Jason Holder's West Indies. In the countless battles within the war that Test match cricket provides, it is firmly Stokes 0-1 Holder after Thursday's events in the first #raisethebat Test at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton.
Events which seemed all too familiar for England fans. Holder, ably assisted by the slightly-more-erratic Shannon Gabriel gave England the combine harvester treatment, ploughing through the top order and making short work of the tail in emphatic fashion; the West Indies captain finished the day with career-best figures of six for 42 as England posted a meagre first-innings total of 204.
But let's not dwell on the past. The destiny of this match is still in England's hands, despite the visitors' leap into pole position. If England can flourish with the ball today, albeit in better conditions for batting - the forecast is much-improved and we should get a fully day of cricket - then it will be game on as we head into the Saturday, the penultimate day. Jimmy Anderson might have provided England's much-needed spark late last night, when he dismissed West Indies' opener, John Campbell.
Skittling through this West Indies batting line-up will be easier said than done, however, especially with Holder in this mood. He showed no signs of abating or taking his foot off the gas last night, as he warned England he wanted a century with the bat to top up his excellence with the ball.
With the West Indies trailing by 147, England need no reminding of the damage the 6ft 7in all-rounder can do with the bat if the mood takes him - having been on the receiving end of his unbeaten 202 in Barbados last year.
"I have done a good job so far in the first innings but my Test is far from over," he said.
"I've ticked one box so far, now it's left to me to knuckle down and get a hundred. It's a proud moment getting six wickets in England, anything to help this team, but my role is to contribute with bat and ball. I really want to make some runs now. I have a massive contribution to make with the bat."
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