Windies v. Poms - Tests.

[Pies4shaw]

Holder goes for a 24-ball duck. 5/93.

[Pies4shaw]

In very difficult conditions, Brathwaite is 46* from almost 150 balls and has now has faced 637 balls in this Test, by a considerable margin the most by a West Indian, ever (more than Lara, Sobers, Worrell, Haynes or Headley ever managed). 5/109.

[Pies4shaw]

England has pulled the plug. Match drawn. Brathwaite 56* and S Silva 30*. 5/135.

Brathwaite simply has to be POTM. One of the great Test batting performances, across both innings (as compared to say, Root - who was good while the conditions were in his favour).

[Skids]

Third test starts Thursday at St Georges Stadium.

The Windies are yet to win a match at this venue from the 3 tests played here.

I'm going to stick with them, paying $4 is just too tempting. I'll have a little saver on the draw.

Poms $2.25
Draw $2.65

[Donny]

Third Test.

Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and invited England to bat first.

Elevens:

Windies: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), John Campbell, Shamarh Brooks, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, Kyle Mayers.

Poms: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Joseph Root (c), Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Jack Leach, Saqib Mahmood

[Donny]

Wow. A turf wicket that actually IS a turf wicket.

[Donny]

No joy yet, for the Windies bowlers. 10 overs gone.

0/23.

[Donny]

No surprise to see Crawley out. Wicket for Mayers.

1/23.

[Donny]

Root follows for a 9 ball duck.

Mayers has 2/0 from 3 overs.

[Donny]

Fantastic opening spell from Kyle Mayers.

Hasn't conceded a run from his 5 overs. 2 wickets.

[Donny]

3/46. Lawrence out to Seales.

[Donny]

Looking good. Skids.

7/85. Were 7/67.

FIVE fast bowlers. Memories of days gone by.

Mayers, Joseph and Seales have 2 wickets each.

[Donny]

Roach also has 2 wickets, now.

8/90.

[Donny]

Five of the Poms' top 6 scored 17 between them.

[Pies4shaw]

9/125.