West Indies v England: second Test, day two – as it happened

England bowled admirably, with little luck, as a courageous, discplined West Indies inched towards a potentially matchwinning lead in Antigua

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That was a really good day’s play. England bowled excellently with little luck, Stuart Broad in particular, but West Indies played with admirable discipline to inch towards what should be a decisive lead. In many ways, that performance will give Jason Holder more pleasure than watching his team skittle England for 77, because all the batsmen were willing to do the hard yards and play their unnatural game.

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111th over: West Indies 272-6 (Bravo 33, Holder 19) Moeen beats Bravo with a classic off-spinner, an apt note on which to end a frustrating day for England. That’s stumps!

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110th over: West Indies 270-6 (Bravo 32, Holder 18) Holder drives Stokes through extra cover for a couple. He has played carefully, with none of the expansive strokeplay we saw in Barbados. West Indies have been impressively adaptable with ball and especially bat, and have outplayed England in that department. They have also read the conditions better, which I suppose a home side should. Stokes ends his work for the day with another excellent over; his work-rate is extraordinary. One more over to go.

“Holding was an elegant bowler even at full pace and off his (very) long run,” says Phillip Mallett. “But as John Arlott said, that run-up was ‘a thing of beauty, but not a joy for ever’. It’s not every commentator who has the poetry of Keats at his fingertips, let alone the Hampshire accent with which to speak it. Much missed.”

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109th over: West Indies 268-6 (Bravo 32, Holder 16) This is now the longest innings of the match from Bravo: 161 balls, 32 runs. That’s a lot of dots.

“The difference between Stokes and Botham?” says Kim Thonger. Botham was taught rhythm by Tom Cartwright. The most elegant medium-pace bowler of the 20th century.”

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108th over: West Indies 268-6 (Bravo 32, Holder 16) An attempted yorker from Stokes swings down the leg side for four byes. He looks completely spent; he has given everything and got almost nothing today.

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107th over: West Indies 264-6 (Bravo 32, Holder 16) Moeen continues, with five overs remaining until the close. Bravo drives him down the ground for a single to move to 32 from 155 balls. That’s a strike rate of 21 runs per 100 balls. It’s a counter-intuitive way to play on such a capricious surface, but he has made it work.

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106th over: West Indies 262-6 (Bravo 31, Holder 15) The indefatigable Stokes straightens a beautiful delivery past Holder’s outside edge. As Nasser Hussain says on Sky, England’s main three bowlers – Anderson, Broad and Stokes - have been beyond reproach today. There have been so many false strokes, near misses and dropped catches. West Indies lead by 75.

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105th over: West Indies 260-6 (Bravo 31, Holder 13) Moeen Ali replaces the harmless Sam Curran (13-0-38-0). One from the over; Bravo’s vigil is now 31 from 150 balls.

“‘Ben Stokes now has a better bowling average than Ian Botham,’” says Phil White. “Er, no. Botham 28, Stokes 32. (Also Botham 383 wickets, Stokes 123.) Don’t think Botham was really a ‘monster’ batsman though (33 as against say Kallis 55?) It was more that we all thought he might do something monstrous.”

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104th over: West Indies 259-6 (Bravo 31, Holder 12) The strokeless Bravo plays out a maiden from Stokes, who is trying absolutely everything to open the door to the West Indies tail. Stokes is absolutely shattered. In different ways, he and Bravo have shown immense courage today. I wouldn’t say the pitch has gone quiet, but it’s keeping itself to itself a lot more than it did earlier in the day.

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103rd over: West Indies 259-6 (Bravo 31, Holder 12) It’s not happening for Sam Curran, who looks in need of a little break from Test cricket to take stock of it all. He’s still only 20 and I have no doubt he’ll be back. Mind you, I said the same about Haseeb Hameed.

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102nd over: West Indies 255-6 (Bravo 30, Holder 9)

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101st over: West Indies 253-6 (Bravo 29, Holder 8) Holder punches Curran sweetly through mid-off for four. England would love to have the taller, quicker Chris Woakes bowling here. Hindsight says Curran was a poor choice in these conditions, but then hindsight can be a tedious know-it-all. He’s never done anything wrong in his life, that one.

“Hi Rob,” says Kieron Shaw. “Ben Stokes now has a better bowling average than Ian Botham. Not sure what that tells us other than that, possibly, he’s a bowling all-rounder rather than a batting all-rounder?”

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100th over: West Indies 248-6 (Bravo 28, Holder 4) Ben Stokes comes on at the Sir Curtly Ambrose End to replace Stuart Broad, who has Ambrose tribute figures of 28-13-42-3. Bravo misses a drive at a seductive outswinger; the slips go up for a catch but nobody else was interested. It’s been a filthy innings from Bravo - and all the more impressive because of that. He is hopelessly out of form and playing on a very difficult pitch, yet he has hung around for 135 balls to inch West Indies into what should be a winning position.

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99th over: West Indies 245-6 (Bravo 25, Holder 4) A quiet over from Curran, two from it. West Indies lead inches up to 58.

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Meanwhile, over in the BPL, Jason Roy has just added another worldie to his collection pic.twitter.com/Zi1yXp2zdS

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98th over: West Indies 243-6 (Bravo 25, Holder 2) Broad beats Bravo yet again outside off stump; the left-handers have played and missed at him at least 20 times in this innings. The word on Ben Foakes, incidentally, is that his hand is bruised and swollen but not broken. It might give England an excuse to leave him out of the final Test next week, though a lot depends on whether the series is still alive.

Broad’s over ends with a brutal delivery that explodes from a length to smack Bravo on the forearm. That was nasty. Bravo is on his haunches but I think he’s fine.

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97th over: West Indies 243-6 (Bravo 25, Holder 2) Sam Curran replaces Ben Stokes, who I suspect will change ends. Curran has had a tough series so far, averaging 12 with the bat and 148 with the ball, and Jason Holder might decide to target him. Not in that over – it’s a good start from Curran, with some menacing inswing to the right-hander and one lifter that hits Holder on the glove. West Indies lead by 56. This is brilliant stuff.

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96th over: West Indies 241-6 (Bravo 25, Holder 0) A slightly tired over from Broad, the eighth of his spell, costs just a single.

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95th over: West Indies 240-6 (Bravo 24, Holder 0) Bravo is cut in a half by a big inswinger from Stokes. He has played with such determination, making 25 from 119 balls; he’s certainly earned a drink.

“Hey Rob, big England fan who hasn’t been watching due to work (and living in Norway),” says Brendan Large. “What’s happened to Foakes? And how bad is this for England?”

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94th over: West Indies 240-6 (Bravo 24, Holder 0) Oh, hold on, England have one review remaining, and they are tempted to use it when Holder survives an appeal for caughtbehind/LBW/JUSTGIVEUSABLOODYWICKETMATE after being cut in half by Broad. It missed the inside edge, hit the back pad and would have gone a long way over the stumps. Lovely bowling from Broad, though, who has been majestic today: 27-11-42-3 are his figures for the innings.

“What is the highest innings total in a Test in which no batsman got over 49” asks Michael McClelland.

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93rd over: West Indies 240-6 (Bravo 24, Holder 0)

“Hi Rob,” says Ned Harrison. “Catching up on coverage of the day’s play (for which thanks, by the way) and news, and all this talk of positivity seems a bit out of place. Especially now hope’s gone. So can I offer a negativity eleven instead?

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Bravo was hit on the back leg by a low full toss from Stokes, but it clearly hit him outside leg stump and replays confirmed as much. England have no reviews left. The ball also ran away for four leg byes.

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This is a stupid review, I think.

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92nd over: West Indies 236-6 (Bravo 24, Holder 0) The new batsman is Jason Holder. England will fancy their chances of blowing away the last three batsmen, so this is the key partnership.

“Evening Topical Bob,” says Chris Drew. “Now come on Father, what would you say to a nice cup of tea?”

7.55pm GMT

Phew, England needed that wicket. A vicious lifter from Broad takes the glove and loops in slow motion to Buttler at third slip. Dowrich walks off wringing his right thumb; he played really well for a handy 31 and could do nothing about that delivery. It was similar to, if not quite as extreme as, the ball that dismissed Joe Root yesterday.

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91st over: West Indies 235-5 (Bravo 23, Dowrich 31) Stokes replaces Anderson, who remains wicketless in the innings, and is pulled confidently for four by Dowrich. Stokes hoofs the turf. Apart from that one bad ball it was an excellent over, including one big inswinger that Bravo drove whence it came for a single.

“Rob,” says John Starbuck. “Was there any indication of reverse swing in the previous 80 overs? It seems to be missing from the commentary, what with all the emphasis on the uneven pitch. Maybe this version of the Dukes balls don’t work as well?”

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90th over: West Indies 229-5 (Bravo 22, Dowrich 26) Bravo, who is clearly out of form and has fought admirably, plays out another maiden from Broad. Cricket is a strange elderly pastime, and it’s unwise to predict too much. But I suspect that England’s moment has passed and that the series will slip away from here. They don’t just need two quick wickets; they need five.

“Whenever I hear that Burns is at the ballgame (e.g. over 68),” says Bill Hargreaves, “I wonder if he’s going to get someone to trim their sideburns.”

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89th over: West Indies 229-5 (Bravo 22, Dowrich 26) Gorgeous shot from Dowrich, who drives Anderson through mid-off for four. There are many West Indies teams of the last 20 years who would have been all out for 80 on this pitch. This team seem to have much more discipline and stomach for the fight.

“I think All Time World Positivity Squad might not be catchy enough,” says Kim Thonger. “How about PCGOTG, Pantheistic Cricketing Guardians Of The Galaxy.”

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88th over: West Indies 224-5 (Bravo 21, Dowrich 22) The second new ball is starting to do a little more, and Broad beats Bravo with an unplayable delivery that angles in before snapping past the edge. West Indies lead by 37 precious runs.

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87th over: West Indies 223-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 22) Dowrich survives another huge LBW appeal from Anderson. This one looks a lot closer – but England decided not to risk their last review. They must be worried about height, and replays suggest it would indeed have bounced a long way over the top. That’s good captaincy from Joe Root as many people, including Topical Bob, would have reviewed that.

By the way, that was definitely a dropped catch from Buttler in the previous over. It pitched a fraction before Bravo edged it. This is turning into a tale of woe for England.

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Anderson strikes! Dowrich pushes around an excellent delivery and is given out LBW, but he’s going to review. This might be bouncing over the top; it’s really close because he was up on his toes. It’s missing! Oh my.

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86th over: West Indies 221-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 20) Bravo misses a big drive at Broad and then survives a hopeful LBW appeal. Buttler at third slip then puts down what seemed to be a bump ball, though on second glance I’m not so sure. I think that was an edge from Bravo. It was certainly a really bad drop from Buttler, who has had a nightmare in the field in this series.

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85th over: West Indies 218-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 19) Another maiden from Anderson to Bravo. “These are alarm bells for England,” says Bumble on Sky. “There’s nothing happening with this new ball.” West Indies are looking really comfortable.

“Hi Rob,” says Simon Richards. “There used to be an Aussie rock band (Rose Tattoo?) whose lead singer was an Angry Anderson. Wonder if he ever got as angry as our English one?”

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84th over: West Indies 218-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 19) Broad is bowling very straight to Dowrich, hoping a delivery will either take off or stay down. Thus far, that hasn’t happened with the second new ball. There was really good carry in Anderson’s first over, but nothing much has happened since then. The last ball of Broad’s over deflects for four leg-byes.

“If we are sticking to Test players,” says Starkive, “NZ have fielded a Merritt and a Stirling.”

7.17pm GMT

83rd over: West Indies 214-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 19) A quiet maiden from Anderson to Bravo.

“Log on from frozen NYC to see the cricket score and check who is writing OBO currently,” says Rachel Clifton. “Peep Show reference – must be Rob…”

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82nd over: West Indies 214-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 19) It’s Stuart Broad at the other end. Dowrich, turned round by a good delivery, gets a thick edge that is well saved by the diving Burns at gully. He does so again off the last ball to ensure it’s a maiden.

“Let’s face it; ‘comedy’ language accidentally picked up on microphones is one of the true joys of live sport coverage,” says Matt Dony. “My current all-time favourite was at the French open a few years ago, Andy Murray shouting ‘I’m trying my tits off here!’ Maybe that could be bettered, though, if we could sneak a mic on to Jimmy...”

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81st over: West Indies 214-5 (Bravo 20, Dowrich 19) Here we go. Jimmy Anderson takes the new ball, and immediately gets some encouraging swing and bounce. In fact, there’s extremely good carry through Bairstow. Bravo, who has played with impressive sang-froid, flicks off the pads for the couple.

“Hey up, Rob,” says Keith Meloy. “You describe Joe Denly as an occasional legspinner… Does that mean he mostly bowls googlies?”

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80th over: West Indies 212-5 (Bravo 18, Dowrich 19) In fact, the occasional legspinner Joe Denly will bowl the last over before tea. That’s not a bad move, particularly with West Indies playing for tea. It’s a decent over, too, and the last ball bounces nastily at Dowrich, who shapes to pull and has to abort the shot at the last minute.

That was a thrilling session: 30 over, 86 runs, four wickets. The new ball is due straight after the interval, so the evening session should be even better. See you in 10 minutes.

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79th over: West Indies 211-5 (Bravo 17, Dowrich 19) Moeen hurries through his over so that Stokes can have one more before tea. Good work.

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78th over: West Indies 209-5 (Bravo 16, Dowrich 18) Though West Indies have to bat last, I still think a lead of 100 would be decisive on such an uneven pitch. Stokes almost grabs the sixth wicket with a beautiful inswinger that is about to do all kinds of damage to the stumps when Bravo gets an inside-edge at the last. Stokes was halfway into an appeal/celebration but adjusted seamlessly to put his hands over his face in frustration.

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77th over: West Indies 208-5 (Bravo 16, Dowrich 17) Bravo edges Moeen on the bounce to Stokes at slip. There are only a few minutes until the tea break. The final session – new ball, series in the balance, England’s fast bowlers in a vile mood – should be electric.

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76th over: West Indies 206-5 (Bravo 15, Dowrich 17) Dowrich again edges Stokes to third man for four. England have conceded a lot of runs down there. Stokes, it’s fair to say, is not entirely at peace with sport’s vicissitudes just now.

“I know that cricket lovers are genetically predisposed to be misty-eyed nostalgists who yearn for the Good Old Days, but I’m quite liking the here & now,” says Matt Emerson. “Take, for example, the current state of cricket coverage. I spent a happy hour in the car driving through the sleet whilst listening to TalkSport’s rather good coverage of the match - there’s no Boycott or Agnew and they bring in the Sky commentators every so often. Finish work at six-ish to find that there’s about three and a half hours play still to watch. All in crystal clear HD: good enough to see the veins in Jimmy’s temple throb as another catch goes down. Beer? Don’t mind if I do...”

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75th over: West Indies 202-5 (Bravo 15, Dowrich 13) Moeen’s spell feels like a series of timeouts between overs at the Uneven Bounce End, but he has quietly done a really important job: 17-3-46-2.

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74th over: West Indies 202-5 (Bravo 15, Dowrich 13) Dowrich is beaten outside off stump by another grubber from Stokes, who then effing screams with effing frustration as an edge bounces through the slips for four. England’s fast bowlers, to use a phrase of Peter Willey’s, have a bit of a humour on today.

“Apologies if you picked up any foul language on the effects mics,” says the Sky presenter Nick Knight at the end of the over. Np apologies necessary, Nick, let’s get on with the quiz.

6.20pm GMT

73rd over: West Indies 198-5 (Bravo 15, Dowrich 8) This match is so much fun. Back to positive names.

“Hedley Verity?” says Felix Lowe. “Monty Noble? Andy Flower?”

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72nd over: West Indies 196-5 (Bravo 14, Dowrich 8) Stokes replaces Anderson. If only Sky had a red button that could give the viewer access to James Anderson’s internal monologue right now; I suspect it would be up there with the first series of Peep Show.

Dowrich is beaten by consecutive deliveries of similiar length from Stokes. The first goes past his ankles, the second past his face. Had either been straight, he would have been out, but then had they been straight they probably wouldn’t have bounced the same way, so why don’t you shut up with your hypothetical scenarios, Smyth.

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71st over: West Indies 192-5 (Bravo 14, Dowrich 4) West Indies have moved into the lead, though England will be really happy with how the afternoon session has gone. Moeen hurries through an uneventful over. It looks like Ben Stokes is going to replace Jimmy Anderson at the other end. If that’s the case, I think Joe Root has picked a very bad time to demonstrate who’s in charge.

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70th over: West Indies 189-5 (Bravo 13, Dowrich 2) If anything, that catch has made Anderson even angrier. At the end of his next over he shoves his cap over his mouth and screams the kind of motivational slogan you don’t hear on CBeebies. “I’ve seen a lot of Jimmy Anderson over the years,” says Bumble on Sky, “but I’ve never seen him as stroppy as this.”

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69th over: West Indies 186-5 (Bravo 12, Dowrich 0) Given the match situation, the batsman, and the fact he’d been dropped off Anderson in the previous over, that was an immense catch. Oh, and the fact Anderson is 37 years old. If, if, if, if, if England get anything out of this series, that deserves to be the champagne moment.

6.03pm GMT

A disgusting long hop from Moeen is pulled extravagantly for six by Hetmyer. Like Adam Gilchrist back in the day (remember Lord’s 2001), he is not the kind of man you want to drop. England have done so in the first innings of both Tests.

But now Jimmy Anderson has taken him brilliantly! What a catch! Hetmyer sliced Moeen miles in the air towards wide mid off, and Anderson charged in from the boundary to take a magnificent tumbling catch!

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68th over: West Indies 179-4 (Bravo 11, Hetmyer 15) Hetmyer is dropped by Rory Burns! He drove Anderson low towards short extra cover, where Rory Burns swoooped to his left but couldn’t hold on to a difficult low chance. Hetmyer applies some bleach to the wound by slapping the next ball for four.

That was a terrific over from Anderson, much better than his first. England are bowling well and are still in this game, but they are running out of time - and runs. On this pitch, a lead of 100 would surely be enough for West Indies to win the match.

5.57pm GMT

67th over: West Indies 175-4 (Bravo 11, Hetmyer 11) Hetmyer misses an attempted cut at Moeen, who is playing an important holding role while still threatening to take wickets. One from the over, and Moeen’s figures are 13-2-34-1. Not exactly Tayfieldian, but useful in the circumstances.

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66th over: West Indies 174-4 (Bravo 11, Hetmyer 10) Anderson replaces Broad at the Uneven Bounce End. This is a vital spell, especially as Hetmyer could take the game away from England in a hurry. The first ball brings an unsuccessful shout for a catch down the leg side as Hetmyer jumps across his crease. Jonny Bairstow was convinced, Kumar Dharmasena and then Joe Root were not. The decision to not review was the right one; replays showed it missed the bat and hit him on the bum.

Anderson is trying to bowl straight in an attempt to maximise the impact of any uneven bounce - but he was a bit too straight in that over and Bravo was able to work the last delivery to the fine-leg boundary.

5.47pm GMT

65th over: West Indies 169-4 (Bravo 7, Hetmyer 9) Thanks Simon, hello everyone. How good is this? West Indies are fighting for their best series victory since the early 2000s; England are scrapping to avoid being the subject of a vituperative tweet from Piers Morgan. The stakes could barely be higher.

Moeen gets one to spit nastily past Bravo and into the grille of the keeper Bairstow, who can’t take the ball on its way down. I don’t think there was an edge from Bravo.

5.44pm GMT

64th over: West Indies 168-4 (Bravo 7, Hetmyer 8) Hetmyer clogs the ball straight down into the turf and not far from off stump, then edges along the ground and through that gap where third slip should be. That’s four runs, and it’s also drinks. The next few minutes could be key as England try to break this potentially destructive partnership before it gets settled, and Rob Smyth will be the one to take you through it. I’ll be back another day. Bye for now!

5.37pm GMT

63rd over: West Indies 163-4 (Bravo 7, Hetmyer 3) Bravo takes the fight to Moeen, thwacking his first ball back over his head for four. Kim Thonger has completed an all-time world positivity XI but with a plea for assistance: “But I’m hampered a bit by not knowing what Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi names would mean to native speakers of the languages of those countries. Can anyone help add more names to the squad?” Anyone?

Hope (WI), Bravo (WI), Angel (Aus), Love (Aus), Darling (Aus), Noble (Aus), Young (Aus/Eng/NZ), Sunny (Ban), Grace (Eng), Makepeace (Engl), Verity (Eng).

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62nd over: West Indies 157-4 (Bravo 2, Hetmyer 2) Broad’s last Test wicket before Hope here was Virat Kohli at the Oval last September, 40.5 overs ago. He’s not far off another here, a strangled appeal as the ball flies through, but it clipped leg rather than bat.

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61st over: West Indies 155-4 (Bravo 2, Hetmyer 0) A Moeen maiden. This is really tasty now, though Hetmyer could change England’s mood in a hurry if he’s so minded.

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60th over: West Indies 155-4 (Bravo 2, Hetmyer 0) On Sky they’re bemused by the fact that Anderson has yet to bowl from the Ambrose End, where Broad is once again causing havoc. His first delivery just misses the bat; Broad gives Hope a lingering glare then goes back to the start of his run-up, sends down another leg-cutter and this one does the trick! Then Chase edges his second ball straight to third slip, who sadly for England doesn’t exist. “On this pitch, for your best bowler on this surface, why wouldn’t you have a man there,” wails Nasser Hussain. Chase gets four runs for that, but is out next ball to one that simply refuses to bounce!

We need a montage of Broad's looks at the end of this innings. The sad headshake at Campbell was my favourite fwiw #WIvEng

5.24pm GMT

Broad demolishes off stump, and England are fighting their way back into this!

5.19pm GMT

Finally reward for Broad, as Hope nibbles and gets a gentle nick through to Bairstow!

5.17pm GMT

59th over: West Indies 151-2 (Hope 44, Bravo 2) How Hope survived that I do not know! The ball comes off his bat, into the turf, flicks off his heel and rolls just past the stumps. The close fielders already have their arms in the air when they notice the ball is still coming towards them and the bails remain unbroken!

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58th over: West Indies 150-2 (Hope 43, Bravo 2) Broad climbs back aboard the maiden bus, Bravo the batsman this time.

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57th over: West Indies 150-2 (Hope 43, Bravo 2) Hope thwacks the ball through the covers, picking out not just a gap in the field but also, once it’s over the rope, a gap in the advertising hoardings, and then thumping Moeen’s final delivery past square leg for four more, missed by Sky after they prematurely triggered an ad break.

5.08pm GMT

56th over: West Indies 141-2 (Hope 35, Bravo 1) A bit of extra lift here from Broad, Hope pushing his bat forward and seeing the ball fly right over it. After successive maidens Broad gets nowhere near a third. “It’s lovely that Hope and Bravo are batting together. Wonderfully positive names,” enthuses Kim Thonger. “I’ve been scouring the list of all time Test cricketers and I find that Australia have had batsmen called Angel, Love and Darling, although they were not contemporaneous. I may report back later with a fully uplifting World Positivity XI.” Now there’s a challenge.

5.02pm GMT

55th over: West Indies 135-2 (Hope 29, Bravo 1) A loud lbw appeal, but when Chris Gaffaney shakes his head Root doesn’t look remotely interested in a review. Which is just as well, because the ball went into the pad off Hope’s bat.

4.59pm GMT

54th over: West Indies 133-2 (Hope 28, Bravo 0) Bravo calls for a helmet at the end of Moeen’s over. Maybe he’ll switch headgear every over? He then doesn’t face a delivery as Broad bowls a maiden to Hope.

4.57pm GMT

53rd over: West Indies 133-2 (Hope 28, Bravo 0) Bravo comes out, eschewing a helmet in favour of a cap which seems a little headstrong. And he’ll need his head to be strong if he misjudges a short ball from Broad. Brathwaite’s innings had been excellent and extremely patient – his 49 came from 156 deliveries, and had he got another run it would have been his third (at least, depending how long it took him to get it) slowest Test half-century.

4.53pm GMT

And that’s one! Brathwaite, one run from his half-century, tickles the ball into the hands of Keaton Jennings at short leg!

4.52pm GMT

52nd over: West Indies 132-1 (Brathwaite 49, Hope 27) Broad, whose bowling was a highlight of the first session, returns for another spell and starts with a maiden to the watchful Brathwaite. England need, what, a minimum of three wickets in this session if they are stop West Indies taking (even) firm(er) control of this match?

4.46pm GMT

51st over: West Indies 132-1 (Brathwaite 49, Hope 27) Moeen gets the session started, and Hope thrashes a drive to the long-off boundary.

4.42pm GMT

The players are back out and ready for more!

4.05pm GMT

West Indies trail by 61 with nine first-innings wickets remaining

50th over: West Indies 126-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 22) Hope edges, but straight into the turf and after one further single it is lunch, and despite England’s valiant efforts it’s been another excellent session for West Indies! How they lost only one batsman in that session is something of a miracle, but they have takes a real grip of this game now. Time for England to draw breath and get ready to go again. I’ll be back in 20 minutes.

3.59pm GMT

49th over: West Indies 125-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 21) On one hand Moeen fails to change things, but on the other he at least fails to change them quickly, so we will have another over before the interval.

3.58pm GMT

48th over: West Indies 124-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 20) Curran’s final delivery is a ripper, slung across Hope, forcing him into a defensive prod and flying just past the edge. England have just not had breaks in this session. There’ll be one more over before lunch for them to change things.

3.53pm GMT

47th over: West Indies 121-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 17) Moeen’s first three deliveries cost five runs. Another single has been scored from the following 15, and this is a maiden.

3.52pm GMT

46th over: West Indies 121-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 17) Curran returns, having changed ends since his first six-over burst. England have dropped one catch and missed another couple of chances today – meanwhile in Bangladesh, Jason Roy has done this:

Jason Roy.
Oh my days.#BPL2019pic.twitter.com/s1vXXkOcox

3.47pm GMT

45th over: West Indies 119-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 15) “Maybe the data just shows that Stuart Broad is England’s best boundary catcher, so his bowling suffers by comparison because he doesn’t have the advantage of his being at the boundary?” suggests Smylers. Perhaps, though since the start of 1997 15 English fielders have taken more catches than Broad (most of them in the slips, inevitably), who has 40 catches in 125 matches.

3.44pm GMT

44th over: West Indies 118-1 (Brathwaite 48, Hope 14) Brathwaite lifts the ball dangerously close to Jennings at short leg, but gets a couple of runs.

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43rd over: West Indies 116-1 (Brathwaite 46, Hope 14) A change of pace as Moeen comes into the attack, and Brathwaite hits a lovely cover drive for four. He spends the first half of the over suggesting that he plans to his Moeen back out of the attack again in short order, but the bowler does well to force him to scale back his ambitions.

3.35pm GMT

42nd over: West Indies 111-1 (Brathwaite 41, Hope 14) Stokes is still banging the ball into the pitch with venom, but the sense of imminent excitement that hung over the game in the first hour, and particularly while Broad was bowling and Campbell at the crease, seems to have lifted.

3.30pm GMT

41st over: West Indies 106-1 (Brathwaite 37, Hope 13) West Indies move into triple figures as Brathwaite drives down the ground for four, then the batsman tries to repeat the dose, his drive evades a diving Anderson but Broad chases it down and this time the batsmen only run the three.

3.26pm GMT

40th over: West Indies 99-1 (Brathwaite 30, Hope 13) Another chance goes down! Brathwaite fends the final ball of Stokes’ over, angled right into his ribs, back towards the bowler, who sprints and dives but still can’t get there in time!

3.21pm GMT

39th over: West Indies 96-1 (Brathwaite 29, Hope 12) “It could be that England haven’t been quite good enough at setting the right fields for the pitches, batsmen and the bowlers?” suggests John Starbuck of that drops stat. “It’s obviously something of an art in reading the game, but not one which is trained for much, perhaps?”

I agree with much of that, though in order for a catch to be dropped the ball must have gone to a fielder. If Broad is eighth on balls bowled and first on chances dropped, doesn’t it suggest the fielders are in the right place but just not very good?

3.18pm GMT

38th over: West Indies 95-1 (Brathwaite 29, Hope 11) Brathwaite hits down the ground and Broad sprints 60 yards to prevent it reaching the rope, stops it six inches short, turns around and sees the batsmen completing their fourth run, so really he might as well not have bothered. That seems to rile Stokes, who with the willing assistance of a still untrustworthy pitch peppers the batsman for the remainder of the over.

3.13pm GMT

37th over: West Indies 91-1 (Brathwaite 25, Hope 11) Curran replaces Anderson, and Hope edges low, through the cordon for four, and cracks one through the covers for another. “I don’t know what to make of that drops stat,” says Harkarn Sumal. “It could be (a) an indictment of our slips fielders in the last 13 years, (b) testimony to how many chances Broad creates, (c) testimony to how many balls Broad has bowled in the last 13 years, or (d) the fact that Broad and Anderson are pretty much the only two frontline bowlers that have remained active throughout the sample period. A ratio of catches/drops would give a more refined picture. Not that I’m offering, mind.”

3.09pm GMT

36th over: West Indies 83-1 (Brathwaite 25, Hope 1) The first ball after drinks nicks something and is brilliantly caught by Bairstow, diving low to his left. There’s a very loud appeal but a shake of the head from the umpire, England don’t review and it’s just as well, the ball having clipped only Hope’s buttock.

3.01pm GMT

35th over: West Indies 80-1 (Brathwaite 25, Hope 0) Broad collects the ball at midwicket, dummies to throw towards the bowler’s end, waits for Hope to ground his bat there and then inexplicably does throw towards the stumps, misses them by a distance and giftwraps four runs! Anderson is, to say the least, unchuffed.

2.58pm GMT

34th over: West Indies 74-1 (Brathwaite 19, Hope 0) England’s wicket drought apparently lasted 101 overs. They bring in a short leg for the new batsman, Shai Hope, who was caught there in Barbados, but he isn’t brought into play. Stokes however keeps up his hostile start, and Hope swings and misses as he tries to drive, and then is totally undone by one that swings through a very large and open gate, across the wicket, somehow wide of leg stump, wide also of Bairstow’s desperate dive and away for four byes.

2.52pm GMT

Having tried pretty hard to do so on several occasions, Campbell finally falls! He edges to Buttler again, but this time the fielder makes no mistake!

2.51pm GMT

33rd over: West Indies 70-0 (Brathwaite 19, Campbell 42) Anderson continues to labour without reward, and this time he concedes nine runs to boot. Campbell mistimes a yahoo down the ground but it’s still safe, and the ball rolls away for four.

2.47pm GMT

32nd over: West Indies 61-0 (Brathwaite 19, Campbell 38) Stokes replaces Broad, is hoiked over the cordon for four by Brathwaite, and by my calculations England have now bowled one delivery shy of 98 overs across two Tests since they last took a wicket.

2.42pm GMT

31th over: West Indies 54-0 (Brathwaite 15, Campbell 35) Still no magic for Anderson, with all the fireworks happening at the other end.

2.38pm GMT

30th over: West Indies 53-0 (Brathwaite 15, Campbell 34) Campbell top-edges a pull and the ball loops up in the air. Bairstow sprints towards it from behind the stumps, Moeen runs in from the boundary, and the ball somehow lands between both of them. Campbell appears to be being protected by some kind of magic force at present, and gets a couple of runs to boot. The next delivery slams into the pads, but is heading down leg side. Then he drives beautifully for four to take the home side’s score past 50, somehow without loss.

2.35pm GMT

29th over: West Indies 46-0 (Brathwaite 15, Campbell 27) Here’s a stat for you. Before you ask, Broad is eighth in the list of Test deliveries bowled since the end of 2006, more than 1,000 behind Anderson and 2,000 behind Muttiah Muralitharan, the No1 on the list.

Buttler's drop of Campbell was the 96th dropped catch off Broad's bowling in his career. Since the start of 2006 no other bowler has had as many catches dropped off his bowling. Anderson—with 83—is the next most. #WIvENG pic.twitter.com/1rB56n0cIG

2.30pm GMT

28th over: West Indies 44-0 (Brathwaite 14, Campbell 26) Broad’s first delivery clumps Campbell on the hip, and the bowler follows that with an extended evil glare. If he can’t bowl the man out, maybe he can stare him out. It doesn’t work immediately, though, Campbell driving smartly to the long-on boundary, and surviving a final delivery that totally changed direction as it came off the surface, but heading away from the wicket rather than towards it.

Here’s a guy who really knew how to deliver an evil stare, Fred Spofforth having “frightened more batsmen out than many bowlers have fairly and squarely beaten”. Sadly he’s no longer available to give tips to the likes of Broad.

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2.25pm GMT

27th over: West Indies 40-0 (Brathwaite 14, Campbell 22) A couple of singles from Anderson’s over. Broad is looking by a margin the more dangerous of the bowlers this morning.

2.22pm GMT

26th over: West Indies 38-0 (Brathwaite 13, Campbell 21) Dropped! Campbell edges straight to third slip and Buttler fumbles it! That was as straightforward as slip catches come, just above waist height and straight at him. There are English heads in English hands, and how Broad has failed to take a wicket by now I’m not quite sure. This over started with an absolute ripper, full and straight but moving away, tempting Campbell into a drive but somehow missing the bat.

2.17pm GMT

25th over: West Indies 38-0 (Brathwaite 13, Campbell 21) There’s an lbw shout here, but Anderson’s delivery was high, and also going down the leg side, plus a couple more that tempted Brathwaite into misguided little nibbles but didn’t take a nick.

2.14pm GMT

24th over: West Indies 36-0 (Brathwaite 11, Campbell 21) Broad is bowling with real zip and aggression, and the last ball screams up off the pitch and is taken by Bairstow, jumping with both hands high above his head. The non-wicket came when Campbell tried to leave the ball but didn’t do so altogether convincingly, and it did look on first viewing as if the ball had clipped the bat. England could certainly have done with a flukey freebie wicket, but sadly/fortunately such things DRS ended that possibility.

2.10pm GMT

The ball hit his arm and nothing but his arm, so Campbell remains!

2.10pm GMT

The batsman has reviewed this, though it’s hard to see what other than bat the ball could have hit there! Oh hang on, it hit his arm!

2.08pm GMT

23rd over: West Indies 36-0 (Brathwaite 11, Campbell 21) The first runs off the bat today come from Campbell, who pulls away for four.

2.04pm GMT

22nd over: West Indies 31-0 (Brathwaite 11, Campbell 16) Having spoken about “tightening our lines up” and making sure he bowls “at the batsman”, flings down a wild wide. That aside, it’s a promising over and it ends with the ball being clipped in the air towards square leg, where it landed about three inches short of Jennings, the sub fielder.

1.59pm GMT

The players are out! It looks pretty breezy. Stuart Broad has the ball in his hand.

1.42pm GMT

Here’s some snippets from Stuart Broad’s pre-action chat:

Every time you get the chance to play for England it’s a special feeling. we’d have liked yesterday to go maybe slightly better but I’ve got no clue what this pitch is going to do. I just hope it continues to play as it played yesterday.

Barbados would have been quite a nice pitch to bowl on as a tall bowler but this one doesn’t look too bad either. I was disappointed not to have a bowl in the morning, because it did look a bit of an ugly pitch. I’ve seen seam movement disappear when a pitch dries out but I’ve never seen uneven bounce disappear. The exciting thing is it’s going to be a result pitch: it’s either going to be 2-0 or 1-1. We’ve just got to make sure it’s 1-1.

1.37pm GMT

News from Antigua is that Ben Foakes has gone for x-rays and Jonny Bairstow will thus continue with the gloves this morning.

1.35pm GMT

The heavy roller is currently rumbling up and down the pitch, flattening out those nasty dents as best they can before West Indies do some batting. Here, meanwhile, is some good advice from a good source of advice:

One of the key things in playing good Test Cricket is the ability to put yesterday's performance behind you and focus on the task at hand. #stayfocus#windiesvsEng#WIvENG… https://t.co/qfN7LMaEYi

12.42pm GMT

Hello world!

Another week, another Test, but at this rate next week’s in St Lucia might be academic. England head into day two battling to stay in the match, and the series. There has been much talk about the pitch in Antigua, which for the first half of yesterday was greener than Kermit’s bogeys and made life extremely difficult for England once Joe Root again lost the toss – with the captain himself suffering more than anyone from some occasionally wild bounce – but it is the pace, hostility and quality of the West Indies bowling attack that has forced England both literally and metaphorically onto the back foot. The hosts ended the first day 157 runs behind with all 10 wickets remaining and England need their own bowlers to make quick inroads this morning if they are not to start their second knock at a significant disadvantage.

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