England 416 and 348 for six (Brook 109, Root 81*, Duckett 76, Pope 51) manage West Indies 457 (Hodge 120, Da Silva 82*, Athanaze 82, Woakes 4-84) through 307 runs
Two moves overdue within the morning consultation through Jayden Seales and any other at the endmost ball sooner than lunch to Kevin Sinclair lifted West Indies from a place the place the fit seemed to be slipping past their succeed in. England added 100 runs to their in a single day ranking however misplaced 3 wickets for 19 runs in 7.2 overs.
With 4 wickets nonetheless in hand and Root taking a look in advantageous contact, England had been nonetheless in keep an eye on and far of that used to be all the way down to him and Brook, who united for a 198-run be on one?s feet for the fourth wicket upcoming Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett had fallen in fast succession at the 3rd week, themselves having each and every handed fifty and placed on 119 runs in combination.
All through the fourth morning, Brook and Root appeared fully unflustered they usually gathered 52 runs within the first age to hurry England to the 300-mark of their 2d innings, a manage of 259.
In a while upcoming but any other ball exchange on this fit, Brook introduced up his 5th Take a look at ton – and primary on house park – nudging the unutilized one, delivered through Alzarri Joseph, for a unmarried to mid-on. Two balls nearest, Root clipped one to the leg aspect in order up his fifty, and the 150 partnership.
Brook fell a just right generation upcoming the primary beverages split, wafting at a Seales supply that moved away somewhat off the seam, discovered the brink and sailed thru to Joshua Da Silva in the back of the stumps.
Seales struck once more when he got rid of Ben Stokes affordably, Stokes turning a trim ball instantly to Alzarri Joseph at backward sq. leg.
That introduced Jamie Smith to the fold and he controlled handiest 6 sooner than Sinclair drew a collapse edge with a supply on off stump and Da Silva snapped up the catch.
