West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite was once more a huge roadblock that England couldn’t dislodge because the second check led to a tense attract Barbados on Sunday.
England declared in sufficient time to provide themselves 65 overs to bowl out West Indies a second time and picked up 5 wickets inside 45 overs, together with three by spinner Jack Leach.
But a singing Barmy Army in sometimes good voice couldn’t fairly encourage the guests throughout the end line as West Indies completed on 135 for 5.
Though England had been the higher crew general, the match will probably be finest remembered for the outstanding batting performances by Brathwaite.
After stoically occupying the crease for nearly 12 hours in scoring 160 from 489 balls within the first innings, he was there on the bitter finish on Sunday, unconquered on 56, having spent all however about one hour on the sphere over 5 lengthy days.
“The pitch at times with the harder ball was difficult, but I stuck to my plans, which was to play as straight and late as possible,” Brathwaite stated.
“I’ve put in a lot of work through the years and to do it at home for me is a pleasing feeling with my family here. I’m very happy and thankful.”
Joe Root acknowledged the efficiency of his counterpart.
“Kraigg played brilliantly again,” stated the England captain.
A 282-run victory goal was by no means a sensible chance for West Indies in a contest that adopted a remarkably comparable trajectory to the primary check.
England declared setting West Indies a profitable goal of 286 from 71 overs in that contest in Antigua which was finally drawn.
Every week later England picked up three wickets inside 13 overs, and later received their fifth wicket when Leach had Jason Holder caught for a 24-ball duck within the forty fifth over, at which level the guests should have fancied their possibilities.
However, wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva, whose batting common is a decent 26, proved foil for Brathwaite, surviving unbeaten on 30, as Leach and part-time spinner Dan Lawrence couldn’t make one other breakthrough.
While Brathwaite continued to defend with the straightest of bats, Da Silva gleefully dispatched dangerous balls to the boundary because the close-in legside fielders ducked for canopy.
Leach completed with 3-36 from 25 overs, whereas check newcomer Saqib Mahmood received the opposite two wickets, making it 4 for the match.
“We made three brilliant breakthroughs but just unfortunately couldn’t quite kick on,” Root stated.
Earlier on Sunday, England declared their second innings at 185 for six at lunch, although some puzzled why the choice was not made earlier, with the goal already seemingly nicely past the capabilities of the hosts.
West Indies had trailed by 96 runs after the primary innings on Saturday.
The third and last check in sequence begins in Grenada on Thursday.
