Bridgetown, 21 Mar: The West Indies and England drew a second straight Test in Barbados, leaving their series to be decided in the third and final test in Grenada.
\nEngland didn’t declare its second innings until during the lunch break on Sunday, when it was 185-6 and led by 281 runs at Kensington Oval.
\nThat offered the West Indies 282 runs to win from 65 overs at more than 4 an over. That was no help to the England bowlers, and too steep for the batsmen to attack.
\nThe home side dug in on a pitch with little life in it and, after some early drama, held out for all 65 overs to finish on 135-5 at barely two runs per over.
\nCaptain Kraigg Brathwaite, who batted for nearly 12 hours in the first innings for 160, steered the side to safety in the second with another monumental effort. He batted more than four hours for 56 runs from 184 balls.
\nEngland earned some hope when it reduced West Indies to 39-3 in the 13th over.
\nSpinner Jack Leach got John Campbell out for 10 in his first over after a review, and new fast bowler Saqib Mahmood got edges from Shamarh Brooks and Nkrumah Bonner into the hands of Joe Root.
\nJermaine Blackwood reunited with Brathwaite, and the pair which combined for 183 from 69 overs in the first innings, shared 50 from 25 overs on Sunday. Then Blackwood was Leach’s second wicket of the day for 27 from 84.
\nLeach also bagged Jason Holder for a duck as he ended up bowling 94.5 overs overall, the most by an Englishman in a test in 60 years. He took six wickets in the match.
\nWest Indies was five down with 20 overs to go but Brathwaite, on his home ground, refused to leave.
\nHe got to his half-century with 10 overs left. He blocked out his last 16 deliveries. Brathwaite passed Brian Lara to face the most deliveries 673 in a single test by a West Indies player. (AP)<\/p>\n
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