{"id":3093,"date":"2022-03-18T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/3093\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T21:44:09","slug":"england-in-west-indies-centuries-from-kraigg-brathwaite-and-jermaine-blackwood-blunt-england-in-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/3093\/","title":{"rendered":"England in West Indies: Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood blunt England in Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Second test, Barbados (day three):<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
England 507-December 9: <\/strong>Root 153, Stokes 120, Lawrence 91; Permaul 3-126<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Indies 288-4: <\/strong>Brathwaite 109*, Blackwood 102<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Indies Trail for 219 runs<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scorekeeper<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A tenacious unbeaten century from West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite and 102 from Jermaine Blackwood defeated England on day three of the second Test in Barbados.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brathwaite batted all day, combining with Blackwood for a position of 183 as the hosts cruised to 288-4 at the close, trailing by 219 runs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That association frustrated England by 68.3 overs until Blackwood miscalculated a license to part-time spinner Dan Lawrence and was out lbw with five overs to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

After claiming two early wickets, England struggled to create opportunities and tourists squandered the rare opportunities they did create.<\/span><\/p>\n

Blackwood would have been out by a duck had England revisited a lbw decision and in the 65th he was brought down by a no-ball from Saqib Mahmood, which would have been the debutant’s first test wicket. There was also a missed opportunity when Brathwaite was at 109.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, much like the first game of the series in Antigua, the Test already appears headed for a draw, despite Lawrence’s late intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n