Darren Bravo (C) celebrates with West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin after catching England batsman Gary Ballance on the third day of the final Test at the Kensington Oval on Sunday.—AP

BRIDGETOWN: England were bowled out for 123 in their second innings on the third day of the third and final Test leaving West Indies with a target of 192 to win and level the series at 1-1.

The home side’s opening pair of Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope survived one over from James Anderson before lunch on Sunday to go in at four without loss.

The target is certainly reachable for West Indies but the surface has rewarded good bowling — for both seamers and spinners — and a fascinating day remains.

Resuming on 39 for five, England were undone by a combination of Veerasammy Permaul’s slow left-arm spin and Jason Holder’s seam.

Local favourite Holder trapped England’s Barbados born all-rounder Chris Jordan lbw and then yorked Stuart Broad with the next delivery.

Jos Buttler (35 not out) and James Anderson (2) put on a potentially important 25-run partnership before Jerome Taylor returned to the attack and had Anderson removed lbw after review.

Meanwhile on an extraordinary second day’s play on Saturday, 18 wickets fell.

After two Tests where the batsmen dominated on flat tracks, Anderson and Taylor produced memorable performances.

Taylor made short work of the tail, removing the last three batsmen in the morning session for the addition of 17 runs as England were bowled out for 257.

Anderson then claimed six for 42, including three of the top four, in another superb spell of bowling during which he generated movement through the air and off the seam.

West Indies were bowled out for 189, giving the tourists a first-innings advantage of 68.

Jermaine Blackwood hit a defiant 85 for the home team, turning up the tempo when it was clear he was not going to get the support he needed from the upper and middle order.

Blackwood struck four sixes and 11 fours in an entertaining innings before he was the last man to go, holing out to Moeen Ali off Anderson.

The Lancashire seamer was magnificent earlier in the innings. He removed Kraigg Brathwaite for a duck when the opener edged to Chris Jordan at slip before having debutant Shai Hope snaffled up by skipper Alastair Cook for five at slip.

Marlon Samuels looked in aggressive mood but he badly misjudged an inswinger from Anderson, leaving a ball that swung back in and trapped him lbw for nine.

Bravo was caught by Jordan off spinner Moeen for nine before Jordan produced a fine diving catch at slip to dismiss Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 25 off part-time spinner Joe Root.

England, however, were unable to make the most of their first-innings lead as Taylor took his turn to shine on a surface offering more and more to the seamers.

Taylor trapped the struggling Jonathan Trott lbw for nine before fellow paceman Shannon Gabriel had Cook caught at slip by Brathwaite for four.

Ian Bell was lbw to Taylor without scoring and the in-form Root fell for one, edging Holder to Bravo at slip.

Permaul bowled Moeen for eight just before stumps were drawn.

Scoreboard

ENGLAND (1st Innings) 257 (A.N. Cook 105, Moeen Ali 58; J.E. Taylor 3-36, J.O. Holder 2-34, S.T. Gabriel 2-47).

WEST INDIES (1st Innings):

K.C. Brathwaite c Jordan b Anderson 0 S.D. Hope c Cook b Anderson 5 D.M. Bravo c Jordan b Moeen 9 M.N. Samuels lbw b Anderson 9 S. Chanderpaul c Jordan b Root 25 J. Blackwood c Moeen b Anderson 85 D. Ramdin c Buttler b Broad 13 J.O. Holder c Buttler b Stokes 5 V. Permaul c sub b Anderson 18 J.E. Taylor b Anderson 15 S.T. Gabriel not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1) 5

TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 189

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-5, 3-21, 4-37, 5-82, 6-107, 7-124, 8-162, 9-178.

BOWLING: Anderson 12.4-5-42-6; Broad 10-3-31-1; Moeen Ali 10-2-56-1; Root 9-1-34-1; Jordan 6-3-4-0; Stokes 2-0-17-1.

ENGLAND (2nd Innings, overnight 39-5):

A.N. Cook c Brathwaite b Gabriel 4 I.J.L. Trott lbw b Taylor 9 G.S. Ballance c Bravo b Permaul 23 I.R. Bell lbw b Taylor 0 J.E. Root c Bravo b Holder 1 Moeen Ali b Permaul 8 B.A. Stokes c Chanderpaul b Permaul 32 J.C. Buttler not out 35 C.J. Jordan lbw b Holder 2 S.C.J. Broad b Holder 0 J.M. Anderson lbw b Taylor 2

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, NB-1) 7

TOTAL (all out, 42.1 overs) 123

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-13, 3-18, 4-28, 5-39, 6-62, 7-95, 8-98, 9-98.

BOWLING: Taylor 11.1-1-33-3; Gabriel 7-4-16-1; Holder 9-3-15-3; Permaul 11-3-43-3; Samuels 4-1-10-0.

WEST INDIES (2nd Innings):

K.C. Brathwaite not out 4 S.D. Hope not out 0

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for no wkt, 1 over) 0

BOWLING (to-date): Anderson 1-0-4-0.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2015

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