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Joshua da Silva's unbeaten maiden Test half-century in the Caribbean anchored a West Indies lower-order revival which pushed the home side ahead of England on the second day of the third and final Te…

West Indies edge into the ascendency in the third Test against England by opening a slim first-innings lead in Grenada.

A three-wicket burst by Chris Woakes gave England the edge over the West Indies at tea on the second day of the third and final Test at the Grenada National Stadium on Friday.

The tourists had no response for a similar show of resistance led by Josh Da Silva.

ST GEORGE’S – West Indies were 71 for three, replying to England’s first innings total of 204, at lunch on the second day of the deciding third Test on Friday at the National Cricket Stadium in the Spice Isle of Grenada. At the interval, Nkrumah Bonner was not out on one and fellow Jamaica Scorpions batsman and Windies vice-captain Jermaine Blackwood was not out on the same score, after the …

The tourists had the West Indies 134 for seven at tea.

West Indies lead England by 28 runs with two first-innings wickets remaining in the third Test in Grenada

Big PictureSo far, England's tour of the Caribbean has been one for the purists. Ten days of attritional cricket, interspersed with flashes of hopeful

During Kraigg Brathwaite’s mammoth first innings effort in Bridgetown, Ian Bishop recounted a story on the TV commentary. Ahead of Barbados’ game against Jamaica in the West Indies 4-Day Championship, Brathwaite had had a conversation with a friend of his father’s, a local umpire. Brathwaite was told to treat the game against the Jamaicans like it was a Test match. That would be, his father’s friend told him, the best way to prepare for facing Joe Root’s team. Braithwaite obviously too...

The message on arrival and departure couldn’t be clearer. At the airport, large Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Air Canada jets and more lined the runways. As I boarded Caribbean Airlines on depar