CRICKET:Stuart Broad led an England fightback at Sabina Park on an old-school day of Test cricket which defied the age of technology in which it was played.
Broad claimed half of the six wickets to fall as West Indies closed a third day, littered with further umpire challenges, on 352 for seven — which meant a total of just 192 runs for the day.
That left the Windies 34 runs ahead at the end of the second day after they had earlier bowled England out for 318.
West Indies literally ground to a halt after reaching 220 for one shortly before lunch, losing four wickets for 34 runs in the next 28 overs as Andrew Strauss’ tactic of delaying the second new ball until the 105th over worked to the tourists’ advantage.
Centurions Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan were among that quartet but runs proved harder to come by after their departures and it took sixth-wicket pair Denesh Ramdin and Brendan Nash to restore some momentum late on.
Nash, the first white West Indies player since the early 1970s, dropped anchor to finish unbeaten on 47 at the end of play.