England will resume their third innings on 103 for eight and a lead of just 10 runs in the third and final Test, leaving Joe Root under intense pressure
Embarrassing batting collapse leaves Root under more pressureJoe Root trudges off after being dismissed by Kyle Mayers.Sat 26 Mar 2022 22.04 GMTUninspired with the ball and shown up when it was their turn to bat, England will head into the fourth day in Grenada staring at a series defeat to West Indies and what could easily prove Joe Root’s last as captain of the Test team.
Root was simply out of ideas during two hours and 17 minutes of pain in the morning session, Da Silva turning his overnight 54 into a maiden Test century ground out over six hours. This was also one half of a defiant 10th wicket stand of 53 with Jayden Seales, the No 11 who averages 3.3 in first-class cricket, that steered West Indies to 297 all out and a precious 93-run lead.
He might have expected more from his vice-captain, Ben Stokes, who was caught in two minds while feathering a catch behind off Mayers; so, too, a senior player such as Jonny Bairstow, when a potentially restorative 26-over stand of 41 with Alex Lees either side of tea was ended with a chirp from Da Silva about slow scoring and then an under-edged pull shot off Alzarri Joseph.
This carnage had followed a morning from Hades for Root’s guileless attack and one that Da Silva will never forget, the 23-year-old having shrugged off the pain of a blow to his hand from Woakes and realised a dream first spawned when he was growing up in Port of Spain.
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