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West Indies recover as England stall in second Test
Kemar Roach celebrates after dismissing Enfgland captain Andrew Strauss. PHOTO/Getty Images
West Indies fought back well to take four wickets on the third morning of the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Sunday as they checked England’s progress.
At lunch, England were 340 for six in reply to West Indies’ 370, still 30 runs behind after resuming on 259 for two in ideal, sunny, batting conditions.
England captain Andrew Strauss was 125 not out, having started the day unbeaten on 102, his second hundred in as many matches after his 123 in the five-wicket first Test win over the West Indies at Lord’s.
Tim Bresnan was unbeaten on four.
This was the first time in his 21 Test hundreds, one shy of the England record of 22 held jointly by Walter Hammond, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott, that Strauss had added more than six runs when not out overnight on a century.
But the fact he’d scored just 23 runs in the session was testament to the accuracy of West Indies’ attack, with fast bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Kemar Roach doing the damage.
Kevin Pietersen had looked in excellent touch while making 72 on Saturday.
