Third Test, St George's, Grenada (day three): |
England 204 & 103-8 Lees 31; Mayers 5-9 |
West Indies 297 Da Silva 100*; Woakes 3-48 |
England lead by 10 |
Scorecard |
The third day of the decisive third Test between England and the West Indies was a disaster.
The tourists were defeated by the lower order of the West Indies before they collapsed in the second day.
They ended the day 10 runs ahead of the West Indies.
In the morning session, England was frustrated by a stand of 52 with number 11 Jayden Seales and the West Indies were eventually dismissed for 297.
That gave the hosts a first-innings lead of 93 and in response England's top order folded to 39-4.
Bairstow was caught behind for 22 and Ben Foakes ran out Alex Lees five balls later as Bairstow and Alex offered some resistance.
Lees made 31 before he was castled by Kyle Mayers - the seamer ending the day with remarkable figures of 5-9.
The West Indies will take the series and complete victory.
It looks like England will have a winless run of nine Tests. The West Indies are ranked eighth in the world Test rankings and they had a dark time during their loss to the Aussies.
If England had taken the final two West Indies wickets quickly, they would have hoped to set a challenging target.
The bowling was toothless and confusing.
On a pitch with some bounce but which the West Indies lower order survived for more than two hours, England's batting capitulated. They weren't able to cope when the pressure was on.
Lees got a ball that kept low. The rest of the batters were dismissed.
The second time that the medium-fast seamer has dismissed him in the Test, Root was the one who played a tired waft on five to be caught at slip. The position of the captain will come under scrutiny.
The red-ball reset looks to be heading to a fourth consecutive series defeat for England.
It looked like England would not make a fourth day.
The first person to fall was Zak. He had already been dropped once and almost caught hitting over extra cover when he drove for a third time and was caught at second slip from his 11th ball.
His total of five runs is his lowest since 2015.
Dan Lawrence was dismissed for a duck when he played no shot, and Ben Stokes was caught behind when he tried to leave, as a result of the work done by Mayers.
Lees and Bairstow had the same calm, steadyAccumulation that Da Silva had earlier in the day. Bairstow tried to grab Alzarri Joseph off a length, but was caught under an edge.
The sight of Foakes coming up short diving through the dirt to make a second run summed up England's day.
The throw from the deep caused the run-out.
England's day was poor even before the batting collapse.
They showed little intent to dismiss Da Silva despite having a ball just six overs old. He was able to quietly accumulate while the match was going on.
Seales, whose previous high Test score was seven, survived for more than an hour after Saqib Mahmood fell to Kemar Roach.
When the lead was just 41, Seales should have been out for a duck and England could point to misfortune, but they should ignore their flaws.
It only heaped more misery onto the side looking frustrated when Seales planted Leach for six over long-on.
As he neared his century, Da Silva attacked and then hit Craig Overton for back-to-back boundaries to reach the landmark. He cried after he celebrated wildly and admitted there were tears in his eyes.
A ball came a second time as an example of England's toil. Da Silva walked from the field despite being nicked by Overton. He and the England players had to be recalled to the middle after replays showed he missed the ball.
Seales was caught and bowled by Root for 13 in the end.
More to come.