MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope frustrated England once again as the West Indies lost just one wicket on the fourth morning of the second Test at Old Trafford on Sunday.
West Indies were 118-2 at lunch, still needing a further 152 runs to avoid the follow-on as they look to win their first Test series in England for 32 years.
Brathwaite was 41 not out and Hope 25 not out, with the pair having scored three hundreds between them when the West Indies beat England by five wickets in the second Test at Headingley three years ago.
It was a frustrating morning for England, 1-0 down after a four-wicket loss in last week’s first Test at Southampton in a series that marks international cricket’s return from the coronavirus lockdown.
Enforcing the follow-on looks like England’s best route to victory after the whole of Saturday’s third day in Manchester was washed out.
By contrast, play resumed Sunday in bright sunshine with the West Indies 32-1.
Nightwatchman Alzarri Joseph, who might have been lbw to Sam Curran had England reviewed on Friday, should have been dismissed for 16 on Sunday when he edged Chris Woakes.
