- England 204 & 15-0; West Indies 318
- Pace bowlers frustrated by tenacious batting
Advantage West Indies and they have worked commendably hard to gain the ascendancy. So far their discipline and determination has prevailed and it has been epitomised by Roston Chase. He only scored 47; in the 33 overs of the afternoon session he mustered just 14 runs; in all he faced 142 deliveries. Chase was content with grit rather than glamour.
He is not renowned as a 21st‑century equivalent of Chris Tavare in one of his more reticent moods. But here he was set upon occupying the crease; in that afternoon session he ducked the bouncers, blocked the straight ones and refused to be tempted by the spinner. Someone else could play the shots that would have had a crowd gasping. In fact in another world Chase might have prompted a slow handclap, a response that has gone out of fashion in the 21st century.