Windies v England 3rd Test Day 3 – England lead by 448 runs

by Alastair Symondson Monday 11 February 2019

England's Joe Denly celebrates his 50 with Joe Root

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Joe Root 111* for England today - celebrates his hundred

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Joe Root hits out

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England took a firm grasp on the match, at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, today.

Match Summary

England 277 (Jos Buttler 67, Ben Stokes 79; Kemar Roach 4-48) and 325-4 (Joe Root 111*, Joe Denly 69, Jos Buttler 56)

Windies 154 (John Campbell 41; Mark Wood 5-41, Moeen Ali 4-36)

Close of Play – England lead Windies by 448 runs with 6 wickets remaining

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Series Stats

A brilliant day for England.

They end it on 325/4, 448 runs ahead of Windies at the end of day three. #WIvENG | LIVE ?? https://t.co/D8r0blpTH7 pic.twitter.com/dEBpvqUswP
— ICC (@ICC) 11 February 2019

After the early departure of Rory Burns for 10 and then Keaton Jennings falling for 23, England took hold of the 3^rd Test with Joe Denly 69 and skipper Joe Root 111*,anchoring the innings. Following the departure of Denly, Jos Buttler and Root put on a partnership of 107, for the 4^th wicket, before Buttler was out for 56. Ben Stokes then joined Root, who played the Captain's innings that was missing in the first two Tests, enabling England to take a substantial lead over the Windies.

England closed the day with a lead of 448 runs with 6 wickets remaining - Joe Root 111* and Ben Stokes 29* the not out batsmen.

Windies- Kraigg Brathwaite(c), John Campbell, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Shane Dowrich(wk), Keemo Paul, Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, Shannon Gabriel

England - Rory Burns, Keaton Jennings, Joe Denly, Joe Root(c), Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow(wk), Moeen Ali, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson