First Test: West Indies v England, Bridgetown, 23-27 Jan.

[alfie]

No real surprise to see Jennings depart in that manner...although in fairness he's batted 28 overs here which along with Burns has given England the sort of start they wanted (and didn't get first time around !)

He's not exactly useless...the man can play quite well against spin. (And is an excellent short leg catcher ). But I really don't fancy seeing him lining up to open against Starc , Cummins & co in a few months. This innings from Burns may be the making of him - and perhaps enable the selectors to cast around for an alternative at the other end.

105/1 is a considerable improvement on the first innings...admittedly not saying much

[meninblue]

Rory too trying to play very far away from the body. He threw the bat to a ball which was probably three feet away from the off-stump. Team strategy is chasing 628 or trying to bat out 2 days.

[meninblue]

4 for Jonny at square leg. No chance for the fine leg fielder to stop that. Placement

[meninblue]

4 more to Jonny, successive fours. Short outside off-stump by Roach and Jonny gets well on top of that one

[meninblue]

Another similar 4 for Jonny. Three in the over. Cut again to point for 4.

[andy]

under 500 to win Burns playing well but wish he would stop flashing at everything one will fly to slip soon!

[andy]

Chase on. First ball goes for 4!

[Durhamfootman]

Burns gone 134-2

[Durhamfootman]

spin on... wicket straight away

it's a simple game at times. England can't play spin

this is where we find out what England have got

[mikesiva]

Chase with a key breakthrough. Two down.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bowled by the spinner playing defensively isn't a good look.

If England don't knock off the 600+ runs to win this game I'll be looking at the strike rates of Burns (63) and Bairstow (61) and the others and wondering why they are playing all those shots.

[mikesiva]

Gabriel gets a massive wicket! Root out for one. Three down.

[andy]

no ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[andy]

Gabriel is alwaysh pushing that line, lucky for root!

[meninblue]

Good bounce for Shanon. Joe survives as the ball falls away to the left of the keeper.