3.25pm: Root does call them in, at the fall of the ninth wicket and with a couple of hours still left in the day. Having won the toss and batted, England have done the first part of the job: pile up a big first-innings score. Now to find out if their attack, featuring two debutants, remember, can extract any more life from the surface. West Indies' batters will have to gee themselves up for the challenge after the best part of two days in the field - but they've got a man in their ranks, in Nkrumah Bonner, who'll lap up the challenge of batting time on what still looks a flat deck
MJ Leach st †Da Silva b Permaul 4 (7m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Slip and leg slip in
Joe Root is still in his training kit, stood on the England balcony. So looks like no declaration coming
END OF OVER:150 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 503/8
- Matthew Fisher0 (5b)
- Jack Leach0 (0b)
- Kemar Roach27-5-68-2
- Veerasammy Permaul35-1-122-2
Jack Leach is next in, Fisher on strike. WI have posted a short leg
CR Woakes c Seales b Roach 41 (72m 57b 3x4 1x6) SR: 71.92
Takes England past 500, first time since the Chennai Test in February 2021
