West Indies held on to salvage a draw in the first Test against England in Antigua.
Chasing a nominal 438 for victory, the hosts finished the day on 350-7 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Jimmy Anderson took two wickets to become England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker, but the visitors’ bid to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series was thwarted by a maiden century from Jason Holder.
Resuming on 98-2, West Indies lost three wickets in the morning session as England smelt victory.
Devon Smith drove James Tredwell straight to Gary Balance at mid-on having only added six runs to his overnight 59.
Anderson then tied Sir Ian Botham’s mark of 383 Test wickets as Marlon Samuels (23) drove loosely and was caught by Tredwell in the gully.
The hosts went to lunch on 162-5 as veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul (13) was trapped lbw by Joe Root shortly before the adjournment.
England had further hope when Jermaine Blackwood (31) played a reckless shot to Chris Jordan and was caught behind off a thin underedge, but skipper Dinesh Ramdin and Holder dug in.
They shared a 105-run partnership for the seventh wicket, with Ramdin making 57 before Anderson took a historic 384th Test victim as the skipper nicked to Alastair Cook at slip.
However Holder made his highest first-class score of 103, bringing up his ton by driving Tredwell over the top in the penultimate over, and was given stout support by Kemar Roche (15) as the tourists were denied victory in a similar manner to the drawn Test on the same ground six years ago.
The series continues in Grenada on Tuesday.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1cEhlt2
via IFTTT April 17, 2015 at 02:19PM
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