Nkrumah Bonner: West Indies vs England 1st Test: Marathon man Nkrumah Bonner gives West Indies the lead over a tired England. Cricket News – Times of India

Answer sound: Nkramah BonerConsiderable reserves of patience and determination paid off with an invaluable second Test century as West Indies closed out the third day of the first Test against England for 373 for nine. Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursday.
Bonner’s innings of 123 runs lasted more than nine hours and although it will rarely be remembered for any attacking style or strokeplay quality, his effort helped the home team finish with a wicket in the first innings of 62 runs on the fourth day. taken to
Higher than the original number of match conditions, however, it could prove to be a significant psychological edge, especially as England toiled through a full day’s play after the overnight pairing of Bonner and Jason Holder was briefly separated. would not have expected to do. Minutes of the beginning.

But Holder’s dismissal to Ben Stokes at 206 for five was just a prelude to the West Indies’ continued resistance from the lower order.
wicketkeeper-batsman Joshua da Silva (32), senior pacer Kemar Roach (15) and specialist spinner Veerasamy Permoul (26 not out) all played important supporting roles for Bonner.
On the same ground that saw his maiden Test century almost a year earlier ensured a draw against Sri Lanka, Bonner’s effort was generally going to work.
He faced 355 deliveries, most of them in full control, yet still needed moments of luck to advance his team’s objective, when a faint leg-side touch to the delivery of the part-time leg-spinner Happened. Dan Lawrence gives wicketkeeper Ben Fox another chance to show his ability behind the stumps.

“We’re in good shape right now but I’d really like to bat another hour tomorrow and take a century-plus lead,” Bonner said.
“We worked really hard on our batting during the camp before this series, so I was not surprised to see resistance from the lower order batsmen, which was very important to get us into the position we are in.”
As England took the second new ball half an hour into the day’s play, the 33-year-old Jamaican’s right hand was saved when a missed pull fell just short of midwicket and again at 73, Zak Crowley could not slip off. Spinner Jack Leach has a quick chance.
Considering the trouble they suffered when West Indies were reduced to 127 for four on the second day, visiting captain Joe Root looked to his fastest bowler, Mark Wood, to inflict considerable damage on the rest of the West Indies innings. can be delivered.

However he bowled only one over with the second new ball and later left the field from the England camp with information that a recurrence of the elbow injury meant he would play no further part on the field for the rest of the innings.
It proved to be a vital blow and as hard as the other bowlers worked in conditions favorable to the batsmen, the visitors lacked the real firepower to trouble their opponents.

Stokes and fellow seamer Craig Overton took two wickets each, while Leach conceded 43 overs for da Silva’s wicket.
It was hardly a day to electrify cricket, amassing only 171 runs in 90 overs.
The context of the match, however, suggests that the questionable batting of England’s top-order will face another search test at the start of the fourth day.