Nkrumah Bonner's Patient Century Gives West Indies Edge

NORTH SOUND: West Indies middle-order batter Nkrumah Bonner scored a patient century as the hosts took a morale-boosting 62-run lead on Day 3 of the opening Test against the Joe Root-led England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here on Friday (IST).

At stumps on Day 3, the West Indies, thanks to a 355-ball 123 from Bonner, were 373/9 in reply to England's first-innings total of 311 all out.

The hosts added 171 runs on a slow-paced day, with Bonner anchoring the effort almost all the way through the day, reaching his second century in Test cricket off his 257th delivery by sweeping Jack Leach to the boundary shortly after tea.

Brief scores: England 311 vs West Indies 373/9 (Kraigg Brathwaite 55, John Campbell 35, Nkrumah Bonner 123, Jason Holder 45, Joshua Da Silva 32; Ben Stokes 2/42, Craig Overton 2/85). IANS

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