Broad puts England in winning position

MANCHESTER:STUART Broad took six wickets spread across two innings on the third day as England got into a winning position in the deciding third Test despite the West Indies avoiding the follow-on at Old Trafford here on Sunday.

Broad’s haul of six for 31 in 14 overs helped the hosts bundle out the West Indies for 197 in reply to England’s first-innings 369 that featured his dashing 62. He took all the West Indies wickets to fall in the first innings on Sunday in a burst of four of 14 in four overs.

Broad then returned late in the day to pick up two more wickets in three overs after England set the visitors a target of 399 to win the series levelled at 1-1. At stumps, West Indies were 10 for two. Broad got opener John Campbell for a duck and nightwatchman Kemar Roach for four to be one shy of 500 Test wickets.

In between Broad’s bursts, England declared their second innings at 226 for two, with Rory Burns making 90 and captain Joe Root scoring 68 not out off 56 balls.

Burns, twice dismissed by Roston Chase already this series, almost fell to the off-spinner on 12 when he was beaten by a sharply turning delivery, only for substitute wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva, who had gathered the ball, to slip and miss the stumping chance. Da Silva was on the field after first-choice keeper Shane Dowrich had been hit in the face by a 90mph delivery from Shannon Gabriel that burst through

his gloves with some velocity.

BRIEF SCORES: England

369 & 226/2d in 58 overs (R Burns 90, J Root 68*, D Sibley 56) v

197 in 65 overs (J Holder 46, S Dowrich 37; S Broad 6/31, J Anderson 2/28) & 10/2 in 6 overs (S Broad 2/8)

West Indies