Cricket

Jos Buttler Ben Stokes

and were unbeaten on half-centuries with England wearing down the West Indies to be a healthy 231-4 at stumps on the first day of their third cricket test. England have already lost the series 2-0 but finally dug in against a bowling attack missing captain Jason Holder, who has been banned from the test for his team’s slow over-rate in the threeday second test in Antigua. Stokes, whose availability was in doubt because of a bruised right heel, was a fortunate 62 not out and Buttler was 67 not out. Their unbeaten partnership of 124 started in the middle session and handled three overs of the new ball. Two Southampton supporters were detained by police after mocking the tragic death of Emiliano Sala at their side’s English Premier League home match against Cardiff City yesterday. During a minute’s silence prior to the start of the game at St Mary’s Stadium, two Southampton fans were pictured making aeroplane gestures. Sala, the 28-year-old Argentine, disappeared last month when flying over the English Channel to join his new Cardiff team, and his body was recovered on Friday. Cardiff were playing their first match since the tragedy, and went on to win 2-1 in a game where both teams wore black armbands. The two Southampton fans are set to be banned from future home games.