West Indies lose flurry of soft wickets to hand England advantage on day two
England’s bowlers laboured early on before a flurry of soft wickets on the second afternoon stalled the West Indies’ response to the tourists’ 311 all out.
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An unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 75 between Nkrumah Bonner and Jason Holder helped the West Indies reach the close at 202 for four in reply to England's first innings total of 311 on the second day of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday.