BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Barbados Test matches attract football managers.

England lost their battle of wills with Kraigg Brathwaite and drew the second Test against his West Indies side after a case of deja vu in Barbados.

After falling six wickets short on the last day of the series opener in Antigua, England were once again forced to settle for stalemate at the Kensington Oval. 

On both occasions lifeless pitches and stiff West Indian will have trumped English endeavour, leaving all to play for in next week's decider in Grenada.

Sportsmail's DAVID LLOYD offers his thoughts and insights on the final day's play in Barbados.

Ralf Rangnick has been in the crowd at the Kensington Oval.

Barbados Test matches do seem to be an attractive proposition for football managers. Remember when England played here in 2018 and Steve Bruce telling Sheffield Wednesday he wasn’t available to start work until he’d ticked off watching a Test in Bridgetown from his bucket list.

Alan Smith, the ex-Crystal Palace boss, is often on England tours. Peter Reid and Glenn Hoddle are regulars at home. 

Meanwhile, the last time I saw Joe Hart, he was trying to teach the forward defensive to Sergio Aguero.

Officials in Grenada should do right by the players and make the final Test a contest.

If not both sides should protest. Bowlers should bowl with the wrong hand and batters bat the wrong way around. 

The game would be in disrepute but that is how farcical this week has been.

Germans and cricket don’t tend to go together, although I can reveal that I made my Lancashire captaincy debut on an end-ofseason tour of Monchengladbach in 1972 against an army side. 

My team-mates had all been Holsten-ed in the bar the night before. 

Corporal Williams, a hulking West Indies fast bowler, then frightened the life out of us and sobered