Don’t call England failures over one bad day – batting coach Marcus Trescothick

Batting coach Marcus Trescothick pleaded for England’s Caribbean tour not to be written off as a failure after “one bad day” left them staring at a demoralising series defeat in Grenada.

England made the running during drawn games in Antigua and Barbados and had everything to play for as they arrived for day three of the third Test decider against the West Indies.

Desperately disappointing with the ball, they watched on passively as Josh Da Silva compiled a maiden century, expertly shepherding number 11 Jayden Seales in a stand of 52.

Their efforts turned their overnight advantage of 28 into a dangerous lead of 93, enough scoreboard pressure to incite the latest shocking collapse from a batting line-up that is building up quite the collection.

At stumps they had limped to 103 for eight, a paltry lead of 10 after Kyle Mayers claimed a rousing haul of five for nine. A West Indian win looks to be inevitable, a result which would leave England winless in their last five series and a solitary win in their last 17 Tests.

But Trescothick did his best to spin a hint of optimism from an ugly scorecard, framing it as an aberration in the narrower context of the last three weeks.

“It’s all gone wrong, yes. We’ve had a really bad day and we’re really disappointed. But it’s easy over the course of what we’ve had over the winter to throw the baby out with the bathwater,” he said.

“We believe as coaching staff and players in that dressing room that we’ve made strides as a team over the course of the Test matches we’ve had here.

“We’ve had one bad day today and over the course of the series this is the first bad day we’ve had. Day one in Antigua we had a challenging day but fought back really well and then in Barbados we were really