England frustrated as Holder and Bonner ensure draw for West Indies

An unbeaten fifth-wicket stand of 80 between Jason Holder and Nkrumah Bonner ensured the first Test between the West Indies and England petered out into a draw.

Zak Crawley's 121 and another century from Joe Root helped propel England to a second-innings total of 349-6 declared on the morning of the final day in Antigua, with the West Indies 4-0 at lunch chasing 286 to win.

Kraigg Braithwaite and John Campbell continued that solid start in the afternoon session with an opening stand of 59, but the pair departed in quick succession and the home side were further reduced to 67-4 soon after tea thanks in no small part to three wickets from Jack Leach.

But Holder (37 not out) and Bonner (38 not out) stood their ground and saw the hosts through to the close on 147-4 to salvage the draw, with attention now quickly turning to the second Test in Barbados which starts on Wednesday.

Resuming on 219-1, England lost Crawley in the fifth over of the day for his second-highest score in Test cricket thanks to a fine piece of bowling from Jason Holder, sending down a fuller delivery which deceived the Kent man.

Root stood firm at the other end though, bringing up the 24th century of his Test career and third batting at No 3 to move into second above Kevin Pietersen on England's all-time list before departing for 109 after becoming the first of Alzarri Joseph's three victims.

Dan Lawrence left no one in any doubt as to the tourists' intentions on day five either with a breezy 37 from 36 balls which included four fours and one six to help accelerate the run rate on what had been an otherwise slow-scoring pitch.

His cameo was brought to an end when he flicked one off the outside of his bat to Veerasammy Permaul at backwards point off