Patel: England will learn from day three mistakes

Spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel feels England paid a heavy price for the two mistakes they made on a tough third day of the second Test against the West Indies at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

England took only three wickets in the day as they toiled away for 90 overs on day three, with Kraigg Brathwaite (109no) and Jermaine Blackwood (102) scoring centuries as the West Indies closed the day on 288-4, trailing still by 219 runs.

Things began positively for the tourists as Jack Leach cashed in on a loose shot from Shamarh Brooks (39) and Ben Stokes picked up Nkrumah Bonner (9) for a disputed lbw decision in the morning session.

Stokes should have also picked up Blackwood for a duck, but England didn't review his lbw appeal when DRS would have upheld the shout. And Saqib Mahmood bowled Blackwood for 65, only for his first Test wicket to be chalked off due to him overstepping and bowling a front-foot no-ball.

"You look at those moments and we made two mistakes today," said Patel. "We didn't review an lbw that was probably out and then there was the no-ball.

"But if we only make two mistakes a day, we're going alright.

"No one wants those stories. It's not great for Saqib but I'm sure he'll learn his lesson going forward.

"We did a lot of good stuff and hopefully we come back with the same attitude and effort."

While the chances of a second-successive draw in the three-match series rose considerably over the course of another day dominated by bat on ball, Patel saw glimmers of optimism and believes there are small signs that conditions are changing.

"I still think there's a chance, everyone saw it was moving around at times out there," he said.

"There a bit of up and down bounce, a bit of spin, a bit of reverse - I think