West Indies vs England, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: England tour of West Indies, 2015 Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Date & Time: May 01-May 05, 10:00 AM LOCAL

18 wicket fell on Day 2. England added just 17 to their overnight score before Anderson's 6 for 42 helped them seize a 68-run first innings lead. Just when one thought England would drive home the advantage, a Jerome Taylor-led West Indies attack reduced them to 39 for 5, an overall lead of 107. If West Indies can skittle England out early on Day 3, they have a golden chance to prevent a series loss. However, even a target of over 200 will take getting on a crumbling surface in Barbados that's offering bounce and turn in equal measure. Then there's the small measure of the old ball reversing.

Low scoring games are usually the best to watch, says Ian Botham. Should be a cracker this!

Jos Butler reviewed and successfully reversed an umpire adjudication on 0 and along with Stokes, batted confidently to push England's lead beyond 150. While Taylor failed to retain his incisiveness from last evening, left-arm spinner Permaul kept the close-in fielders interested by getting the ball to kick and turn off the rough. To their credit, both Stokes and Buttler handled it pretty well.

51 runs in the opening hour for the loss of 1 wicket. England will take this!

Denesh Ramdin began Day 3 by bowling Jerome Taylor and Marlon Samuels on a Barbados wicket that had something in it for both speed and spin. But with Stokes and Ballance scoring freely, largely due to the bowling being non-penetrative, the captain turned to the left-arm spin of Veerasammy Permaul. The bowling change worked like a charm as Ballance edged one in the spinner's first over and was caught at slip. Super start.

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Darren Bravo completed a crucial half-century, his 11th in Test match cricket, as West Indies came within 63 runs of overhauling England's target of 192. En-route his half-century Bravo also shared an important half-century stand with Jermaine Blackwood, who was content on batting sedately from one end in order to ensure that West Indies didn't suffer another hiccup. Super stand.

13-runs came off a James Anderson's over before Darren Bravo stepped out and smoked Moeen Ali for a six over long on. England players shoulders started to droop at the end of that passage of play as the West Indian target was now reduced to less than 30 runs.

Bravo started the final session in emphatic fashion by hitting Joe Root for a six and a four before the lull set in. Chanderpaul played on to an Anderson loosener before Blackwood and Bravo showed immense caution against the English attack for the next half an hour. The duo complemented each other and negotiated Alastair Cook's myriad bowling changes. While Bravo was enticed occasionally into playing a false shot, his 23-year old partner remained largely nonplussed. Bravo registered his 11th Test fifty in typically wristy fashion and in the process completed the fifty run stand between the two. He was dismissed finally for a superb 82, just four runs short of the win but Blackwood remained unbeaten and took his side home.

In retrospect it was England who enjoyed a brighter start to Day 3. Resuming on their overnight lead of 107, they added 51 runs in the first hour before Permaul, Holder and Taylor conspired to trigger a collapse. Despite a flourish from Jos Buttler, England were bowled out for 123 in their second innings thereby setting a target of 192. West Indies had never lost a Test chasing under 200 and they set about the chase in positive fashion. Despite losing early wickets, Darren Bravo (82) and Jermaine Blackwood's (47*) match-winning stand helped the hosts seal a famous Test match win.

Coming into the opening days of the Test, England had it all going their way to complete the series win. Alastair Cook broke a sequence of 35 Test innings without a ton with a patient 105 but besides a half-century from Moeen Ali, England failed to get sizable contributions from the rest and got just 257 in the first inning. Another virtuso performance from James Anderson (6 for 42), his 17th five-wicket haul in Tests, helped them eke out a 68-run lead before West Indies capped off a memorable 18-wicket Day-2 by removing half of England's line up for next to nothing. Taylor, Holder and Permaul then finished with three wickets apiece on the third morning as England folded for a paltry 123 in their second essay. On a track that didn't hide any real demons, defending a target of 192 required another strong bowling performance from Anderson and Co. Bravo and Blackwood put paid to that with their famous partnership and West Indies cruised to a series-levelling win.