It says a lot that even though England lost a wicket off the last ball in Barbados, they can say with some certainty that day one of this second Test against West Indies belongs to them.
Dan Lawrence’s chip to cover in the ninetieth and final over carried more personal pain than it did to the team. His 91, compiled engagingly over three hours and eight minutes, was selfless and daring. Both qualities that ultimately mean he now has four half-centuries to his name, rather than three and one maiden hundred at this level. Nevertheless, at 244-3, it was a job well done, albeit with a disappointingly premature end.
