Centurion Jonny Bairstow guided England past 300 for the first time since last summer before being last man out on the second morning of the first Test against the West Indies.
Joe Root’s side last hit that mark seven months and 13 innings ago against India at Headingley, failing in each of their 10 attempts in the Ashes. Perhaps not coincidentally, that game in Leeds was also England’s last Test win.
