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Evening Standard
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Will Macpherson

England held to encouraging First Test draw with West Indies after Joe Root century and Jack Leach flurry

The opening Test in Antigua ended in a draw, with West Indies just four wickets down in their second innings. But, and this has not always been the case in recent times - England’s ambition and enterprise could not be faulted on a very dull pitch.

Having been 48 for four on the first morning, and having conceded a 64-run first innings lead, England recovered very well to have West Indies under some pressure in the final session of the match. While that pressure did abate, the handshakes did not come until an England victory was mathematically impossible.

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