Dogged England restrict timid Windies

North Sound - England's dogged perseverance paid off in two gritty sessions of play with the West Indies restricted to 155 for four in reply to the tourists' first innings total of 399 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Tuesday.

Despite the capitulation of their lower-order in the morning's play when only 58 runs were added to an already formidable overnight position of 341 for five, the English bowlers worked hard for their reward on an unresponsive pitch and should have had more success in the final hour to claim a potentially decisive advantage.

Jermaine Blackwood, who resumes on the third morning in partnership with the evergreen Shivnarine Chanderpaul, edged a lifting delivery from Ben Stokes to Alastair Cook at a wide first slip position. However the batsman, on 21 at the time, was called back to the crease when television replays showed clearly that the all-rounder had delivered a no-ball.