West Indies v England LIVE commentary: Crawley century puts tourists in control – scorecard and exclusive ball-by-ball coverage of first Test in Antigua

England are in the Caribbean as they look to get their first Test series win since last year against the West Indies, exclusively live on talkSPORT 2.

The tourists need to respond after a desperately poor tour of Australia that saw Joe Root’s men fail to win a single Test as the Aussies emphatically retained the Ashes.

England are in control ahead of day five following an unbeaten century from opener Zak Crawley.

They resume their second innings on 217/1, with Root approaching his hundred, and currently lead by 154 runs.

The tourists are running out of time to build a big enough lead and bowl the Windies out, but a draw now appears to be the worst result possible for England.

West Indies vs England: How to listen

Uninterrupted ball-by-ball coverage of the West Indies vs England tour will be live on talkSPORT 2 this month.

Our superb broadcast line-up includes Mark Nicholas, Steve Harmison, Matt Prior and Mark Butcher.

The first Test will be held at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium from Tuesday, March 8 and the action will get underway at 2pm on each day.

We’ll also have full coverage of the second and third Tests too – just ask your smart speaker to ‘play talkSPORT 2‘.

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West Indies vs England: Scorecard

Day Three: England 311 all out; Bairstow 140, Seales 4-79 – West Indies 373-9; Bonner 123, Stokes 2-42

West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), John Campbell, Nkrumah Bonner, Jermaine Blackwood, Shamarh Brooks, Jason Holder, Joshua da Silva (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Veerasammy Permaul, Jayden Seales

England: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (c), Dan Lawrence, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Foakes (wk), Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

Officials: Gregory Brathwaite, Joel Wilson, Leslie Reifer, Nigel Duguid, Richard Richardson

Toss: England won the toss and decided to bat

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West Indies vs England: What has been said?

Joe Root said: “It was clearly a disappointing tour of Australia and we massively underperformed, but we’ve got to use this opportunity for a fresh start.

“We’re looking to make a big difference and turn things round very quickly.

“We’re not currently one of the best teams in the world but that can be our ambition and we can make quick strides in getting closer to that.”

Windies lead selector Desmond Haynes said: “We have a squad that has some experienced players as well as some exciting young players. We expect them to equip themselves well and do the job.

“I expect us to be very competitive against England. This should be a very exciting series, with a lot of players who are out to make their mark.”