Kraigg Brathwaite rescued West Indies with a record-breaking innings on his home ground as England again failed to force a final-day victory at Kensington Oval.

Windies captain Brathwaite spent 710 minutes at the crease to hold the tourists up with an excellent 160 in the first innings and he followed that up with a resolute unbeaten 56 in Barbados on Sunday to keep the three-match series level at 0-0.

Joe Root set West Indies 282 to win by declaring on 185-6, but Brathwaite set a record of 673 for the most balls faced by a West Indies player in a single Test as he dug in for a second time.

Brathwaite showed incredible concentration and skill as the Windies frustrated England for the second time in the series to grind out a draw, reaching 135-5 from 65 overs to set up a decider in Grenada.

Jack Leach (3-36) and Saqib Mahmood (2-21) gave the tourists high hopes of forcing a victory, but they were unable to dislodge the rock-solid Brathwaite or Joshua Da Silva (30 not out).

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So is drawn series all we going to get under Brathwaite’s captaincy? Not even trying to beat teams that are better than us? His captaincy as well as his inning makes test cricket very boring because it’s clear that the strategy is to play for a draw from first inning, even when we had a lead in the first test. Most boring cricket I have seen my entire! No wonder our young boys are not interested in cricket

In reply to Sylobaby

Yuh would think people would be happy to see a West Indian batsman actually put a price on his wicket but I guess you can't please everybody.

Guess you'll have to wait for a Pollard and Co. series for excitement and wins

In reply to Sylobaby

You can't be serious!!!!! Would you rather a loss? Brathwaite did the right thing, we were never going to chase the runs in Antigua or Barbados to win the match. This is the reason why it is called test cricket. It is the epitome of mental strength and skill. Brathwaite also has the ability to bat faster but it wasn't necessary considering the circumstances.

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In reply to imusic

Did you watch the 1st Test?

In reply to nissan

Some of it. Why? Did you?

In reply to imusic

Well you asked for an example

Check the 1st innings scorecard

In reply to nissan

Kraigg Brathwaite is incapable of playing any other way than the way he plays. Block and deflect

Repeat ad nauseum. Doesn’t matter pitch condition. Doesn’t matter game situation. Doesn’t matter quality of opposition. He plays the same way every time.

It is what it is.

Ask his biggest fan openning about that.