article_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook had watched West Indies'’ last pair of Devendra Bishoo and Shannon Gabriel add an unlikely 52 to undo much of the good work provided by a welcome burst of wickets from Stuart Broad.
article_snippet.sent: It lifted the hosts to a score that should have been beyond them and left Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott, both under pressure after both failures in Antigua, with the final session of the second day to begin the climb towards a total big enough to press for a priceless victory.
article_snippet.sent: When bad light stopped play play had reached 74 and England, perhaps, were back on top.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier the crowd for only the third Test to be staged on the spice island , which included thousands of England supporters, had to display extreme patience as cricket again embarrassed cricket in the face of weather problems.
article_snippet.sent: not least when Marlon Samuels gave Marlon Samuels wicket away just two balls after reaching a century that had England, in particular Ben Stokes, cursing Marlon Samuels on the first evening.
article_snippet.sent: Anderson had clenched Anderson fist and roared into Marlon Samuels, earning Marlon Samuels a rebuke from the umpires, after making a breakthrough England badly wanted.
article_snippet.sent: any hopes England had of quickly ending West Indies innings was held up by Bishoo and Gabriel.
article_snippet.sent: Their stand left England running out of time if Their were to move into a strong position but at least Cook, without a century in 33 innings, and Trott looked at ease against an attack lacking the best bowler in Antigua in Jerome Taylor.
article_snippet.sent: The pair survived the odd nervous moment, notably when Trott was missed in the slips off Bishoo, as The pair reached The pair first half-century partnership as an opening pair.
article_snippet.sent: The pair need plenty more if England are going to have a chance of winning this second Test.
article_snippet.sent: England grabbed four wickets including wicket of Denesh Ramdin .