article_snippet.sent: This has been another slow, attritional Test in conditions that are hardly conducive to entertaining cricket.
article_snippet.sent: Here his took advantage of the solid platform that had been painstakingly laid by Cook and Jonathan Trott to give England a chance of going on to the sort of total that could put pressure on West Indies on the final day.
article_snippet.sent: They ended on 373 for six, a lead of 74, and Root and Jos Buttler will have to stick around for as long as possible on Friday if England are going to dictate terms.
article_snippet.sent: England captain Alastair Cook congratulates Jonathan Trott on Jonathan Trott first Test half-century since returning to the England line-up in the morning session on Thursday .
article_snippet.sent: Jonathan Trott plays the spinner behind point at the National Cricket Stadium in St George's, Grenada, on St George's's Day .
article_snippet.sent: Jonathan Trott appears disappointed after the conditions appeared to favour the batsmen after the batsmen'd done the hard work early on .
article_snippet.sent: Build a partnership with Jos tomorrow morning and hopefully we get a big score and only have to bat once.
article_snippet.sent: Here Alastair Cook and Trott recorded England’s first century opening partnership for 31 innings as England went about Cook and Trott quest for a decisive lead in workmanlike fashion on a slow pitch and an even slower outfield.
article_snippet.sent: The second-slowest half-century of Trott’s career, which was reached off 137 balls, was also one of the most important for a man who was in almost as great a need of runs as Alastair Cook after Alastair Cook double failure in Antigua.
article_snippet.sent: Trott summed up the mood of frustration, saying: ‘Alastair and I were really pleased to put on a good start
article_snippet.sent: Yet that was to underestimate the extraordinary potential of the two exciting and prolific young Yorkshire batsmen in England’s middle order.
article_snippet.sent: A second drag-on for the St George's Day play came for England
highlights_snippet.sent: England are 373 for six at stumps on day three, 74 runs ahead of the West Indies first innings of 299 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Alastair Cook (76) and Jonathan Trott (59) put on an opening stand of 125 but couldn't reach their centuries .
  