article_snippet.sent: Jonathan Trott (nought) and Gary Ballance (17) largely failed to do so, but Jonny Bairstow made 98 and Joe Root ended the day 87 not out in a score of 303 for nine.
article_snippet.sent: But Jonny Bairstow spent just short of an hour off the field with an ice pack and later returned to the attack.
article_snippet.sent: Jonny Bairstow initially suggested bowling round the wicket in search of firmer footing but decided to go back to Jonny Bairstow original angle of attack after sawdust was applied.
article_snippet.sent: When Jonny Bairstow went down the game was just 10 balls old - the same number of deliveries that were possible in the infamous abandoned Test in Antigua six years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Jonny Bairstow opened the batting but lasted just three balls, guiding James Anderson straight to James Tredwell at third slip.
article_snippet.sent: Ben Stokes had earlier ripped out Shane Jeffers' middle stump and James Tredwell had Sherwin Peters lbw offering no stroke.
article_snippet.sent: Bairstow, whose likely Test role is as Buttler's back-up, reached lunch on 33 not out in a score of 55 for four.
article_snippet.sent: Bairstow fell just short of a century against England on Wednesday .
article_snippet.sent: Bairstow continued to score briskly in the afternoon and was just two short of a ton when Ben Stokes found Bairstow outside edge to have Bairstow caught behind.
article_snippet.sent: The game lacked all semblance of competitive edge, even as Root compiled a trouble-free half-century of Bairstow own, but there were some possible pointers ahead the first Test in Antigua.
article_snippet.sent: James Tredwell clearly outbowled Adil Rashid in the race for the spinner's role and Chris Jordan failed to take a wicket despite seeing plenty of the ball.
article_snippet.sent: James Tredwell came into The game in pole position but could fall behind Liam Plunkett or Mark Wood, who will open the bowling for St Kitts & Nevis on Thursday morning.
highlights_snippet.sent: Fast bowler spent an hour off the field but later returned to the attack .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Jonny Bairstow made 98 and Joe Root ended the day 87 not out .