Ben Stokes was involved in a war of words with West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels last night after a hard-fought opening day of the second Test . The two clashed repeatedly on the pitch and Samuels later taunted the Durham all-rounder , saying : ‘ The English boys don ’ t learn. ’ Right-hander Samuels , who is 94 not out after West Indies toiled to 188 for five , said : ‘ Ben Stokes was basically battling himself because he has just come into cricket while I ’ ve been around for a while . Marlon Samuels says the England players 'do n't learn ' as he found verbal alternations helpful while batting . Ben Stokes is spoken to by umpire Steve Davis after a heated exchange with Samuels , who is 94 not out . Stokes was taunted by Samuels after the match , playing on his experience of 56 Tests to Stokes 's seven . ‘ Tomorrow I ’ ll have to tell him something different because he ’ s not listening to me . He keeps on talking to me and he keeps on motivating me to carry on batting . ‘ It all depends on how tomorrow goes , ’ said Samuels , who then talked of himself in the third person . ‘ Marlon Samuels with 150 and Ben Stokes with the ball in his hands . It will be very interesting . The English boys don ’ t learn because whenever they talk to me I continue to score runs ! ’ Samuels also had an angry exchange with Jimmy Anderson at Trent Bridge three years ago and went on to score 117 . Samuels smashes a shot through the offside as he approaches a century ahead of day two in Grenada . Samuels claimed inexperienced Stokes is 'battling himself ' and that England 'ca n't help ' talking to him . Samuels was put on his back by Stuart Broad , who bowled too short on day one but got value for this bouncer . Australian umpire Steve Davis had to step in to calm down Stokes and Samuels after the Englishman ’ s sledging ended with him hurling the ball in frustration to try to run his opponent out and conceding overthrows . Samuels said : ‘ I can ’ t tell you what he said , that ’ s between umpire and players . But the talk between me and Stokes was nothing big. ’ The Jamaican should have been caught by Alastair Cook at slip on 32 off Chris Jordan , who said : ‘ Stokesy likes to get in a battle and you saw two cricketers going at it for their country so I guess it makes good viewing . ‘ That kind of stuff makes Stokesy tick . Any time he is in a battle , all of us will back him . It ’ s good to see two cricketers going at it without crossing the line. ’ Stokes had earlier twisted his hip on the greasy outfield and had lengthy treatment . But he recovered to take the key wicket of Shiv Chanderpaul with his second ball . Samuels half-century celebration is subdued as he worked to rebuild the West Indian innings .
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels was 94 not out at stumps on day one . England have the home side 188 for five after Samuels was dropped on 32 . Ben Stokes clashed with Samuels , who is six runs from a seventh Test ton . TL;DR England's batsmen were bowled out in their first innings of the series by India and will now face an Indian team that has won all three Tests so far this year.