.Harry Brook's unbeaten fifty guided England in the direction of a tough posture at stumps on a see-saw 3rd day of the 2nd Test versus the West Indies at Trent Bridge.England were actually 3-248 in their second innings at Sunday's close, already a top of 207 runs.Brook was 71 certainly not out and star batsman Joe Origin unbeaten on 37, along with the pair having shared an unbroken stand of 108 in 23.4 overs.England had resided in command versus a stubborn West Indies attack as Ben Duckett made 76, his 2nd dashing fifty of the match, as well as Ollie Pope added 51 to his first-innings 121. However a change of ball led to a change of luck for the West Indies, along with paceman Alzarri Joseph removing both batsmen as England's 1-127 was actually soon transformed into 3-140. Root and also Brook, nonetheless, recovered England's grip as they scored briskly against a tiring West Indies pace attack.England opened their 2nd innings 41 operates responsible for after an aggressive last-wicket stand of 71 in between Joshua Da Silva (82 not out) and also Shamar Joseph (thirty three) that took the West Indies to 457. It was actually the very first time the West Indies had actually made 450 in an Examination innings for nearly a decade.Watch every sphere of the England v West Indies Test set LIVE & special to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary trial today > Harry Brook of England. Picture through Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesHighest Test batting average99.94-- Don Bradman (AUS) 63.71-- Harry Creek (ENG) 61.87-- Adam Voges (AUS) 60.97-- Graeme Pollock (RSA) 60.83-- George Headley (WI) * Minimum required 20 inningsZak Crawley, rejected for a duck in England's initial innings, was actually then unluckily run out for 3 after Jayden Seales deflected a Duckett drive onto the stumps at the bowler's end.But Pope wrestled back the momentum with three fours off successive Seales deliveries.Left-hander Duckett was actually additionally in great contact, sweeping off-spinner Kevin Sinclair for 3 fours in a row on his means to a 55-ball fifty. But the 1st delivery following the adjustment of reception ended a second-wicket alliance of 119 when Pope outlined Alzarri Joseph to Sinclair in the gully. The bowler's superb inswinging yorker then possessed Duckett lbw.Brook, having said that, counter-attacked and completed the 3rd fifty of the innings by smartly check-driving Alzarri Joseph to the long-off rope for a fifth 4 in 62 rounds faced.Even therefore, the West Indies could perk up coming from a batting functionality all the more reputable provided they had actually been actually dismissed for only 121 as well as 136 during an innings and also 114-run loss by England at Lord's. That left them 1-0 down in this particular three-match series.Shamar Joseph of the West Indies. Photo by David Rogers/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWest Indies returned to on 5-351, 65 runs responsible for, after Kavem Hodge (120) and Alick Athanaze (82) shared a stand of 175 that revitalized all of them coming from 84-3. England, in their very first home Test considering that 2012 without either of the retired duo James Anderson or even Stuart Broad-- who between them took 1308 Examination arches-- had actually strained on Friday.Chris Woakes cleared away Jason Holder on a cloudy early morning and after that put away Alzarri Joseph as well as Seales with succeeding shipments prior to Shamar Joseph endured the hat-trick ball, along with the seamer taking 4-84." I have not obtained Jimmy or Stuart Broad at the other end anymore however I have not experienced a lot more stress because of that," Woakes informed reporters." I attempt to stay in the second as well as at this stage of my job, playing my 50th Exam, I have actually got sufficient knowledge behind me to know what works for me." Da Silva, having said that, accomplished an 87-ball 50 when he introduced quick bowler Mark Hardwood higher over extra-cover for an incredible six.And the wicketkeeper at that point took West Indies past 400 along with a lavish uppercut six off Wood." It was actually basically what I counted on," Da Silva stated." I assumed I would certainly receive a handful of even more brief rounds coming from Score Lumber, however it behaved." Boundaries came with both ends, Shamar Joseph taking quick bowler Gus Atkinson-- clean coming from 12 gates on launching at Lord's-- for 6 to level the scores.Two spheres eventually, Atkinson once again fell short as Shamar Joseph raised him for an additional six that knocked tiles off the Larwood and Voce Pub roof.Several of the wrecked ceramic tiles cascaded onto a team of viewers seated below." He supports himself with the bat, he participated in some excellent gos," claimed Da Silva.England captain Ben Stokes turned to Origin to break the stand but Da Silva struck the part-time rewriter for 3 fours as well as a 6 off successive balls.Wood at some point possessed Shamar Joseph chipping to mid-on, his only gate of an innings where he topped 97 miles per hour (156 km/h) and also pound the outside side.