.Harry Creek's unbeaten fifty directed England in the direction of a solid posture at stumps on a see-saw 3rd time of the 2nd Examination against the West Indies at Trent Bridge.England were 3-248 in their 2nd innings at Sunday's shut, actually a top of 207 runs.Brook was 71 certainly not out as well as star batsman Joe Root unbeaten on 37, along with the pair having actually shared an unbroken stand of 108 in 23.4 overs.England had actually remained in management against a rebellious West Indies attack as Ben Duckett made 76, his second dashing fifty of the suit, as well as Ollie Pope added 51 to his first-innings 121. However an improvement of round led to an improvement of good luck for the West Indies, with paceman Alzarri Joseph removing each batsmen as England's 1-127 was quickly improved in to 3-140. Root and also Creek, nonetheless, recovered England's grasp as they racked up quickly versus a tiring West Indies rate attack.England opened their second innings 41 runs behind after a hostile last-wicket position of 71 in between Joshua Da Silva (82 not out) as well as Shamar Joseph (thirty three) that took the West Indies to 457. It was the first time the West Indies had created 450 in a Test innings for nearly a decade.Watch every round of the England v West Indies Examination series LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge test today > Harry Brook of England. Image by 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) * Lowest 20 inningsZak Crawley, dismissed for a duck in England's very first innings, was actually at that point unluckily end for 3 after Jayden Seales dispersed a Duckett drive onto the stumps at the bowler's end.But Pope battled back the energy with three fours off subsequent Seales deliveries.Left-hander Duckett was additionally in fine contact, capturing off-spinner Kevin Sinclair for three fours in a row on his way to a 55-ball 50. However the 1st shipment adhering to the modification of ball ended a second-wicket relationship of 119 when Pope bordered Alzarri Joseph to Sinclair in the gully. The bowler's excellent inswinging yorker at that point possessed Duckett lbw.Brook, nonetheless, counter-attacked and completed the 3rd fifty of the innings through smartly check-driving Alzarri Joseph to the long-off rope for a 5th 4 in 62 rounds faced.Even so, the West Indies could take heart from a batting performance even more creditable offered they had been actually put away for just 121 and also 136 in the course of an innings as well as 114-run loss through England at God's. That left all of them 1-0 down in this particular three-match series.Shamar Joseph of the West Indies. Photograph through David Rogers/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWest Indies resumed on 5-351, 65 runs behind, after Kavem Hodge (120) and Alick Athanaze (82) discussed a position of 175 that revitalized them from 84-3. England, in their very first home Exam due to the fact that 2012 without either of the retired duo James Anderson or even Stuart Broad-- that between all of them took 1308 Exam arches-- had had a hard time on Friday.Chris Woakes cleared away Jason Owner on a cloudy morning and then dismissed Alzarri Joseph and also Seales along with succeeding distributions prior to Shamar Joseph made it through the hat-trick ball, along with the seamer taking 4-84." I have not received Jimmy or even Stuart Broad at the various other end anymore but I have not experienced more pressure as a result of that," Woakes informed media reporters." I attempt to stay in the second and also at this stage of my occupation, playing my 50th Examination, I have actually got enough knowledge responsible for me to understand what benefit me." Da Silva, having said that, completed an 87-ball 50 when he introduced fast bowler Sign Timber higher over extra-cover for a spectacular six.And the wicketkeeper then took West Indies past 400 along with a luxurious uppercut 6 off Timber." It was actually basically what I counted on," Da Silva stated." I thought I 'd get a few additional brief balls coming from Mark Hardwood, however it was nice." Perimeters came at each ends, Shamar Joseph pulling swift bowler Gus Atkinson-- fresh coming from 12 gates on debut at God's-- for six to level the scores.Two rounds later, Atkinson once more dropped small as Shamar Joseph lifted him for an additional six that knocked floor tiles off the Larwood as well as Voce Tavern roof.Several of the damaged ceramic tiles cascaded onto a team of observers seated listed below." He backs himself along with the baseball bat, he played some excellent chances," stated Da Silva.England captain Ben Stokes looked to Root to beat the stand however Da Silva clubbed the part time spinner for three fours and also a 6 off successive balls.Wood inevitably possessed Shamar Joseph nicking to mid-on, his only gate of an innings where he outdoed 97 mph (156 km/h) and also pound the outdoors edge.