.Harry Creek's unbeaten fifty assisted England in the direction of a tough placement at stumps on a see-saw third day of the second Exam against the West Indies at Trent Bridge.England were actually 3-248 in their second innings at Sunday's shut, presently a top of 207 runs.Brook was actually 71 not out as well as star batsman Joe Origin unbeaten on 37, along with both having discussed an unbroken position of 108 in 23.4 overs.England had actually remained in command against a wayward West Indies assault as Ben Duckett made 76, his 2nd dashing fifty of the suit, and Ollie Pope added 51 to his first-innings 121. But a modification of sphere resulted in a change of fortune for the West Indies, with paceman Alzarri Joseph clearing away each batsmen as England's 1-127 was actually soon changed into 3-140. Root as well as Creek, however, brought back England's grasp as they scored quickly versus an exhausting West Indies rate attack.England opened their second innings 41 runs behind after a threatening last-wicket stand of 71 between Joshua Da Silva (82 not out) and Shamar Joseph (33) that took the West Indies to 457. It was the first time the West Indies had made 450 in an Exam innings for nearly a decade.Watch every sphere of the England v West Indies Test set LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > Harry Creek of England. Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesHighest Exam batting average99.94-- Don Bradman (AUS) 63.71-- Harry Brook (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 after that unfortunately 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 along with 3 fours off subsequent Seales deliveries.Left-hander Duckett was also in alright contact, capturing off-spinner Kevin Sinclair for 3 fours in a row on his way to a 55-ball 50. However the very first shipping adhering to the modification of reception finished a second-wicket alliance of 119 when Pope edged Alzarri Joseph to Sinclair in the gully. The bowler's exceptional inswinging yorker at that point possessed Duckett lbw.Brook, nevertheless, counter-attacked and also completed the third fifty of the innings by smartly check-driving Alzarri Joseph to the long-off rope for a fifth 4 in 62 rounds faced.Even thus, the West Indies can take heart from a hitting performance even more creditable provided they had been actually put away for only 121 as well as 136 during the course of an innings as well as 114-run defeat through England at Lord's. That left all of them 1-0 down in this particular three-match series.Shamar Joseph of the West Indies. Picture by David Rogers/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesWest Indies returned to on 5-351, 65 operates responsible for, after Kavem Hodge (120) and also Alick Athanaze (82) shared a stand of 175 that restored all of them coming from 84-3. England, in their first home Examination since 2012 without either of the retired duo James Anderson or Stuart Broad-- who in between them took 1308 Test gates-- had actually battled on Friday.Chris Woakes cleared away Jason Owner on a cloudy morning and then dismissed Alzarri Joseph as well as Seales along with succeeding distributions prior to Shamar Joseph made it through the hat-trick ball, with the seamer taking 4-84." I haven't obtained Jimmy or even Stuart Broad at the other end any more however I have not felt extra stress because of that," Woakes told reporters." I make an effort to stay in the moment and also at this phase of my career, playing my 50th Examination, I have actually obtained adequate experience behind me to know what benefit me." Da Silva, however, completed an 87-ball fifty when he introduced rapid bowler Sign Lumber higher over extra-cover for a magnificent six.And the wicketkeeper after that took West Indies past 400 along with an extravagant uppercut 6 off Lumber." It was actually more or less what I counted on," Da Silva mentioned." I assumed I would certainly get a couple of more brief balls from Mark Timber, however it was nice." Limits came at both ends, Shamar Joseph drawing quick bowler Gus Atkinson-- new coming from 12 openings on launching at Lord's-- for six to smooth the scores.Two spheres later on, Atkinson once again lost small as Shamar Joseph lifted him for another six that took tiles off the Larwood as well as Voce Tavern roof.Several of the damaged ceramic tiles poured onto a team of observers settled listed below." He backs themself along with the baseball bat, he played some outstanding gos," pointed out Da Silva.England leader Ben Stokes turned to Origin to beat the stand but Da Silva clubbed the part time content spinner for 3 fours as well as a six off succeeding balls.Wood eventually had Shamar Joseph chipping to mid-on, his only wicket of an innings where he beat 97 miles per hour (156 km/h) and pound the outdoors edge.