Lessons to be learnt for England's batting line-up after a dismal first innings collapse, as Kemar Roach impressed for the Windies attack on an eventful second day.
The Report
England crumbled to 77 all out on a 18-wicket day two in Barbados as local boy Roach ensured Windies grabbed control of the first Test, writes David Ruse.
Roach (5-17) ripped through the shell-shocked tourists with five wickets for four runs in 27 balls after lunch, removing Rory Burns (2), Jonny Bairstow (12), Ben Stokes (0), Moeen Ali (0) and Jos Buttler (4) as England, 30-1 at the break, shipped nine wickets in a session and lasted just 30.2 overs.
With three days remaining, the Windies, who had Shane Dowrich and Jason Holder at the crease at the close, are pushing on with a commanding 339 run lead.
Moment of the Day
No doubting that, whoever the opposition, Joe Root is the prized wicket sides desire the most.
The hosts' skipper Holder managed to catch the knee roll with a delivery that nipped back at Root and was proved to have hit leg stump.
After the unfortunate dismissal of Rory Burns in the first over after lunch and that of Bairstow, the travelling England contingent would have been hopeful of Root leading a revival - as he has done so often in the past - but it wasn't to be against an inspired Windies.
Stats of the Day
James Anderson matched Sir Ian Botham's tally of 27 Test five-wicket hauls for England with the dismissal of Alzarri Joseph in the morning session.
From CricProf: Roach has now dismissed Bairstow four times in Tests. The only seamer to have dismissed him more often is Starc (6 times), though the Australian has bowled 197 balls to him, compared to Roach's 54.
Keaton Jennings' top score of 17 was the joint third lowest top score in a completed England Test innings.
Talking point
England's frailties with the bat show no sign of going away. From a position of relative comfort at 30-1 at lunch, they collapsed in quite remarkable fashion.
The issue, unfortunately, is compounded by the determination the bowlers showed in response, picking up five wickets for just nine runs at one stage.
Just 47 runs were added after lunch as the Windies attack seized command of the Test with some imperious bowling, led by the ever-dependable Roach, who claimed a mighty impressive 5-17.
Bairstow has now been out bowled five times in his last eight Test innings, while Moeen Ali had a rush to the head as he was caught in the deep by Joseph, trying to pull a Roach bouncer. When pressure is exerted by oppositions, are lessons being learnt?
Significantly, England only have two more five-day Test matches to make improvements before the Ashes in August.
"How much blame do you apportion to the batting? There were some unfortunate dismissals and there were some poor ones," Graham Thorpe said.
What they said
MIKE ATHERTON: "Regardless of how they go at the World Cup and in the Ashes you can't really lay that at Ashley Giles. At the end of the Ashes, Trevor Bayliss has said he will step down and that is the first major decision he (Giles) will have to make - who will replace him and the structure of that coaching appointment. Will he split Test matches and one-dayers. Will they have an overall manager with coaches working underneath? I personally think it is too much now to have one coach looking after everything."
PAUL COLLINGWOOD: "They are going to need leaders in that dressing room. When things are going well you have leaders, when things are tough you need leaders as well. Try to refocus the boys, keep the morale up in the dressing room and make sure that from this point forward we give ourselves the best chance we can to go on and win this match."
JEFF DUJON: "This doesn't happen very often. It's been a good performance from them (the bowling attack) on a good surface. A surface that I think is pretty good for batting. But they put the ball in the right areas consistently and they never let any of the England batsmen settle and hence we are at this stage of the game."
GRAHAM THORPE: "You don't generally have three first class matches before a series kicks off. They were 30-1 at lunch. I don't think they would have been sitting there thinking we are going to be bowled out for 77. It was astonishing to watch and it does happen in our sport. That is why it is a tough place mentally for those players in the dressing room."
"There was some high quality bowling and once that momentum shifts... I have been involved in a few batting collapses myself as a player and it is a strange place to be in the dressing room when it is all unfolding. England's pride will have been dented. As a player there is a sense of embarrassment at what is going on."
Tweets of the Day
Watch day three of the first Test between Windies and England live on Sky Sports Cricket from 1.30pm on Thursday.