<p>The West Indies were keeping the pressure on England in the first cricket test Saturday, with the hosts limping to a 54-run lead after reaching tea at 168-3 on Day 4.</p>.<p>England's run-rate in the second innings was a paltry 2.4 per over. The going was so slow that spectators might have fallen asleep had they been allowed into the empty Rose Bowl.</p>.<p>Two wickets fell in the middle session when 89 runs were scored in 30 overs, and they were both tame departures.</p>.<p>Dom Sibley (50) had just reached his second half-century in tests when he nicked behind down the leg side off a delivery by Shannon Gabriel that rose to the batsman's hip.</p>.<p>Joe Denly's demise was even softer, the No. 3 batsman chipping spinner Roston Chase straight to captain Jason Holder at short midwicket to depart for 29. Zak Crawley was on 38 and stand-in captain Ben Stokes was yet to get off the mark after 15 balls.</p>.<p>With four sessions left, the tourists look the most likely winners of the first test match since the return of international cricket following a four-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic.</p>
<p>The West Indies were keeping the pressure on England in the first cricket test Saturday, with the hosts limping to a 54-run lead after reaching tea at 168-3 on Day 4.</p>.<p>England's run-rate in the second innings was a paltry 2.4 per over. The going was so slow that spectators might have fallen asleep had they been allowed into the empty Rose Bowl.</p>.<p>Two wickets fell in the middle session when 89 runs were scored in 30 overs, and they were both tame departures.</p>.<p>Dom Sibley (50) had just reached his second half-century in tests when he nicked behind down the leg side off a delivery by Shannon Gabriel that rose to the batsman's hip.</p>.<p>Joe Denly's demise was even softer, the No. 3 batsman chipping spinner Roston Chase straight to captain Jason Holder at short midwicket to depart for 29. Zak Crawley was on 38 and stand-in captain Ben Stokes was yet to get off the mark after 15 balls.</p>.<p>With four sessions left, the tourists look the most likely winners of the first test match since the return of international cricket following a four-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic.</p>