Keaton Jennings has called for honesty from his England Lions players as they reflect on the lessons learned from an innings defeat by West Indies A at Sabina Park, which leaves them 2-0 down in the three-match series.
After two innings the Lions were still 17 runs short of the West Indies’ first innings total, having never recovered from a paltry first innings total of 145, which was followed by 260 on day three.
The West Indies spinners again did most of the damage, with Rahkeem Cornwall claiming 4-88 and Jomel Warrican taking 4-69, giving the 25-year-old from St Vincent figures of 12-103 in the match and 20 wickets in the series so far. He was once again named Man of the Match.
Mason Crane and Jack Leach attempted to salvage the mess enough to at least make the West Indies bat again. However after Leach was bowled for 29, Jamie Porter fell lbw to Warrican for a duck, leaving Crane unbeaten on 25 and the Lions 17 short of their opponents score.
Crane will now head home to England to prepare to rejoin the Test squad in New Zealand next month, leaving the Lions to choose from 15 in Antigua – with Dan Lawrence, Dom Bess, Saqib Mahmood and Richard Gleeson all hoping for their first action of the series.
