England huffed and they puffed but they could not blow the West Indies house down in Antigua, Joe Root’s surprisingly brave declaration on day five and Jack Leach’s brilliant spell not enough to bowl the hosts out on a desperately docile pitch.

So on we go to Barbados for the second Test which starts on Wednesday, with the grapevine suggesting the surface at the Kensington Oval will at least offer more pace and bounce to encourage the seamers who, Kemar Roach apart, were largely ineffective last week.

An elbow issue means Mark Wood is almost certain to miss out, but Ollie Robinson is expected to be fit again and it will be interesting to see how he goes following a few recent niggles and plenty of criticism about his fitness levels.

Expect Chris Woakes and Craig Overton to be retained, though Saqib Mahmood would offer some pace in the absence of Wood, for all England’s trump card will once again come in the shape of an unlikely source – the aforementioned Leach.

Leach repays Root's faith

Leach endured a tough tour of Australia, but there can be little doubt that he has been poorly managed in the past, and as such, I thought it was significant just how much faith captain Joe Root placed in him in Antigua.