England build lead through Root and Ballance
ESPNcricinfo staff
23-Apr-2015
Cook reached his fourth fifty in seven innings...•Getty Images
...and Trott his first since The Oval in August 2013•AFP
Devendra Bishoo broke the opening stand when Trott edged to second slip...•Getty Images
....and Cook could not end the near two-year wait for a hundred when he dragged on against Shannon Gabriel•Getty Images
Ian Bell fell in similar fashion to his captain, dragging on against Gabriel on a sluggish pitch to give West Indies a life•AFP
However, Joe Root once again added impetus to the innings with a sixth consecutive Test fifty - equalling an England record...•Getty Images
...and he converted that into a sixth Test hundred, his first overseas•Getty Images
Gary Ballance helped Root add 165 for the fourth wicket before dragging on against Marlon Samuels•AFP
Samuels was the focus, again, when Ben Stokes departed but for this salute rather than an active role in the wicket•Associated Press
Root ended a warm day's work unbeaten on 118 despite a back that was "stiff and sore"•AFP