Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood leave England blunted and bruised

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Brathwaite has come in for criticism over the years for batting too slowly but here he again proved his worth as he brought up his century off 274 deliveries

He briefly took ownership of a curious stat, the player with the lowest average to score ten Test centuries.

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For Blackwood, it was just his third century in a 45-match long career that has spanned almost eight years 

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Blackwood's innings was not without fortune. He would have been out lbw on nought had England chosen to review and he was bowled on 65 only  

A sign of England's frustrations came in a heated exchange between Blackwood and Ben Stokes, with the umpires stepping in 

Ben Stokes always likes to come at me with a bit of banter," he said. I love it, I think it's good for the cricket. 

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A player once memorably described as someone who "fights fire with gasoline"

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