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Graham Thorpe led the way as England built a lead of 92 over West Indies on day three of the second Test.

England were 300-6 at stumps, replying to their hosts' 208, with Thorpe 81 not out and Ashley Giles unbeaten on 28.

Earlier Nasser Hussain (58) and Mark Butcher (61) shared a 120-run fourth-wicket stand in difficult conditions before both fell to Tino Best.

Giles joined Thorpe to add 70 for the seventh wicket when Andrew Flintoff and Chris Read both fell shortly after tea.

Batting in gritty fashion through the morning, Butcher and Hussain bettered by a single run their vital partnership from the first Test.

The veteran duo survived despite looking shaky against Corey Collymore and Adam Sanford in overcast conditions and on a pitch with increasingly variable bounce.

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Butcher could have been on his way for 25, when he edged Sanford in front of first slip, but Chris Gayle did not get forward to take the catch.

Continually playing and missing, the left-hander stayed in the 40s for over an hour before reaching his 19th Test half-century from 142 deliveries.

He eventually left the crease shaking his head in disbelief after being adjudged to have edged a wide delivery from Best. TV replays were inconclusive.

Hussain had particular difficulty getting his eye in to left-armer Pedro Collins, taking 95 minutes in the morning before gaining his first boundary.

Butcher took 142 deliveries over his half-century

The former captain lasted until the second new ball was taken, adding 58 for the fourth wicket with Thorpe, before his off-stump was uprooted by a Best delivery that nipped back.

Thorpe also struggled at the start of his innings, but gradually found his groove as the pace bowlers tired.

Flintoff provided a counterpoint to what had gone before with three boundaries from 24 deliveries for his 23 to give England a narrow lead.

But West Indies skipper Brian Lara had his measure, introducing medium-pacer Dwayne Smith to pick up a return catch as Flintoff looked to flick on the leg side.

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Collins dismissed Read for three with a delivery identical to the one that dismissed skipper Michael Vaughan on Saturday, an inswinger striking in line with middle stump.

But Thorpe and Giles nudged and pushed their way to a large total.

Thorpe survived a painful blow to the wrist by a Best beamer when he had made 55 and then two good lbw appeals by spinner Gayle late on.

But he was happy to bat through the gathering gloom until almost an hour after the originally scheduled close.

West Indies: B Lara (capt), C Gayle, Devon Smith, R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, R Jacobs, Dwayne Smith, T Best, C Collymore, P Collins, A Sanford.

England: M Vaughan (capt), M Trescothick, M Butcher, N Hussain, G Thorpe, A Flintoff, C Read (wkt), A Giles, S Jones, M Hoggard, S Harmison.