Franklin finds a way through Denesh Ramdin's defence

"I was the fortunate one to take the lion's share of the wickets, but they did an awesome job.

"I have to commend the efforts of Kyle Mills bowling into the wind - he did a really good job and so did Chris Martin," Franklin commented.

"We worked well together as a bowling unit and got the rewards."

West Indies already trail 1-0 in the series and Shivnarine Chanderpaul's decision to bat first after winning the toss did not pay off as the home attack made good use of the conditions.

"There was a bit of swing there early on and it went off the wicket as well.

"I think the bowlers in general were happy with the areas they were bowling at and fortunately the batsmen nicked a few balls," said Franklin.

Morton saved West Indies from total collapse

Runako Morton provided a crumb of comfort for the tourists with a battling innings of 63 after being included in the side in place of injured Ramnaresh Sarwan.

"It was doing a bit so you really had to tough it out. It was good to help the team in the situation we were in," said the 27-year-old from Nevis.

Rain and bad light interrupted play during the day, which did not help the West Indies cause.

"Every time we seemed to be getting a partnership going, we lost a wicket - that was our downfall throughout the day.

"It's always hard to get a rhythm when you have to come off the field at regular intervals.

"But you don't have any control over the weather so you've just got to try and cope with it and deal with it mentally," said Morton.

"We'll see how much we can get tomorrow. Braddy (Ian Bradshaw) has some experience, he's very handy with the bat, and hopefully he and (Daren) Powell can give us at least 250, somewhere around there."