West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has sneered at England all-rounder Ben Stokes' attempts at sledging after their on-field dispute on the first day of the second Test in Grenada.
Umpire Steve Davis was forced to speak to the pair after tempers flared as Samuels finished on an unbeaten 94. Stokes' efforts to distract Samuels proved disastrous, with the West Indies batsman showing his finest form after a heated exchange of words with the England bowler.
Samuels has never been one to back away from confrontation and famously scoffed at James Anderson's sledging efforts in a 2012 Test at Trent Bridge.
"It's obvious the English boys don't learn because whenever they talk to me I continue scoring runs," he said. "But they keep on talking. I guess they can't help it.
"Ben Stokes is basically battling himself, because he is just coming into cricket and I have been around for a while.
"I keep telling him that but tomorrow I probably have to tell him something different because he is not listening. He keeps talking to me, and when you keep talking to me, then it keeps motivating me to keep batting."
Stokes' fellow bowler Chris Jordan, who claimed two wickets, defended his team-mate's approach to dealing with the extravagant Jamaican.
"Stokesy likes to get in a battle and what you saw was two cricketers going at it for their country," he said.
"That kind of stuff makes Stokesy tick. Any time he's in battle, all 11 of us are going to back him. It's good to see two cricketers going at it without crossing the line."