It couldn't last for ever - Blackwood fends off a Stokes lifter and it's a simple slip catch. Or is it? They're checking for a no-ball - and it is. No portion of the Durham man's front foot was behind the popping crease. An absolute waste. Didn't that happen in the Ashes to deny him a first Test wicket? Anyone remember?

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"West Indies are now producing orthodox cricketers: Brathwaite at the top of the order was solid, Bravo was watchful. West Indies need a mindset of scoring - England are just bowling OK without any real pressure being put on them. I think England have spread the field a bit too early, I'd have kept a few men up having got them four down quite cheaply."

There's a long-off posted for the free-swinging Blackwood, who remind Michael Vaughan of the days when Philo Wallace and Clayton Lambert opened for the Windies. Lambert is one of a select band to have featured in ODIs for more than one team, having finished his career playing for the USA in the mid-2000s. For now, Blackwood reins in his attacking instincts - though he fails to connect with an ugly cut shot. Maiden.

Sir Viv Richards
Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I think Blackwood has got all the shots in the book, but concentration does play a part in blocking his route to where he should be."

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Blackwood angles the bat and edges Stokes between slip and gully for four - while a streaky inside edge is nearly his downfall but it misses the stumps and is taken by keeper Jos Buttler. A single allows him to pinch the strike - this stand is now worth 33.

Ell: Shiv is a real WI great in my eyes, doesn't fit the mould of the typical WI powerhouse player but a great player nonetheless!

Will M: Tredwell might scrape into the 3rds in my club. Totally pedestrian, no variation, couldn't turn a doorknob. Why is he there?

Jordan has a short mid-off for Chanderpaul, who is playing with Zen-like calm. There are still 16 more overs to get in today by 22:30 BST, and with Tredwell now off, we may struggle to reach that mark. Maiden over.

Scott Fowler in Cumbria: How underrated is Chanderpaul? He has been the linchpin for the West Indies for 20 years. The likes of Ponting, Tendulkar, Dravid all have the legend tag attached to them. Their success was noticed more because they were in a winning team. Surely more would have been said about him if he was in a more successful team.

Tredwell's off after those 12 overs - Ben Stokes is going to have a trundle (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) from the Sir Andy Roberts End. Blackwood has the air of a man you might snaffle straight after a drinks break through lack of concentration, but Stokes' first ball is a little wayward and Blackwood manages it to smear it for two through square leg.

West Indies 125-4 (49 overs) - trail by 274 runs

Batsmen: Chanderpaul 17*, Blackwood 14*

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (Smith 11), 42-2 (Bravo 10), 89-3 (Samuels 33), 99-4 (Brathwaite 39)

Bowling figures: Anderson 13-8-24-1, Broad 12-0-38-1, Jordan 8-2-22-1, Stokes 4-0-18-0, Tredwell 12-4-22-1

England 399: Bell 143, Root 83, Stokes 79; Roach 4-94

West Indies won toss

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Many batsmen would struggle in digging their side out of a hole after they were reduced to 99-4 - not Shivnarine Chanderpaul. He's done it so many times, carrying West Indies seemingly single-handed through their last two or three tours of England - and easily sees off a maiden from Jordan.

West Indies trail by 274 - so need 75 more to avoid the possibility of the follow-on. (Which, you may remember, England chose NOT to enforce at the Recreation Ground in 2009). Time for drinks.

David: Chanderpaul's stance on stump cam is a bizarre view, so unorthodox yet one of the finest players of the last two generations.

Ian Bradley: Jordan bowls far too many leave balls, won't be around for long unless he can consistently asks more questions of batsmen.

Tredwell wheels away for his 12th successive over, Chanderpaul scuttles through for a single and a rare looser delivery from the Kent man is brutally pulled for four by Blackwood. That's the first four he's conceded.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Shiv Chanderpaul's Test career has lasted 21 years and 28 days. It's the 11th longest in Test history. In his life, he has spent more time as a West Indies cricketer than not."

Sir Viv Richards
Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Chanderpaul's style is slightly crab-looking, but he has been pretty effective. He gets himself in just as good a position as anyone who's orthodox. He has stood very tall in recent times. I still believe there's lots of runs left in him and he still enjoys his batting very much."

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We're starting to get the feeling that James Anderson will have to wait another day or two to overtake Beefy Botham - after those back-to-back boundaries last over, he's replaced by third seamer Chris Jordan. With the "slog over mid-off" being Blackwood's favourite (only?) shot, Stuart Broad is rather deep at mid-off. A nurdle off his legs takes Blackwood to 10, and Chanderpaul doggedly resists anything Jordan can bowl at him, just adding a leg bye to the score - our first extra of the innings.

Sir Viv Richards
Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England have done pretty well up to this particular point. After West Indies did so well to bowl England out, England have fought back very well. It's going to take some batsmanship from West Indies to get out of this, like Joe Root and all those guys produced in the England innings."

Blackwood comes down the pitch to Tredwell, but can only blast it back to the bowler, on the bounce. It's as if he's a pressure-cooker waiting to boil over. With Ballance standing a little deep at cover, it allows Blackwood to plunder a single.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I think you've got to risk the odd boundary if you're going to try and bring somebody forward."

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Chanderpaul's batting stance really does need to be seen to be believed - feet pointing back down the wicket at the bowler, lifting the bat back towards gully. It's ugly, but effective as the Guyanese left-hander guides Anderson for successive fours through the covers.