Summary

  • England 116-3: Ballance 44*, Root 32*

  • Tourists recover from 52-3

  • Cook 13, Trott 4, Bell 11

  • WI 295: Blackwood 112*; Tredwell 4-47

  • First Test, day three, Antigua

  • First innings: England 399

  1. The Real Jimmypublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Jimmy will want to get these wickets [to break Ian Botham's record] as soon as possible. He hates the limelight. He just wants to get it out of the way. He likes being the leader of the attack, but he doesn't like the plaudits that come with it."

  2. The Real Jimmypublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    BBC Radio 1's Greg James: "From what I gather, he would have been annoyed here that they were three down so early on the first morning."

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    Greg James, Jonathan Agnew and Graeme Swann
  3. The Real Jimmypublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "The dressing room is very much them and us: batters and bowlers. You're preparing for two very different games. Almost to a man, bowlers are very lazy. You've never seen a happier Jimmy Anderson than when England get to lunch one down and he can have a pudding and do a crossword. He's good company, until his mood darkens when he has to get his thigh-pad on at seven down."

  4. The Real Jimmypublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "I remember an interview Jimmy gave to Mark Nicholas at Lord's - two minutes, just muttering. He'd just taken 5-30."

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  5. The Real Jimmypublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "He's a bit like a cat. I'm more like a dog, I bounce around and love everyone. With Jimmy, you have to work harder to win him over."

  6. The Real Jimmypublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    How do you wind Jimmy up? He can be hard work sometimes?

    BBC Radio 1's Greg James: "It takes longer to get the good bits from him in an interview - he takes a while to get warmed up, he'll wait for 20 minutes and then hit a real zinger. But he's a very funny man, you don't immediately think that when you see him in interviews, as he takes his job very seriously."

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  7. Live nowpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    After a quick check on the county scores with Kevin Howells at Lord's, TMS will be celebrating James Anderson's 100th Test - discussing "The Real Jimmy" with Anderson's pals Graeme Swann and BBC Radio 1's Greg James, and his agent Luke Sutton - who you might remember from his days behind the stumps with Somerset, Derbyshire and Lancashire.

    James Anderson and Graeme SwannImage source, Getty Images
  8. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Charlie Rhodes: Why did Ian Bell stop being under the helmet at short leg? He was arguably the best there in the world!

    Howard Horner: This is more like the Broad we know and love! Great bowling on a pitch that isn't offering too much. Bodes well for the summer!

  9. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    That session included 79 runs and two wickets - about even?

    What's more, we had Seaweed Man, who has to be seen (see 16:40) to be believed.

  10. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "England changed tactics well to get the wickets. If they can get the remaining wickets for 40 or 50 runs, they'll be right in the box seat. If West Indies get close, it makes it hard for England to know how positively and how long to bat."

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  11. Lunch scorecardpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    West Indies 234-6 (92 overs) - trail by 165 runs

    Batsmen: Blackwood 69*, Holder 7*

    Fall of wickets: 19-1 (Smith 11), 42-2 (Bravo 10), 89-3 (Samuels 33), 99-4 (Brathwaite 39), 192-5 (Chanderpaul 46), 227-6 (Ramdin 9)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 19-9-52-1, Broad 22-2-67-2, Jordan 16-5-39-1, Stokes 16-3-41-0, Tredwell 19-9-32-2

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

    West Indies won toss

  12. Postpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "England had to work hard. They might have expected the new ball to swing around and cause all the damage, but this particular ball hasn't. West Indies are hanging on."

  13. Lunch intervalpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    The lanky Holder to see West Indies through to lunch - Broad to continue, the short leg has been joined by a leg slip while 12th man Jonny Bairstow has to scamper on with an extra helmet as Joe Root steps in at silly point for the last three deliveries. Holder gets an edge... wide of gully and it's an easy two to third man. A single off the last ensures West Indies will trail by 165 at the break.

  14. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    James Gutteridge: Typical that the cricket is on at the same time I'm trying to put some effort into university work. Every. Single. Time.

    Football Fragmento: Liam Plunkett is being missed here by England. He gives them some variation. Hope he plays the next Test.

  15. Postpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I always found playing the short ball on slower wickets was harder, because you're always in two minds. On pitches like this you've got to get everything spot on, because the ball comes off at so many different paces."

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  16. WI 231-6 (Blackwood 69*, Holder 4*)published at 16:59 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Blackwood, very much the senior partner now, defends well against the persistent Jordan - we should get one more over in before lunch. This one was a maiden.

  17. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Jay: Cook has to be following #bbccricket. As suggested at 16:20, he has got a bat pad in. Had he been following regularly, England could have won the World Cup.

  18. Postpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "It would have been a fine catch. It was crisply struck off the back foot by Holder and it went about waist-high to Ballance, it wasn't one of those loopy ones. They stick or they don't."

  19. Holder dropped on 4published at 16:55 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    New batsman Jason Holder has some long levers on him, towering above his partner (and just about everyone else) - and he immediately shows what he can do with the short ball - pulling his first ball for four, but agonisingly for England he's dropped off his second as Gary Ballance can't hold onto a chest-high chance at short leg.

  20. Postpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Excellent bowling from Stuart Broad. It was a well-directed short ball, England were just starting to get frustrated. It's the perfect time to get a wicket, six minutes before lunch. It's been a well-worked plan that they've produced over the last five or six overs."

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    Stuart Broad celebratesImage source, Getty Images