Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Dominic Walker: Chanderpaul won't go down as a West Indies great as he should because of the way he has scored his runs. Lacks the flair.
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
Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
WI 157-4 (trail by 242)published at 15:02 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
James Anderson has first use of the old ball - but his first delivery is a floater down the leg side to the right-handed Jermaine Blackwood, who helps it away for a single. This brings the leftie Shivnarine Chanderpaul on strike, and he's up and running too with a push through the covers for one. Two balls, two singles.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special"The England team of fielders is a brilliant one and should raise the standard in every series. You've got Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes to come in - so the batting order should be really deep. Stuart Broad might find himself at 10 or 11."
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Crustacean XIpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Ralph Brooker in France: Re. 14:33. How many other crustacean cricketers are there (or might there be)? Enough for an XI? I'll start. Trevor Bailey. Wasn't he called 'The Barnacle' prior to becoming 'The Boil'? I miss him.
A challenge for the rest of you - who can join The Barnacle and The Crab in the XI?
Postpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Players on their way out. Aggers thinks yesterday's play was "one for the purists" and may have enticed one or two of the more fairweather England fans out there to go to the beach instead today...
Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Steve in Chicago: As an American English cricket fan, it amazes me how overly conservative the English cricket team appears. I'm not sure if it is internally even recognised. Picking players on actions from years ago rather than their most recent trend is so maddening. The lack of confidence from many of the team members is infectious. They need to bring in some new, young players, if only to break the spell and spread a new sense of elan.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special"Jordan's slip catch yesterday was absolutely wonderful. If you can have that as a second string to your bow, it can really help keep you in the side."
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special"That third innings can become a really tricky one for England, particularly depending on how close West Indies get to their total."
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Jordan preaches patiencepublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
TMS also heard yesterday from England seamer Chris Jordan, who feels the wicket is "not the easiest" but feels patience is the key if England are to succeed.
You can watch a full video interview with Chris Jordan on the BBC Sport website.
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Tony: I thought Anderson was going to break Botham's record today but then I realised Chanderpaul was at the crease.
Keep your foot behind the line...published at 14:51 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Clearly Ben Stokes wasn't happy with the reaction on social media after he was denied a wicket yesterday when he bowled a no-ball as he had Jermaine Blackwood caught at slip. He later tweeted:, external
"Tweets about the no ball flooding in, so tomorrow I won't try, bowl 4 foot behind the line and bowl 70mph... then your all happy. Unfortunately when trying hard you can get tight on the line... apologies people, will try to make it up tomorrow."
Postpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special"When West Indies have won Test matches here, it's generally been because of Chanderpaul. I think in the 2007 series in England we just couldn't get him out, but we still won the series - and they were competitive because of Chanderpaul."
Postpublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special"I'm full of admiration for Chanderpaul. He's got a wonderful record but he's pretty hard to watch, isn't he?"
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Postpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special"Yesterday was attritional, with some good bowling but the West Indies really dug in. England have got a ball 66 overs old, can they knock one or two over before the new ball? If they can get Chanderpaul early, I think it could be a score of about 250 for West Indies."
Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
John Monks: Chanderpaul not too far away from passing Lara for most Windies test match runs. What a class act!
Live nowpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
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Join the debatepublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
So, is today the day when Jimmy gets the record? Will England's fans be joyously throwing some shrimps on the barbie with a healthy first-innings lead if they can remove The Crab early on? With West Indies still needing 45 more to avoid the follow-on, is that a realistic target for England - and if so, should it be enforced?
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Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
Aaron, Northants: Give the batsmen who failed to score decent runs if any a chance to bowl, mix things up. "And Ballance gets another wicket" or "Trott with figures of 3-3", turn this Crab into a Crab cake.
Anderson v Bothampublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
For those of you on Anderson-watch, the "Burnley Express" took the first Windies wicket yesterday, having Devon Smith caught behind, but he still trails Sir Ian Botham by two in England's all-time Test wicket-taking list.
With impressively economical figures of 13-8-24-1 yesterday, Jimmy will be cheered by the fact that the second new ball will be available in 14 overs' time - roughly around the time of the first drinks break an hour into play.
Latest score: IT Botham 383, JM Anderson 381.
The Agnew viewpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 15 April 2015
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew feels England are "still in a strong position" - but need to be bolder in their approach.
"I'd like to see them liberate Ben Stokes: tell him to bowl fast, bowl short, bowl bouncers, and if it costs runs it doesn't matter - we need somebody to go in and shake batsmen up a bit. At the moment the four-man seam attack is too samey," he writes.