While we all reach for the Laws of Cricket, Cook safely negotiates a maiden from Taylor, while Geoffrey has a bit of a moan about Adam Lyth and Liam Plunkettt not being in the England side.

Here's a worry - Aggers has spotted some ground staff by the boundary "dressed like North Sea trawlermen". Is there rain on the way?

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"The ball is dead when it rests in the wicketkeeper's gloves. It shouldn't have been dead there."

Here's Law 23 from the MCC website., external

Law 23.1 (a) (i) The ball becomes dead when it is finally settled in the hands of the wicketkeeper or of the bowler.

23.1 (b) The ball shall be considered to be dead when it is clear to the bowler's end umpire that the fielding side and both batsmen at the wicket have ceased to regard it as in play.

23.2 Whether the ball is finally settled or not is a matter for the umpire alone to decide.

Kemar Roach takes the second over, banging a freebie down the leg side which Captain Cook helps on its way for four. Windies captain Denesh Ramdin responds immediately by sending one of his five-man slip cordon into the covers. Then there's an odd moment when a wild throw to the keeper sails past the slips and goes to the boundary, but after a discussion between the umpires, the ball is deemed to be "dead" so no extra runs are added.

Aggers on TMS thinks it wasn't "dead" and England have been robbed of four overthrows - and I agree. At what point did the ball become dead there, umpire Billy Bowden?

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Taylor is bowling full outside off stump: a lovely line to Trott, because he wants to get out to the off side and work it to on."

Cook clips a single off Jerome Taylor's first ball, bringing Trott on strike. On a pair. And he plays and misses outside off stump... not one for the purists, that. But an easy flick to long leg for two gets Trott - playing his 50th Test, lest we forget - off the mark. Relief all round.

Gary Brooks: To be frank, even though I'm an England fan, the best thing all round might be a sound thrashing of England in this series. Then we might get real change at the top, a new coach and then pick players on form with some bottle.

Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott to open for England - starting on a "net" total of 104-0.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"What England won't need here is two or three out-of-form batsmen trying to cling on like limpets, desperately trying to play themselves back into form."

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Thanks, James. Strap yourselves in and get your sandwiches to hand for a long final session - we still have 43 overs to cram in today.

Time for me to hand you back to Mark Mitchener for the evening session...

West Indies opener Chris Gayle:, external That's my boy Jermaine Blackwood, 1st Test hundred, many more to come! #WellDone #112NotOut

Gayle was unable to play in this series because of a persistent back injury - but is playing in the Indian Premier League instead.

Mike Bell: Is Simon Kerrigan not even on the selection spectrum? Shane Watson thumped a few shots off him in one spell, but is that it?

Si Lomas: Ali in for Trott to open, he'll play aggressively, Rashid in for Tredwell... you then have two spinners who spin ball opposite ways.

James Cowe: Would you necessarily drop Tredwell for Ali? Broad, Jordan or Stokes could easily be replaced based on their performances. Tredwell somehow reminds me of an Ashley Giles spinner. Does a job, keeps an end. Gets mocked by many.

Joe Baker: Did they base Wallace from Wallace and Gromit on James Tredwell? Spitting image.

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Who's the better off-spinner - Moeen Ali or James Tredwell?

"Moeen. You look at what he's done in his short Test career so far, if he's fit you get him in the team. Look at who are the best five bowlers to win in Grenada - if you go with four seamers and one spinner, do you bring in Moeen for Tredwell? Harsh - but yes. If Moeen and Stokes are going to bat six and seven, Buttler at eight, then Jordan, Tredwell or Rashid, then Broad and Anderson. It'd be interesting to see who they left out if they went down to three seamers. By not playing Rashid this week, it's telling me they don't trust him, even though he won Yorkshire the title. The rumours are they're not impressed with him. If he isn't in their plans for the next two games, they should send him home. Same goes for one of the seamers, as long as they're covered for Barbados."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"You know what you're going to get with James Tredwell, but I think England are missing a trick by not having a look at Adil Rashid. I hope they don't bring back Moeen Ali in order to go with two off-spinners. Maybe two spinners is the way, but two off-spinners isn't the way."

Tea has been taken before England begin their second innings...

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"What England can't afford to do is to be 30-3 like they were in the first innings, as at 50-5 West Indies are back in it. They need to score, but not recklessly - West Indies only have a four-man attack and Sulieman Benn needs to bowl better than he did in the first innings."

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Pete: Jimmy is superb but let's not forget Beefy had the small matter of 5,200 runs also!

Peter Collins: Perfect, time for our batsmen to go out and smash their way to a couple of hundred. Blistering start needed. Oh wait...

Chris Jones: West Indies throwing away all their hard work today in one over.

So, a strong afternoon session from England, who were able to run through the tail pretty quickly once they winkled out Jason Holder. James Tredwell had been expected to play second fiddle to England's seamers but he was the star performer, picking up four wickets with good ol' fashioned flight and guile.

Jermaine Blackwood played an excellent, gritty innings, often reining in his natural attacking instincts, to drag West Indies up to nearly 300, but that first-innings deficit of 104 runs puts England firmly in the box seat.

West Indies 295 all out (113 overs) - trail by 104 runs

Blackwood 112*, Chanderpaul 46; Tredwell 4-47

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), 276-7 (Holder 16), 292-8 (Roach 5), 292-9 (Taylor 0), 295 all out (Benn 2)

Bowling figures: Anderson 23-9-67-2, Broad 22-2-67-2, Jordan 23-8-46-1, Stokes 19-3-64-0, Tredwell 26-12-47-4

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

West Indies won toss

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