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. Postpublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "A wonderful innings from Blackwood - he set his stall out with that second ball when he hit it for six. Stuart Broad gave him a working-over with the short stuff, he came through that and chose the right balls to attack. But to get those last two wickets so quickly is a big bonus for England - they're in the box seat to go out, bat well and give West Indies four or four-and-a-half sessions to survive the match."

  2. WICKETpublished at 19:19 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    It's all over, and as we suspected Jermaine Blackwood is left high and dry. Sulieman Benn's brief innings ends when he tries to flick Anderson into the leg side but the ball bobbles up tamely and is claimed by Joe Root at short leg.

    Scorecard

  3. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 19:15 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    On Twitter:, external Reliable, understated, modest, quietly proficient: James Tredwell belongs to the great old-school tradition of professional cricket.

  4. WI 292-9published at 19:14 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Sulieman Benn is the new batsman. Jermaine Blackwood is in danger of being left stranded like a shipwreck survivor on a tropical island.

  5. Postpublished at 19:13 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Tony Cozier
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Jerome Taylor is from the same parish in Jamaica as Jermaine Blackwood. You wouldn't think it after that run-out."

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  6. Postpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "This is the first time I've seen West Indies panic, I expected more of that from them after the way they've played for the last few years."

  7. Postpublished at 19:12 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Crazy stuff from Jerome Taylor, he didn't even wait for the third umpire. Now it's Tredwell's chance to take five as the last man is a crazy left-hander who hacks across the line - Sulieman Benn."

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  8. WICKETpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Well now, that is careless. Jerome Taylor squirts one backward of point and sets of without looking, and Stuart Broad swoops on it like a hawk and rattles the timbers with a sharp throw. West Indies folding like a deckchair in a stiff gale.

    Scorecard

  9. Postpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Five catches for Jos Buttler, which is the first time he's done that in a Test innings - he's just the second keeper to take five in an innings against West Indies after Jack Russell in 1990."

  10. Postpublished at 19:10 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Well bowled, James Tredwell - it was pushed through quicker, Roach tried to defend, it was well taken by Buttler and Tredwell is doing exactly what he should do - easily the pick of the bowlers. He's got two opportunities left to get his first Test five-for."

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  11. WICKETpublished at 19:08 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    He'll have an honest try, they said. He won't let anybody down, they said. Well, James Tredwell is doing a bit better than that - he's leading the England attack here. He picks up his fourth wicket with one that skids straight on and takes the edge of Kemar Roach.

    Scorecard

    Kemar Roach is caughtImage source, Reuters
  12. Scorecard updatepublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    West Indies 292-7 (111 overs) - trail by 112 runs

    Batsmen: Blackwood 111*, Roach 8*

    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)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 22-9-64-1, Broad 22-2-67-2, Jordan 23-8-46-1, Stokes 19-3-64-0, Tredwell 25-11-47-3

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

    West Indies won toss

    Full scorecard

    Seaweed ManImage source, Getty Images
  13. WI 292-7 (Blackwood 111*, Roach 5*)published at 19:07 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Blackwood plays a lovely shot through extra cover but only gets one for it as Ben Stokes, who has an arm like a medieval trebuchet, sweeps round on the off side. No-one will reel the next one in though as Blackwood smears one through mid-wicket for four.

  14. Postpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "As a spin bowler, if you've got three wickets of three top-order batsmen, then if you can convince the captain to let you bowl at the tail-enders, that's your bread and butter."

  15. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 19:02 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Julian, Surrey: Once Jimmy is done, surely the stage is set for Cook to chase down Gooch's 8,900 runs record? 460-odd needed could coincide nicely with the third Ashes Test?

  16. WI 286-7published at 19:01 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Roach is bedding in here. He plays out his second successive maiden off Tredwell.

  17. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Terry Mahoney: Bringing Jimmy back to have a go at the tail with the record in sight. Good captaincy (for once).

  18. WI 286-7 (Blackwood 106*, Roach 4*)published at 18:59 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Blackwood, whose concetration still looks solid out there, nudges a couple of twos from Anderson's latest over.

  19. WI 282-7published at 18:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Tredwell continues and he almost has a fourth wicket, sliding one across Kemar Roach and enticing a wild swing which, luckily for the West Indian, connects with nothing but fresh air.

  20. Tredwell or Rashid?published at 18:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2015

    Tom Audsley: Is Rashid ever going to be given a chance? He has been outstanding for Yorkshire. Ali joining up will put him further back.

    Jack Tecwyn: Fair play to Tredders. He's held up an end & got three wickets. I thought Rashid should have played. But I am a Yorkshireman!

    James Cowe: Tredwell won't be a decent off-spinner till he bowls a few or gets a few catches behind in one innings.