Summary

  • West Indies 98-2 at close - target 438

  • Eng 333-7 dec: Ballance 122, Buttler 59*

  • First Test, day four, Antigua

  • Get involved: #bbccricket; tms@bbc.co.uk

  1. Postpublished at 22:50 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Aggers may be off to watch Curtly Ambrose's band in concert elsewhere in Antigua, but it's time for those of you following us in the UK to put on your pyjamas and get a good night's sleep ready for day five.

    The maths are simple: a minimum of 90 overs to be bowled. England need eight wickets, West Indies need 340 runs. If neither achieve their goals, it's a draw. Play resumes at 15:00 BST - we'll be here at 14:30 with TMS on air from 14:45.

    Sleep tight, and make sure you join us then.

  2. Time to stop playpublished at 22:47 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    And special thanks to all of you who have been texting, tweeting and emailing in your bizarre reasons for play being stopped (inspired by Graeme Swann on TMS explaining how barbecue smoke once stopped play in an ODI in South Africa).

    We've had (deep breath) stuffed tigers, carrots, tornados, helicopters, planes, automobiles, fires, murders, calamari, Holy Communion, drunken mothers, shootings, Anneka Rice, cows, deer, the Red Arrows, drunken umpires, pedantic umpires, electric fences, naughty boys, dogs, insects, weddings, ducks, Sir Ian Botham, Guinness, Pop Idols, dads, AWOL soldiers, Bobby Charlton, burglars, RAF funerals, royalists, F-16s, wargames, serpents, donkeys, tennis, young offenders and Aberdeen FC stopping play. Thanks for sending us those - and the many others we didn't have time and space to use.

  3. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 22:45 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Stephen, Cumbria: Andrew Samson has coined a new tongue-twister: "It's just Smith's sixth fifty". Try running that past the Barmy Army any time after tea.

  4. Review of the daypublished at 22:44 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Day four began with England on 116-2, leading by 220. England fans were able to enjoy Gary Ballance's fourth Test century, Joe Root's second fifty of the match and a battling unbeaten 59 from Jos Buttler before the declaration came before tea on 333-7, setting West Indies a world record run chase of 438.

    They lost Kraigg Brathwaite in the second over, but Devon Smith and Darren Bravo added 83 and were looking in great touch until part-time spinner Root made the breakthrough - with the aid of a stupendous catch from Chris Jordan.

  5. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:40 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Toufique Khan: Wish Test cricket were on terrestrial TV. Then I could watch the Jordan catch everyone is raving about.

    Max WHUFC Kellar: Chris Jordan could catch a cold in the desert!

  6. Postpublished at 22:35 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "I'm not so sure England will win the game tomorrow. Jimmy Anderson's not really in the game, he's not carrying any real threat, even though he's trying like hell. He doesn't look like getting anybody out, which is a concern for me."

  7. Postpublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "I think the bowlers have to do it collectively tomorrow. You need to swap the bowlers around, try some funny field placings, not too many boundary fielders unless you're going to bowl for the hook. They'll need to make the West Indian batsmen play shots, because if they keep blocking, it's very difficult to prise them out."

  8. Postpublished at 22:33 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    What about Chris Jordan's catch?

    "It was very good, I've seen a lot of good catches and this was excellent. I don't think it was the best ever, but quality catches win matches. Smith and Bravo played very sensibly, they gave West Indies a chance before the catch. I think England would have wanted three down by the close, but only Broad got that pace and bounce. England have a good-ish chance of winning, but I've seen people bat all day on pitches like this. Me included."

  9. Aberdeen FC stop playpublished at 22:33 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Colin Reid: The cricket pitches at the Links in Aberdeen were between Aberdeen FC's Pittodrie stadium and the Beach Esplanade where the away football fans' coaches used to be parked. At the end/start of the season when games coincided with a visit from well-supported teams like Rangers, the only thing to do was to stop, pull up the stumps and sit unobtrusively in a corner as a tide of people poured all over the pitch and wicket. Not many of them seemed to be cricket fans!

  10. Postpublished at 22:32 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "Stokes played very sprightly when he came in, and Buttler's innings was very pleasing: he scores very easily, with a wonderful range of shots, timing and power. Broad produced a really lethal bouncer to get the wicket of Brathwaite, with a nice field placing that Cook should take credit for. Broad bowled with more fluency today, which is good for England."

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  11. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:31 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Will Relf: I've always said England under-use Root's bowling!

  12. Postpublished at 22:30 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "This was the best cricket day of the whole four. England started off in a slightly better position than West Indies, Root and Ballance played positively, Root looked busy all the time, comfortable, confident and competent. Ballance had an excellent performance, and it's out of the picture for Trott to bat at three in the Test matches."

  13. Review of the daypublished at 22:28 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Time for the Aggers and Boycott show - it'll be available later on the TMS podcast page, where you can already find the lunchtime chat with Chris Woakes, Andrew Flintoff and Sir Curtly Ambrose.

  14. Postpublished at 22:24 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I don't know how you judge the best catch of all time, but I do know that catch from Chris Jordan was right up there."

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    Chris Jordan catchImage source, Reuters
  15. Postpublished at 22:24 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Aggers has called Jordan's catch as probably the best he's ever seen. Stand by, TMS listeners - he and Geoffrey Boycott will shortly be reviewing the day.

  16. Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    More from Gary Ballance, who scored his fourth century in nine Tests: "We've got a new ball just after lunch tomorrow so hopefully we can sneak a few out then and kick on after that."

  17. Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Gary Ballance is a class player. I'm more comfortable watching him in Test whites. Since the minute that he arrived in Test match cricket, he's come out of the blocks like a trooper. He's coped with pressure really well, and I'd expect him now to have an absolute belter of a series."

  18. Postpublished at 22:23 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    England batsman Gary Ballance, who made 122: "It would have been nice to get one or two more, but overall we couldn't be happier.

    "It's been a tough winter, so it's nice to score a hundred in the first Test match back in quite a tough situation. It probably looked quite scratchy but I don't mind about that. To score runs when the team needs it is great."

  19. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:22 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Tim Carlisle: Re Adam in Leicester (20:56). 75% deserve criticism? Ballance, Buttler, Tredwell, Stokes, Jordan all new. Root has performed.

    Joe Root celebratesImage source, Reuters
  20. Champagne momentpublished at 22:21 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Innings of the day? Gary Ballance's century. Champagne moment? Unquestionably Chris Jordan's catch. Try to see it at full speed, rather than slow motion, if you can.