Tom Gunter: Whilst Cook's form has been patchy it's interesting to see Boycott suggest Trott shouldn't be playing... a month after he publicly said he should be in the team.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England are in such a strong position that they have got to let the game take its natural progression. They just need to bat; play like they did last night. Bat positively but not recklessly.

"The West Indies wheels fell off somewhat yesterday. It's the morning session when this pitch tends to do a bit more, so there might be a hint of moisture there. They have to strike this morning if they want to get back in this contest."

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The celebrations of James Anderson's 100th Test continued yesterday - you can listen to yesterday's lunchtime feature, "The Real Jimmy", on the TMS podcast page - while the England pace spearhead - now only one wicket behind Sir Ian Botham. And the latest praise for him comes from former England all-rounder Ronnie Irani.

He told BBC Radio 2: "Myself, Andrew Flintoff and one or two others were at Adelaide with the academy and there was a young kid there called Jimmy Anderson. I turned to Nasser Hussain and said he had to get this kid in. He is special, and Nasser said 'They are always good when they are not in the team'.

"But Duncan Fletcher took it on board, he made his debut, took Jayasuriya as his first wicket and the rest is history. The legend was born. He's the best we've ever had. If Darren Gough had stayed fully fit he would have broken all records, and there's Bob Willis, who was exceptional, but Jimmy is the best, no doubt about it."

Latest score: IT Botham 383, JM Anderson 382.

Joel from Luton: Bat till tea. Set the opposition 400+ to win. 4 sessions to tempt the West Indies to go all out for an improbable home win. England to win by tea tomorrow.

Louis Parry: England need a good start so Stokes and Buttler can attack after lunch, set Windies 450+, game over by lunch tomorrow.

billybunter3rd: Expect Taylor swing ball first session. Need to see off Taylor then expansive batting - don't want to lose 2/3/4 early.

Mike Hoffman: 200 by mid-point of evening session - put the Windies in for 1.5 hours.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"We've got a bit of a cloudy start, we had a light shower a few minutes ago but it shouldn't delay the start - the covers are coming off."

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BBC Radio Test Match Special

Time for Test Match Special to hit the airwaves. They've had some impressive special guests on this week - I wonder if they can top yesterday's visit from the Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, who began by addressing TMS's Caribbean commentary legend Tony Cozier as "Your Excellency"?!

You can listen on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave, and via the BBC Sport website (if you're in the UK - click the audio icon at the top of this page), BBC iPlayer Radio app and BBC Sport app, where you can also sign up for free wicket alerts from your favourite county or international team.

Richard Jones: Dear Alastair... consider declaring our innings before the lead's 500... we needed 113 overs 1st innings... an hour before tea!

A better over-rate than yesterday might help England too...

So, what should England's target be today, in terms of runs or in terms of time? Should they be considering changes at the top of the order? And most importantly, will the semi-mythical "Seaweed Man" (below) make a reappearance today?

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You'd never accuse TMS summariser Geoffrey Boycott of not being forthright in his views. He's particularly concerned by the form of the openers - as you can see in this video on the BBC Sport website.

"The biggest issue is the captain's not playing well. He's a fine opening batsman with a terrific record. Andrew Strauss [retiring] has left a gap, but with Cook losing form, it's left two problems. With his captaincy, it's three problems. And I wouldn't have picked Trott."

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Meanwhile, I'm sure there are plenty of discussions raging among fans about the future of opening pair Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott, who both failed with the bat again yesterday.

Captain Cook was the victim of a "commentator's curse" from Michael Vaughan on TMS, who had praised his batting just before he was dismissed.

Listen to Vaughan curse Cook on the BBC 5 live website.

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew feels if England can "get through the first hour with no mistakes", a pre-tea declaration can set up a victory chance for the tourists. He also had praise for spinner James Tredwell.

"Tredwell isn't a flashy sort of bowler, but he bowled beautifully. It was a first-class display of old-fashioned off-spin bowling: he tossed the ball up and varied his pace subtly. His dismissal of Shivnarine Chanderpaul was a particularly fine piece of classical spin bowling: setting the batsman up against a cleverly-set field," Aggers writes.

Read more from Jonathan Agnew's column on the BBC Sport website.

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England have been here before - both literally and metaphorically. In 2009, they were in an even more dominant position in the "replacement" Test at the old Antigua Recreation Ground. After three days, they were 312 ahead of West Indies with nine second-innings wickets still standing.

However, the presence of a nightwatchman - controversially sent in late on day three - only served to hold the game up, and the declaration came not long before tea on day four as England set the Windies an imposing 503 to win.

What happened on day five? England ran out of time trying to bowl them out, and the last pair ensured a draw. Looking at the scorecard, it seems unfathomable now that Sulieman Benn was batting as high as nine... Anyway, today's first lesson: do not delay your declaration too long.

Afternoon, everyone. We're half-an-hour away from the start of day four in Antigua, where England have the chance to turn a strong position into a winning position against an out-of-sorts West Indies side.

England are 116-3 in their second innings - but a first-innings lead of 104 makes them "net" 220-3 in a one-innings match with two full days remaining. Despite a traditional top-order wobble, Gary Ballance (44) and Joe Root (32) have added 64 and are cooking with gas.

A winning position? First - a lesson from history.