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 22:21 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I'm really impressed with the way the West Indies have batted. It's been a very good innings from Devon Smith. England tried everything, but the pitch is flat and the ball isn't swinging. I think spin will have a big part to play, and the seamers will have to keep plugging away, bowling cutters and bouncers. It will be an interesting last day, and the West Indies have a great chance."

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  2. Close of playpublished at 22:19 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Stuart Broad to finish the day. Two slips, fourth slip (too close to be called gully), short leg and a leg gully for Samuels, who looks happy to get off strike with a single. Smith has nothing to do with a couple of bouncers, pats the last ball of the day back with a textbook forward defensive and that, as they say, is that.

    On the final day, England will need eight wickets to win (West Indies needing 340 runs) from a minimum of 90 overs.

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

    Tom: Brilliant spell of right-arm terror from Joe Root!

    David: Root and Rashid, that's the future of English spin. Not Tredwell and Ali.

  4. WI 97-2 (target 438)published at 22:13 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    It looks like those on Anderson-watch may have to wait another day for The Record as Joe Root is going to finish up from the Roberts End. Cook crowds Smith with four close fielders, but the Grenada left-hander survives and Root takes his cap with figures of 4-3-4-1. Very acceptable. Last over coming up.

  5. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:13 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Elliott Bewley: I reckon Jordan has been taking lessons from Mr Miyagi, making catches like that. Flies with chopsticks, no problem.

    Matthew Rowell: I think Joe Root should have been at the election debate tonight. What can't he do?

    Chris Jordan catchesImage source, Reuters
  6. WI 97-2 (two overs left tonight)published at 22:10 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Samuels pushes Broad for a single to get off the mark. A short leg comes in for Smith (Gary Ballance having donned the helmet) with square leg, fine leg and third man back, as well as Anderson three-quarters of the way back at mid-wicket for the miscue. Smith takes on the short ball... but keeps it down and runs a single to fine leg.

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

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "If West Indies get through to the close only two down, they've got a great chance of getting out of this game. The way that England will take wickets is to leave gaps and encourage the drive."

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

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Devon Smith's 58 is his highest score in 40 Test innings, since he made 88 against Australia in Brisbane in 2005."

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  9. WI 95-2 (Smith 58*, Samuels 0*)published at 22:06 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    We nearly have a repeat of Jordan's astonishing catch as Smith edges Root between the keeper and slip for four, sadly for Jordan lightning does not strike twice and he can't quite get his hand across. Goldenarm Root is quickly through his over, and we're into overtime but won't need much more - only three more overs to be bowled.

  10. Postpublished at 22:06 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "The wicket of Bravo was the first ball that England brought cover up on the one, and that forced the drive."

  11. Postpublished at 22:06 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Sir Viv Richards
    Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I think this is still a great opportunity for the West Indies batsmen. There isn't any real devil in this wicket, it's all about your concentration level."

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  12. WI 91-2 (target 438)published at 22:02 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Alastair Cook takes his cap off, surely he's not going to bowl? Thankfully not - England turn back to Stuart Broad as with a foot in the door, they aim to kick it open. There's a very odd field for Smith (some would say funky) - no conventional slips, but a gully, and three catching men in a ring between silly mid-off and short/silly cover point, as well as a short mid-wicket. A more orthodox field is posted for the right-handed Samuels, who has to rear away from a hostile bouncer. Umpire Bowden, however, is mildly concerned about where Broad is following though on the pitch.

    Stuart Broad bowlsImage source, Getty Images
  13. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Richard Jude: That is a stonking catch by Chris Jordan! One where you let out an involuntary yelp of delight.

    Amir Chughtai: Arise Sir Chris Jordan.

    Ian Bradley: Another blinding catch by Jordan but little mention of how much Root got that delivery to turn, went miles.

  14. WI 90-2 (Root 2-2-0-1)published at 21:56 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Marlon Samuels is the new batsman as that 83-run stand comes to an end. Two maidens and one wicket from young Root.

    Joe Roots celebratesImage source, Reuters
  15. Postpublished at 21:56 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "What an absolutely stunning catch. That was better than his first innings catch, that's an absolute screamer. He flung himself to his right, that's 10 out of 10, you won't see better than that. The slow-motion replay doesn't do justice to it, you need to see that at full speed."

  16. WICKETpublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    What a catch! WHAT A CATCH! Bravo goes! A sensational one-handed slip catch from Chris Jordan as Bravo drives, Jordan leaps to his right from a wideish position at first slip and plucks a one-handed beauty out of the air. Absolutely sensational.

    Chris Jordan, take a big bow. (And Joe Root, the golden-haired, golden-armed partnership-breaker as I called him a few minutes ago, take a modest bow too).

    Scorecard

    Joe Root celebratesImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "It's just Smith's sixth fifty, to go with one hundred, in 37 Tests."

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  18. Postpublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "He's battled away after losing his opening partner in the second over. He and Bravo have denied England for 31 overs. Of Smith can convert it into a hundred tomorrow, he'll have England sweating."

  19. 50 for Smithpublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Smith, who's been stuck in the 40s longer than a BBC2 repeat run of Dad's Army, finally reaches his sixth Test fifty from 111 balls by forcing Tredwell for four through backward point. With only one Test hundred to his name in a 12-year international career, can he make sure he's still there tomorrow morning?

    Devon Smith plays of the offsideImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 21:52 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Sir Viv Richards
    Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "There are times when you can lure batters into a false sense of security, give them something that they feel like hitting. You don't always have to plan folks out."

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