Joe Root - England's golden-haired, golden-armed partnership-breaker? He may just be happy to get the bat-pad helmet off, but it's time for him to bowl some off-spin. No breakthrough yet as Bravo defends stoutly, but with Root and Tredwell on, it'll do wonders for the over-rate. Seven more due tonight.

John Kershaw: Old fashioned gritty Test cricket this. Not an advert for the game but if you love cricket you'll appreciate the cat and mouse.

Tredwell is quickly through his 10th over, Smith doesn't even offer a shot to a couple of deliveries outside off stump. Maiden.

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

"This is a remarkable recovery. I'm hoping that's not the commentator's curse. When England made that declaration and got that early wicket, they would have been on a high, but these two have consolidated well and look up for the fight."

Smith, on 48, faces Stokes, who is getting advice from senior bowlers Anderson and Broad at mid-off and mid-on between deliveries. We think Jimmy might get one more spell before the close, for those of you still hanging on tenterhooks for The Record. Smith is in no hurry for his fifty, languidly tapping a single off his legs - his 49 has taken 100 balls.

Jimmy Dalton: West Indies could win from here... Especially as they still have the Crab to come...

Bravo puts a dent in Tredwell's figures by smacking a four over the covers. If there are any wildly optimistic Windies fans out there, your side only needs 353 more.

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Ian in PA, USA: Once we were playing the local boys reform school game in Staffs. They batted, we were chasing the total down easily, when two boys 'did a runner'. The two umpires were staff, so they disappeared to give chase. Game over!

The floodlights are on, and with Tredwell bowling, shock horror - we shouldn't need all of the extra 30 minutes to bowl the 90 overs today. Unfortunately for England, the chances of them claiming another *extra* half-hour (on the grounds they had a realistic chance of finishing the game tonight) are receding very quickly. West Indies steer Stokes for a couple of singles, and Smith is two short of a deserved fifty.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"That was better from Tredwell - I like that, bringing the man in front of the bat at short cover. Suddenly Bravo is aware of not giving a bat-pad catch. But Tredwell doesn't need the deep cover - it's a waste of a fielder."

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Swanny's calls for more attack have been heeded as Joe Root moves from mid-wicket to silly point, but he's not happy there's a cover sweeper out. Another probing maiden over from Tredwell to Bravo - five of his eight overs have been maidens, he's certainly tying up an end. But England need wickets.

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Peter: Imagine the comments previous years' Tests would have drawn on this page. 1981 would have seen a world shortage of humble pie.

Stuck on 77 for a little while, West Indies finally move on as Smith, on 46, keeps finding the fielders and eventually can only take a single to fine leg. Stokes doesn't seem to be bowling with quite the fire he found in the first innings. Bravo moves to 27 with a single.

Stuart Field: Time for Root or Trott to bowl a couple of overs, change it up a bit maybe?

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Agony for England! Bravo goes to cut Tredwell and is a fraction away from chopping onto his stumps. Just when this match was starting to drift, the way it drifted around this time yesterday when England were batting, they have a glimmer. Graeme Swann on TMS is urging England to attack more.

Trevor in Warminster: I was involved in 'retained' vs 'wholetime' 20-over beer match when serving in Wiltshire Fire Brigade when the match was stopped because most of the retained fielding side's alerters went off and they disappeared to respond to a fire call in Stratton St Margaret, near Swindon. We repaired to the bar and called the match an honourable draw.

John Frankland: Once playing in Horwich when all of a sudden smoke started coming out of one of our batter's pads. As the last play had been given out he thought he'd thrown his cigarette away alas it had gone down his pad! 'Charlie you're on fire' was the cry.

West Indies 77-1 (25 overs) - target 438

Batsmen: Smith 46*, Bravo 26*

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (Brathwaite 5)

Bowling figures: Anderson 7-0-26-0, Broad 6-1-23-1, Tredwell 6-3-6-0, Jordan 4-1-16-0, Stokes 2-0-6-0

England 399 & 333-7 dec: Ballance 122, Root 59, Buttler 59*

West Indies 295

Full scorecard

Stokes has two men out on the hook, will he try some short balls at Smith or double-bluff him? Smith whips a two along the ground to deep mid-wicket to move to 46 as Stokes raises his hands to his face in frustration.

Tom Metcalf: During the 2013 Wimbledon final our village match in south Oxfordshire ground to a halt as players and spectators alike gathered round a radio on the boundary to hear Andy Murray triumph over Novak Djokovic.

Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"England have got their work cut out to weedle out these nine wickets."

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