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. WI 75-1 (target 438)published at 21:17 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    With the players refreshed, Tredwell has had a change of ends - and the off side is packed for the two left-handers, but although this is a fourth innings pitch, there aren't many footmarks opening up for him to bowl at, coming round the wicket to Bravo. Maiden.

  2. Donkey stops playpublished at 21:17 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Ian in Leeds: As a youngster, I was batting for Dunchurch Cricket Club under-15s against Oakfield at their ground at the Sheaf and Sickle pub in Long Lawford. They had a donkey which pulled the roller. It slipped its teather and made its way onto the nearby road. The match was stopped while all the players chased the donkey up the road to catch it. You can imagine the look on the faces of those in passing cars as a donkey pursued by 15 young lads dressed in cricket whites chased a donkey up the road.

  3. What's gone wrong with West Indies cricket?published at 21:12 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Once the greatest Test side in the world, West Indies' appetite for the longest form of the game has dipped alarmingly in recent years.

    In October 2014, the West Indies Cricket Board abandoned a tour of India after a dispute with players over pay, leaving the Board of Control for Cricket in India demanding $42m (£26.2m) in compensation.

    BBC Sport's Joe Wilson talks to legends of West Indies cricket Sir Viv Richards and Sir Curtly Ambrose to uncover what is behind the decline of the game in the Caribbean.

    Watch the video here.

  4. Drinks breakpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Captain Cook shuffles his bowlers - Tredwell gets the hook after two overs and Ben Stokes gets his first spell of the innings. Smith has a look at a couple, then unleashes another flashing cut shot for four.

  5. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Gareth Johnson: About time they stopped pussyfooting around and played the rest of the @Yorkshireccc team out there...

  6. WI 71-1 (target 438)published at 21:07 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Broad charges in from the Ambrose End, there's a catcher at short mid-off but Smith and Bravo manage to pick off three singles.

  7. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 21:07 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Darren in Manchester: Is Darren Bravo the only current Test number three who uses an unmarked bat?

  8. WI 68-1published at 21:03 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Tredwell, an earnest toiler if ever there was one, will wheel away from one end here, changing his flight and angle of attack and whistling through a two-minute maiden over to Bravo.

  9. Postpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Ed Smith
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "The way the first wicket fell - fended off the short leg - you wondered how up for this West Indies were. But they are making a fight of it."

    Listen to TMS commentary via the audio icon (available in UK only).

  10. WI 68-1 (Smith 37*, Bravo 26*)published at 21:01 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    England coach Peter Moores is hunched over a laptop - if he looks at the data, he'll see that England could do with a couple of wickets before the close in the remaining 21 overs if they're to sleep a little more soundly tonight. The ball is nearly 20 overs old, but it's not offering England much movement - Smith unleashes a flamboyant cut shot down to third man for four.

  11. Planes and automobiles stop playpublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    John Macdonald: In the 1960s and 70s, RAF Gan was a staging post on a very small Island in the Maldives. The sports field was on the edge of the runway. So when an aircraft approached, air traffic sent a Land Rover to stop play. The rugby players had to dismantle the posts but the cricketers only had to draw stumps!

    Gordon Williams: I was playing for my school cricket team back in the seventies in the middle of Wolverhampton race coarse. A brand new Jaguar car came across the coarse onto the pitch and parked behind the wicketkeeper. Out pops my uncle saying, "What time you finishing, Gord? We can go for a spin.".

  12. WI 63-1 (target 438)published at 20:56 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Jordan is off after four unthreatening overs and James Tredwell returns, skipping in to bowl his off-spin round the wicket to the two left-handers. At the cost of one single.

    Chris Jordan appealsImage source, Reuters
  13. Postpublished at 20:56 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "This is quite a dangerous period for Devon Smith. He's got to 30s or 40s often in is Test career, and at this point he often loses concentration and starts playing lots of big shots. He goes from third gear to sixth, which could create that opportunity that England are desperate for."

  14. Text 81111published at 20:56 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Adam in Leicester: The fact there are people texting in wondering how players cope with all this negativity is beyond comprehension. Have these people been living under a rock for 18 months? Or are they just master zen Buddhists? 75% of this current side deserve every single line of criticism they have received since the start of the last Ashes.

  15. WI 62-1 (Smith 33*, Bravo 24*)published at 20:54 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    The Seaweed Man is still lurking ominously - West Indies might ask him to strap the pads on as nightwatchman - as Smith brings up the fifty partnership by pulling Broad through mid-wicket for four. For a man who averages under 25 in 36 previous Tests stretching back 12 years, he's been pretty sound in this innings. Meanwhile, umpire Bowden seems wise to England's plan of trying to get the ball to reverse, having a word with Broad for throwing it at the stumps via the pitch.

  16. How's stat?!published at 20:53 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "If Stuart Broad gets a wicket in his first three overs, his overall bowling average is 19. If he doesn't get a wicket in his first three overs, his average is 35.5."

    Listen to TMS commentary via the audio icon (available in UK only).

  17. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Andrew Morris: Bold prediction: tomorrow we'll see history made. 1) Jimmy taking 2+ wickets 2) WI chasing down world-record 438 for a trifecta.

  18. WI 56-1 (target 438)published at 20:49 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Jordan to continue at the Roberts End, not much movement for the Sussex right-arm seamer, but Bravo is momentarily discomforted as he tries to force the ball towards mid-on and it squirms off an edge towards gully. He adds a couple of twos to his score - Jordan has 0-16 from four.

  19. Postpublished at 20:49 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Stuart Broad will probably bowl a few cutters and then a real short, sharp bouncer. The lack of swing has been really surprising, because the new ball has swung consistently for the first 10 overs throughout this match."

  20. WI 52-1published at 20:45 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Those of you on Anderson-watch can stand down for a while - he takes a breather and Stuart Broad returns for only his third over, despite having taken a wicket in his first. He goes round the wicket to the two Windies left-handers, but Bravo brings up the fifty with a good-looking cover drive. Always one of the most aesthetically pleasing shots around.

    James Anderson looks anxiousImage source, Getty Images