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 19:48 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Nottinghamshire and England batsman Alex Hales on TMS: "We've got one of the most talented squads in the country, certainly one of the best Notts squads I've been involved in. I've played in the Big Bash and watched the IPL so it'd be good if something like [an English Premier League] comes in."

    Alex HalesImage source, Getty Images
  2. Postpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    England limited-overs opener Alex Hales is talking to Test Match Special during the tea-break...

  3. Tea scorecardpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    West Indies 9-1 (5 overs) - target 438

    Batsmen: Smith 4*, Bravo 1*

    Fall of wickets: 7-1 (Brathwaite 5)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 2-0-5-0, Broad 2-1-4-1, Tredwell 1-1-0-0

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

    West Indies 295

    Full scorecard

  4. Postpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    An almost perfect session for England. They built a healthy, surely impregnable lead courtesy of a fourth Test century from the back-in-form Gary Ballance and 59 rapid runs from Jos Buttler.

    A nicely timed declaration from Alastair Cook allowed them a few overs at the West Indies before the interval, and Stuart Broad duly obliged with an absolute snorter to get rid of the doughty Kraigg Brathwaite. 10 out of 10?

    England celebrateImage source, AP
  5. Postpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Kraigg Brathwaite looks an awkward player to dismiss, so it's been a perfect day so far for England. Let's see if West Indies can have a bit of fight against them, and get to the close with plenty in the tank."

  6. Postpublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "A good session from England, they've got the runs on the board and removed the dogged Brathwaite."

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    Stuart Broad celebratesImage source, Getty Images
  7. Tea intervalpublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Time for Tredders! England's new spin king is going to get an over before tea. A slip, a leg slip and a short leg crowd the batsman. Ows and oohs of thwarted jubilation as Tredwell defeats Devon Smith's outside edge with a pearler. Smith just about survives the Kentish inquistion, and it's time for tea.

  8. Postpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "This is good from Cook, bringing Tredwell on - Devon Smith has had so many problems against off-spin, England even opened with Graeme Swann against him, external at Lord's in May once."

  9. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Former England all-rounder Derek Pringle:, external Bowlers like Harmison & Flintoff were on fewer batsmen's Xmas card lists but Anderson has been the most skilful England bowler of his era.

  10. WI 9-1published at 19:37 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Darren Bravo is a terrific player to watch: high, Lara-esque backlift, all the shots, so much time. But this is all about survival, not artistry, and Stuart Broad is bowling really well at the moment - he pins the Trinidadian on the shoulder with a really sharp bouncer.

    Stuart Broad bowlsImage source, AP
  11. How's stat?!published at 19:37 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Only four teams have scored more than 400 in the fourth innings to win a Test, with West Indies' 418-7 to beat Australia in Antigua in 2003. The top five is:

    • 418-7: West Indies v Australia, St John's, 2003 (below)

    • 414-4: South Africa v Australia, Perth, 2008

    • 406-4: India v West Indies, Trinidad, 1976

    • 404-3: Australia v England, Headingley, 1948

    • 387-4: India v England, Chennai, 2008

    West Indies v Australia, St John's, 2003Image source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Antigua's the only region of the West Indies where England have never won a Test, in eight attempts."

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  13. WI 9-1 (Smith 4*, Bravo 1*)published at 19:33 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Anderson steaming in in search of his 382nd Test wicket, a coiled spring of lithe, sinuous menace. Three slips and a gully waiting hungrily in the cordon. Bravo gets off the mark with a push in to the leg side.

    James Anderson bowlsImage source, AP
  14. Postpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Broad's one of those bowlers where if he doesn't get a wicket for four or five overs, he can get frustrated. But if he strikes early, he has a chance of getting a couple more. He was pointing up at [bowling coach] Ottis Gibson on the balcony as if to say 'well done on the plan for having a short leg'. You've not been listening to us up here, Broady - we've been saying it for about five years."

  15. WI 7-1 (target 438)published at 19:30 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Darren Bravo is the new man. A hard job just got harder for West Indies.

  16. Postpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Great direction, good pace, right into the armpit - the short leg fielder was a few yards behind square, but he was there for exactly that shot. Great execution. On slow wickets, the short ball can be the most difficult to deal with."

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  17. WICKETpublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    I love it when a plan comes together! Alastair Cook sticks Joe Root in under the helmet at short leg, and that means only one thing: Operation Short Ball. And it pays dividends fifth ball when Broad gets one to rear off a length right at Brathwaite's helmet, and the batsman can only spoon it off the splice. Root collects it as casually as a man picking a ripe peach off a low-hanging branch.

    Scorecard

    Kraigg Braithwaite fends ballImage source, Getty Images
  18. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 19:23 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    MGWEvans: 438 to win? That's almost an aggressive declaration, by Cook's standards...

    Tony: I know 437 is pretty daunting but I always wonder if you get more psychological edge declaring NOT on a wicket.

    Andrew Collon: Good to see the usual squawking about declarations from the #bbccricket armchair captains - an integral part of an English summer.

  19. WI 3-0published at 19:23 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Anderson has chosen to bowl from the other end than he did in the first innings. Kraigg Brathwaite, who looked really redoubtable in the first innings, is off the mark with a single tucked away square on the leg side. Only 437 to go, chaps! Devon Smith opens his account with a couple through much the same region.

  20. Postpublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 16 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I'm going to make you grumpy straight away, Aggers. West Indies need 438 and England have three slips but no short leg."