Summary

  • West Indies draw first Test, Antigua

  • Anderson breaks England wicket record

  • West Indies 350-7 - target 438

  • Holder 103*, Smith 65, Ramdin 57

  • Anderson 384, Botham 383 Test wickets

  1. Postpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels tells Sky Sports: "We're definitely looking to win the game - 98-2 is still a good total. Spin will play a role but Devon Smith is batting pretty well and the wicket is still playing pretty easy.

    "We have to fight; we have to start all over again. We're going to mix aggression with patience - that's the plan. Once I'm set I'll definitely be free-flowing. We have to be positive."

  2. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Mark: The one thing that would facilitate an England win is the West Indians thinking that they can reach this target. Successful chases over 350 a very, very rare and it takes special circumstances for one to happen. If the West Indians open up, they will give the bowlers chances. If England can win this it will be through hard slog by the bowlers and would be a sign that the side is turning the corner.

  3. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:52 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Kerry Leach: It's going to be Anderson's day. A slow start until lunch, then after a feed, a hat-trick for Jimmy to overtake Sir Ian. Followed by an English win, all before tea!

    Mark Caulkin: Attritional first two sessions and then dramatic WI collapse. Jimmy to take final wicket.

  4. Postpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "That last hour, there's always chances, it's never quiet. If they're swamped in that first hour with men in front of the bat, with oohs and aahs, the batsmen will think 'Six-and-a-half hours of this? You're kidding me'. Boundary fielders won't create pressure on this pitch, I'd be bowling with an attacking field."

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  5. Postpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "If you get to the last hour in a game, you panic and put everyone round the bat. So why not start with it, start aggressively, start in that panic mode. I remember when England had Sri Lanka nine down last year, they were pedestrian in the first hour."

  6. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Simon Thomas: Let's hope Cook knows an experienced bowler like Anderson knows how best to use the new ball! A great captain like Brearley did.

  7. Postpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I couldn't catch, and I took a flying one-hander off Trescothick in a C&G final better than that one."

  8. Postpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "It was a good catch. In the top 20 I've seen - I took five better than that in my career."

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  9. Postpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Lots of arguing around me about that Chris Jordan catch yesterday. I still reckon it's the best slip catch I've ever seen."

    Chris JordanImage source, Reuters
  10. Live nowpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

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  11. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Mungo Russell: I think Root should be man of the match if England win, been at the heart of both major partnerships, digging England out of a hole.

  12. Join the debatepublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    So, what are you expecting today - an England win, a gritty draw or a sensational Windies success? And with fit-again Moeen Ali on his way to Grenada, who should England pick for the second Test?

    You can email tms@bbc.co.uk (with "For Mark Mitchener" in the subject line), text 81111 if you're in the UK, tweet us via the hashtag #bbccricket or get involved on the BBC Sport Facebook page. Over to you...

  13. Anderson-watch: day fivepublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    The wait for James Anderson to overtake Sir Ian Botham as England's highest Test wicket-taker goes on. He only bowled seven wicketless overs yesterday - two with the new ball, and five more straight after tea.

    Team-mate Gary Ballance has said that winning the game is more important than Anderson's record. But all of England's bowlers will have their part to play today. The "Burnley Express" is one wicket away from equalling Beefy, and two from claiming the record in his own right.

    Latest score: IT Botham 383, JM Anderson 382.

  14. The Agnew verdictpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew feels England "still have plenty of hard work ahead of them" if they are to win today - and praises batsman Gary Ballance who he feels has nailed down the England number three spot.

    But he warns: "With dogged batsmen like Shivnarine Chanderpaul to come, West Indies will think they have a fighting chance of clinging on for a draw."

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

  15. Record breakers?published at 14:33 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    The highest successful fourth-innings Test run chase, before today, was also in Antigua - at the old Recreation Ground in St John's, a few miles from the current Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound.

    On 13 May 2003,, external West Indies began the final day on 371-6 against Australia, chasing 418. Although they lost Shivnarine Chanderpaul early for 104, Omari Banks saw them over the line with an unbeaten 47 against a star-studded Aussie attack lacking Shane Warne (serving a one-year ban for taking one of his mum's diet pills) but featuring Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee, Andy Bichel and Stuart MacGill.

    Chanderpaul is yet to bat for West Indies in this innings, It couldn't happen again, could it?

  16. Postpublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 17 April 2015

    Afternoon, everyone - whether you think four-day Tests are a realistic or unrealistic aspiration, we're into a fifth in Antigua - and it could be an epic.

    West Indies will begin the day on 98-2, chasing a theoretical target of 438. From an England point of view, they have a minimum of 90 overs to take eight wickets. A West Indies win would break a Test record that was set only a few miles away...