And that is where our day comes to an end. Honours even? Perhaps. Set up nicely for tomorrow? Definitely. See you then.

Speaking of tomorrow, today's rain mean we will start a little earlier, with play set to begin at 14:45 BST.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"We want to come back tomorrow and get them out for 250 but a score of 300 would be good for them."

But then Marlon Samuels jolted into life, finding the throttle after leaving his way to 50. His duel with Ben Stokes was the most compelling action of the day, while the returning Moeen Ali was wayward and punished. When the light closed in, Samuels was sitting on 94, his stand with Denesh Ramdin worth 59. The Windies 188-5, honours about even and nicely poised for an important first session tomorrow.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Moores and Cook chose to bring Rashid out here and now you hear things like he is not bowling well enough in the nets and they do not have any faith in him. Rashid is the type of player who could be expensive but can take wickets. You need a captain that can handle a player going through periods of being expensive but can take wickets for you."

The Windies battled hard, England weren't always at their best with the ball and three catches went down, yet, somehow, the home side were reduced to 129-5. Dwayne Bravo wasted some good work with a limp edge to slip off Stuart Broad, Shivnarine Chanderpaul loosely chipped Ben Stokes to gully and the impressive Chris Jordan pinned Jermaine Blackwood lbw. Soon after tea, the Windies were in trouble.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I am not blaming the players for a slow day of the cricket it is the pitch. These are slow, turgid batting pitches and if you had two good teams you would need 10 days for the Test. I was not opposed England choosing to bowl but because the West Indies are not a good side. If it had been me I would have batted, I do not expect any imagination from Moores or Cook. This is a slow surface like the last one and on the last day you would have loved to swapped Rashid for another fourth seamer - who is just up and down."

It seems a long time ago that England won the toss after a near two-hour rain delay and opted to field in conditions that seemed ideal for swing bowling. James Anderson certainly thought that was the case, bowling Brathwaite with an unplayable in-swinger, but some inconsistent bowling and watchful batting meant England had to wait until the end of the first session for their second breakthrough. Even then, it was an error, Devon Smith didn't hit one that was given caught behind off Chris Jordan. 36-2 at lunch.

WI 188-5 (70 overs)

Batsmen: Samuels 94*, Ramdin 6*

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Brathwaite 1), 28-2 (Smith 15), 65-3 (Bravo 35), 74-4 (Chanderpaul 1), 129-5 (Blackwood 26).

Bowling figures: Anderson 15-8-18-1, Broad 16-5-42-1, Jordan 16-3-40-2, Moeen 12-1-45-0, Stokes 10-4-33-1, Trott 1-0-2-0.

England won toss and chose to field.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I feel a little disappointed for the spectators, the players and Test match cricket because a lot of people came very far to watch a day where it was hard to score runs. It was hard for the batsman and bowlers to get on top. Crowds are going down and you are wanting people to watch Test cricket but I feel the groundsman here has ruined the pitch."

Finally, that is your lot. West Indies close on 188-5. Hard to tell who is on top, but we can say that the Windies would be a lot worse off had Marlon Samuels not weighed in with his unbeaten 94. Remember, they were 129-5 and would have bitten your hand for this position when James Anderson cleaned up Kraigg Brathwaite early this morning. England have been good in parts, not so good in others. They have dropped three catches.

The umpires are still in the middle. The bails are off, the stumps are still in. The groundstaff want to get the covers on, but are being made to wait.

It might not be the close, but we can say with certainty that bad light has stopped play. Everyone is marching off, James Anderson the last to go after a word with the umpires. It's hard to imagine a situation where the light will improve enough to bring them back out, but for now, we await the official close.

England, under umpire's orders, throw the ball to Moeen Ali. If they decide they've had enough, they could get one of the pacers on and see us to the close. If Moeen keeps bowling long hops, that's exactly what might happen. Samuels pulls for four, nearing a hundred. Hang on, where's everyone going? Is that it?

Hmmm, we've reached that time of the day when England can't summon any more efforts from their front-line bowlers, so ask Jonathan Trott to dob down his medium-pacers. Not really threatening, but at least it brings the Barmy Army song to the tune of the Only Fools and Horses theme. Tidy from Trott, a couple of singles from it. The umpires have a little chat about the light, with lightmeter out to take a reading. It's decided that there's only enough light for the spinners.

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Alastair Cook stands at slip, hands on hips and gum in mouth. He has a word with vice-skip Ian Bell, then starts counting the fielders, as if to make sure they are all there. "I'm sure we more than this when we started". Stokes, breathing hard, gets one past the bat of Samuels and into the batsman's thigh. That'll sting if it's missed the thigh pad. Getting darker again.

Andrew Hornby: With Moeen Ali now finding his rhythm this would have been a great point in the game to have two spinners on, turning in both directions had they picked Adil Rashid instead of Stuart Broad. We know what Broad brings and Rashid might have been more suited to this wicket.

Moeen continues to wheel away, throwing his elbows out before twirling the ball down. A looper off the front pad of Samuels has both keeper and short leg interested, but nothing doing. When Moeen drops short, Samuels cuts for four to move nearer the 90s. Which team is happier at the moment? England would have wanted six or seven wickets after winning the toss and fielding, whereas the Windies are rebuilding with purpose. This stand is now worth 51.

Stokes slips in to his nemesis Samuels in light that seems to be improving. The Durham man has sweat glistening on his forehead and tattoos on both upper arms. I believe the cool kids call it "ink". No histrionics between Stokes and Samuels, who is denied runs to third man by the dive of Joe Root at gully. A maiden. I reckon there are 13 overs left in the day, if we can fit them in.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Samuels has chanced his arm in the last half-an-hour to single-handedly try to bring some life into this game."