Nomads TTC: Forget Dennis Compton playing multi-sports. Derbyshire all-rounder Wes Durston in the Stamford and Rutland table tennis cup final today!

Can anyone nominate any other favourite multi-talented sportsmen? Surely none better than better 19th century sporting polymath CB Fry,, external who among his many notable achievements, could leap backwards onto the mantelpiece from a standing start. I still haven't managed that.

Brathwaite swipes Moeen into the deep for two, and with West Indies going well and England in need of some inspiration, that will be drinks.

Darren Bravo is a sort of James Bond batsman really - he always looks stylish, but you're never convinced he's entirely safe. He chops Stokes to the point boundary and picks up two more with a drive down the ground, but then plays a loose stroke that flies fortuitously just wide of the diving Moeen at gully.

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

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"You can do everything in life if you have the will from the top. In cricket, we don't have the will from administrators. We could make better pitches, do something about the crowds, but there has to be the will. The ICC are only really interested in how much they can squeeze out of TV. They think that solves everything, but it doesn't."

Moeen continues. Brathwaite, who with his studious expression, spindly frame and disproportionately large head reminds me of a cartoon schoolkid, blocks out watchfully for a maiden.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England won't mind seeing that, things are happening with Ben Stokes. West Indies might be trying to get after him after what happened over the past couple of days. That might be good for England."

Hands on hips and muttered oaths from Ben Stokes as Brathwaite brings up the 50 partnership with a slash through gully. The bowler nearly has his revenge though, wanging one down into the blockhole that Bravo does well to get a sliver of bat on before it cannons into his pad.

Darren Jenkins: Moeen looks unfit. Doesn't look that clever an idea to rush him over after a muscle tear.

Moeen Ali, who bowled a rather sloppy over before lunch, gets his chance. It's a better second over from the spinner, rushing through a maiden.

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Stokes, who's just one wicket away from facing his old adversary Marlon Samuels, looks perplexed as Brathwaite dabs him past gully for four. He's not the most convincing batsman, Brathwaite, dangling the bat almost apologetically outside off stump, but he's moving along effectively here.

James: Is there anything England can do and have the fans be happy? Ever? No other nation has such fickle fans.

Jordan continues. Runs are beginning to flow for the West Indies as England's change seamers operate - three for Bravo with a mistimed cut, and then four with a cute flick round the corner, down to fine leg.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"England are trying to target than chest-region of Brathwaite, that's how they got him in the second innings at Antigua. West Indies have been riled by Stokes, which might create an opportunity for England."

It's a double change as Ben Stokes comes on for Jimmy Anderson. Not a great start for the Durham man - his first ball is clipped down to the fine-leg fence by Brathwaite and his second is flayed backward of point, just beating Moeen to the rope. Did Moeen chase it hard enough? Let's just say his sunhat didn't come off - if that had been Brendon McCullum in pursuit, he'd have lost the hat, intercepted the ball with a commando roll and kept it to two.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I've never seen that before, artificial grass nailed into the take-off area. How will the players' spikes take it?"

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This is extraordinary - it's like an episode of Changing Rooms out there as the groundstaff rush on with a hammer, some nails, and a piece of astro-turf to fix those problematic footholes. Broad stands there, arms folded, with a look of sceptical bemusement, like a homeowner having a longstanding plumbing issue seen to - 'Are you sure this will work?'

After all that, Jordan replaces Broad, and sends down a maiden over.

Mixitnfixitman: I bet Cook's score doesn't look that shabby now given what the rest of the team managed. A turning point for the series?

Brathwaite relieves the pressure slightly by driving Anderson down the ground for two. But the opener still looks a little discombobulated after that bouncer from Broad, but he manages to survive a testing over.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Buttler started to move down the leg side, if he hadn't have done that he may have been able to dive in front of Cook. Having said that, it did fall way short."

Broad has decided to move slightly wider on the crease to avoid those pesky footholes. Less chance of an LBW, more chance of averting a sprained ankle - that's the trade-off. West Indies have been rather becalmed here, and Jonathan Trott keeps the wind out of their sails with an excellent diving stop at extra cover. The pressure tells as Broad gets one to surprise Brathwaite with extra bounce and the opener gloves it agonisingly short of the slips. Good start by England after lunch.

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