Summary

  • Brathwaite 101 not out, Samuels on 22

  • Broad removed Bravo for 69

  • Root made unbeaten 182 for England

  • Second Test in Grenada

  1. Postpublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "In the England dressing room, we used to call getting run-out by one of your team-mates being barbecued. I was putting references to burgers and sausages on Twitter earlier."

  2. WI 29-1 (Anderson 6-2-11-1)published at 18:03 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Broad's still chuntering away - now he seems to be unhappy about the footmarks at the bowling crease. He'll have to stew on it down at fine leg for an over. Anderson has settled into a nice rhythm here, and sends one fizzing just Bravo's outside edge.

  3. Scorecard updatepublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    West Indies second innings: 29-1 (10 overs) - trail England by 136 runs

    Batsmen: Brathwaite 8, Bravo 19

    Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Smith 2)

    Bowling figures: Anderson 5-1-11-1, Broad 4-0-8-0, Moeen 1-0-10-0

    England first innings: 464 (Root 182 not out)

    West Indies first innings: 299

    Match scorecard

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  4. WI 29-1 (Brathwaite 8, Bravo 19)published at 18:00 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    He's not happy, Stuart Broad. He wants something out of the dressing room, but resident drinks-carrier and general dogsbody Mark Wood has no idea where it is. Wood trots off in his fluorescent vest to relay Broad's displeasure over the missing item to Peter Moores. Whatever could it be? Lucky sweatband? Zinc suncream? Personal copy of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations?

    Whatever it is, Broad's going to have to carry on without it. Still, he manages to find the mark with a good, accurate maiden over.

  5. Email tms@bbc.co.ukpublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Maurice: England 464. Good. Yet once again 4 plus extras scored nearly all the runs. Great innings from Root; except that he was involved in 3 run-outs. So how many runs did that cost? When will we see some general consistency?

  6. WI 29-1published at 17:55 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Anderson, that familiar swept-back quiff bobbing in his delivery stride, tongue pressed against the corner of his mouth in concentration, runs in. He foxes Brathwaite with an absolute doozy, which looks like coming in but just holds its line, before the opener gloves one that flies just beyond the reach of short leg.

  7. Postpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "When I first played, even my agent said you might only play a handful games, so enjoy it. Every game, I thought it might not be my last. That way, you almost find the secret. Not by not caring, but by not being nervous."

  8. WI 28-1 (Broad 3-0-8-0)published at 17:51 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Stuart Broad begins from the other end. Brathwaite adds one to the score with a push to cover.

  9. Text 81111published at 17:46 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Mike B: Anyone noticed how close the averages are of England's opening batting and bowling partnerships? Cook 45.65 and Trott 45.38; Anderson 29.77 and Broad 30.04.

  10. WI 27-1 (Brathwaite 6, Bravo 19)published at 17:45 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Brathwaite pokes the first ball after lunch through the covers for one. Bravo, who began very positively before lunch, doesn't take long to register his first boundary after the interval - nudging one down the fine leg.

  11. Postpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Kraigg Brathwaite and Darren Bravo stride back out to the middle. It's going to be Jimmy Anderson to send down the first over after lunch...

  12. Postpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    England will be pretty happy with their work in that morning session, you'd have thought. They didn't end up with a huge lead, but getting West Indies batting again with more than two sessions to go on the fourth day could actually work in their favour - as Jonathan Agnew explained in his BBC Sport column.

    The wicket of Devon Smith before lunch was a perfect fillip. England will be hoping for more after the interval, but this West Indies batting line-up has proved redoubtable - and spinner Moeen Ali still looks a pale imitation of the bowler who took 19 wickets against India.

  13. Postpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Thank you Stephan. Is it just me, or did that England innings feature an unusually high tally of comical dismissals? We had a Moeen run-out last night that would have had kamikaze pilots shaking their heads at its sheer suicidal silliness, Ben Stokes walking off while Marlon Samuels saluted like a war veteran hailing a passing cortege, Stuart Broad standing in statuesque incredulity as Billy Bowden turned down his hopelessly over-optimistic review, and then Jimmy Anderson sauntering rather too lackadaisically into his crease like a man strolling to the newsagents on a Sunday morning - much to Joe Root's disgust.

    There can't be any more memorably bizarre dismissals left in this match - can there?

  14. Postpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    So, not long before the player emerge for the evening session and, I suspect not long before you can officially start your weekend. For that happy time, James Gheerbrant will be in the chair.

  15. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Sim: Jimmy Anderson showing his class here. The vital early breakthrough just what England needed.

  16. Postpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    BBC Radio Test Match Special

    Grenadian journalist and pastor Stevenson Worm: "We Caribbean people, we have a natural rhythm, not like you Brits."

    Jonathan Agnew: "You haven't seen me dance."

  17. Postpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Joe Root remained, 182 not out, denied the chance of a double hundred by James Anderson's inability to run his bat in. Anderson made amends by persuading Devon Smith to play on in the third over. West Indies 22-1 at lunch, some 143 runs behind.

  18. Postpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    If you're just joining us, where've you been? You missed England moving along from their overnight 373-6, to be bowled out for 464. There was all manner of bizarre dismissals - Anderson and Jordan run out, Jos Buttler stumped by a miles and Stuart Broad doing his regular trick of reviewing a decision that only he thought was incorrrect.

  19. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    John Pool: 5 minutes from leaving work on my birthday, England actually with a decent sniff of winning a test match. What could be better?

  20. Text 81111published at 17:09 British Summer Time 24 April 2015

    Beth in York: This weekend is the University of York versus Lancaster University Varsity. It's Yorkshire against Lancashire. White Rose versus Red Rose. Roses battles ain't just for cricket. My happiness this weekend rests on York winning and England winning. So, no pressure sport. No pressure.