As we feared - play was abandoned for the day at about 17:00 BST.

We'll be back from 10:25 BST tomorrow to bring you day five. Please join us then.

If you've been listening to TMS, BBC Radio 5 live sports extra has switched to tennis, with Andy Murray in action against Jeremy Chardy in the French Open.

We're going to call a halt to the live text as well - rest assured, if there's any prospect of a resumption in play, we'll be straight back to let you know.

In the meantime, you can listen to commentary on all of today's county games via the BBC Sport website.

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Jack Dingwall: Working in the University of Leeds library right now, a sense of disappointment has swept across my fellow students. Surprisingly it's due to the trickle of rain down the windows and not imminent exams.

Frustrating for the players here, they've been off for more than 45 minutes, but they can lose up to an hour's play before they start chipping off overs, so it could be a late finish tonight. Plenty of time left in this game.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Some left-armers, like Trent Boult, leave the most wonderful footholes for off-spinners to bowl at. One of the reasons I signed for Nottinghamshire was because they had Ryan Sidebottom. Paul Taylor at Northants was the same. Doug Bollinger was the ultimate, in that Adelaide Test in 2010 - he might as well take a pitchfork out with him and hack at the pitch. But you don't need footholes to bowl to left-handers, as the ball would go to the slips. Just bowl straight, as DRS means umpires are more likely to give lbws."

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BBC Weather's John Hammond: "There's a lot of rain clobbering Headingley at the moment. I don't think it's going to be a washout for the rest of the day, but I think it's going to be a messy one, with sporadic rain throughout the day. I'm hopeful of some longer dry spells later into the afternoon and early evening. The question is, will they be long enough to get the outfield dry?"

Ian Wilson: Bell is out of form with the bat and in the slips. How bad does a mate of Cook/Strauss need to play before something is changed?

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Your all time favourite English player?

"Flintoff from who I played with for what he brought. Botham, clearly, and I liked the way Darren Gough bowled for England with the energy he brought to the team."

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More covers being brought out. This does not sound good.

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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

On a light note. If you were to go to a Test match, as a spectator and not for work, in fancy dress, what would you wear?

"I would go as Scooby Doo, you can hide then. I used to like the Headingley horse, but I think he ended up on the pitch and got tackled by a steward, ending up in bother."

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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I was told to field at backward point once at Southampton and couldn't understand why all the other Northants fielders were giggling. Robin Smith then square cut one, harder than anyone else can hit the ball, which cracked me straight in the leg - I didn't realise backward point should stand 30 yards further back for him."

Charis, Surrey: I'm actually torn. Rain = can't lose wickets but also = trickier to bat after a break and less time for England to win this Test match!

Ian Do: Look at Met Office rainfall radar for massive rain sweeping across country. Ignore airports!

Dave, Steeton: Wet and wild here on the hills NW of Leeds. MCC should press a medal for fans and players alike at Headingley today. My gardener has decided to throw a sickie, and she just has weeds to pull.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

I've always wondered how much players actually eat at tea/ lunch etc? Were there players that you played with that literally ate all the pies?

"Matthew Hoggard ate all the pies. I used to change it up depending on the occasion. I liked a sarnie or two, with a couple of cakes."

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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"As a kid, I was coached that at first slip, you watch the ball; at second slip, you watch the bat. But Paul Collingwood, who used to field at third slip and gully, always used to watch the ball, and he was a brilliant catcher."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Do you think Adil Rashid will get to play a Test this summer?

"He probably will. I think it will get to the stage where England will have to change something."

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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I had a go in the slips early in my career, when I captained the university team, then at the end when I was Somerset captain I went to first slip, as I thought I could hide there. But I dropped three in about 10 minutes off Ian Botham at Southampton once, and that rather terminated my slip career."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Top three players to keep an eye on for the future?

"Sarfaraz Khan is a 17-year-old Indian batsman. Matthew Fisher, the Yorkshire all-rounder. Surrey batsman Dom Sibley."

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If you're just joining us, the players have been off for rain for just over half-an-hour. The rain has been light but persistent - stranding England on 44-0, chasing 455 to win.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Did you honestly think you had any chance at all before the 2005 Ashes?

"Of course I did. I knew it would be hard and that we'd all have to raise our games to a level that we'd not before. The summer before we won all seven Tests so we knew how to win. It was a brand of cricket that was risky, but we found a way to beat them."

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Jason Cleary: I'm struggling to stomach the criticism being levelled at England. One up in the series, matched the New Zealand first-innings score and succumbed to a bit of lucky Big Bash-style baseball bat swinging in their second innings. Being written off even before we started our second innings.

New Zealand are third in the world and so far have had the upper hand in one innings - get a grip.