Postpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 11 July 2020
Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
Stokes has absolutely nailed that. He couldn't have timed that any better.
England slip from 249-3 to 279-8
Crawley 76, Sibley 50, Stokes 46
Crawley adds 98 with Stokes
Three wickets for Gabriel
West Indies led by 114 on first innings
First Test, Southampton, day four
Kal Sajad and Matthew Henry
Alastair Cook
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
Stokes has absolutely nailed that. He couldn't have timed that any better.
Isa Guha
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
That is a glorious shot by Stokes. Such balance but such ferocious timing.
Lead by 124
Oh Stokesy, Stokesy, Stokesy, stop it.
Gabriel bowls a decent enough full length delivery and the England skipper times it like a Swiss watchmaker, drilling it down to the mid-on boundary.
That could very well be the shot of the day.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
England's top five have all made 25 in this innings. It is only the fourth time that has happened since 2004.
Stokes 31, Crawley 69
Roach continues to a recovered Crawley, who doesn't quite time his drive but finds a gap on the leg side for two. Signs of a man who is settled in the middle.
Another one keeps low from Roach - that uneven bounce in the wicket will be encouraging for the England bowlers in the fourth innings.
Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
This could get messy for West Indies. The next 10 or 15 minutes are very important.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
That one was right in the centre of the dart board.
Roach bangs it in and it hits Crawley in quite a delicate place. With no crowd, you can hear the England batsman groan loudly and fall to his knees.
He's fine. He's smiling. He just needs a breather. So on that note, drinks are taken.
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Southampton
The Windies are just starting to flag. As that Stokes drive went past mid-off fielder Alzarri Joseph, Joseph turned and held out his hands, as if someone had given him a nibble. The chirp that followed the wicket of Rory Burns seems a long time ago.
Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
That was a lovely cricket shot.
Eng lead by 114
Expensive over by Gabriel.
But ... Ben Stokes ... What a player. He plays two exquisite front-foot drives through the covers for back-to-back boundaries. Glorious.
Zak Crawley also punches through cover for four.
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Simon Goodall: Re Clappers at 1656. Spinner Zafar Ansari.
We will update you with any Jason Holder news.
Kemar Roach bowls a nice tight line to Stokes, the ball jumping up and striking him on the hand. Stokes removes his gloves, gives his hand a shake. It looks like that will have stung a little.
Maiden over from Roach.
Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
It looks like Jason Holder is off the field. I hope there is not an injury.
Stokes 23, Crawley 62
Zak Crawley - an opener by trade - is accustomed to playing the new ball and pushes Gabriel to wide third man for three runs, before Stokes pulls for a single.
As expected, the ball is coming off nicely off the bat as England's lead reaches 101.
On a side note, I’ve just been reminded that it’s exactly a year since England demolished the Aussies in the World Cup semi-final.
New ball taken. Shannon Gabriel comes into the attack. Let's see how this pans out.
Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
Roston Chase has done a good job of holding an end down. It is time for the big boys to take over.
Nope, no new ball taken just yet as Roston Chase continues.
He's done well today but these are fairly easy runs for England as they extend the lead with ones and twos.
Four from the over.
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Wondering how many England batsmen, or players for that matter, have had the initial Z...
Clappers, relaxing at the caravan
Crawley 56, Stokes 21
Brathwaite darts in a quicker delivery and nearly catches Ben Stokes off guard. But England's stand-in captain gets his bat down just in time.
So we've raced through a good few overs of spin and the new ball is now available. Will the Windies take it straight away? Or give Chase one more?