WI tour of Eng, July 3-30

[mikesiva]

England 425 all out

Root 122
Brook 109
Duckett 76
Pope 51

Seales 4-97

Target 386

[sussexpob]

385 not impossible on this deck.... But unlikely

[alfie]

385 for West Indies to win. Not impossible - they have a decent record of chases on English soil ; but you'd think it will be a few too many , even if the pitch stays very placid (the odd ball has started to keep low , so who knows ?)

If they do get it , the internet will be swamped with demands to reverse Jimmy's retirement

[alfie]

Reckon England were targeting a 400 lead , but a similar time of closure. Hence the fairly conservative approach this morning : obviously the intention was to accelerate after lunch but the 3/19 scuppered that idea. As it is they have plenty of time to win this - barring weather problems ; if not quite as many runs as they'd have liked. Will be a test for the new boys in the attack , especially Bashir on a fifth day pitch ...not that this is likely to go spin dizzy !

Have to praise the endeavour of the West Indies in the field : not too tidy at times , but they kept plugging away rather than just waiting for a declaration. Whatever happens from here , it's been a massive improvement on Lord's

[Arthur Crabtree]

England to win. TB pitch usually gets tricky on the last day, and it's too many anyway.

Plus there's cloud cover expected tomorrow. And England will get a decent go with the second new ball.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Four wickets and a run out for Seales. Well done to him.

[mikesiva]

Louis out for 17. One down.

McKenzie out cheaply again. Two down.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Scorecards must be slow, that one has come up ten minutes later.

Pleased that Shoaib got one.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Another for Woakes. Probably going to get my prestigious POTM.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Shoaib Bashir gets Hodge. Developing into a collapse. 14-4.

[mikesiva]

Braithwaite out for 47.

Hodge out for a duck.

Athanaze out for one.

Bashir running through the top order.

[Arthur Crabtree]

21-5. Might be on for the extra 30m.

[sussexpob]

It was 54-0 when I started dinner prep, and 83-5 after I came back to check ...

[mikesiva]

Wood finally gets a wicket he deserves.

Sinclair out for one.

[mikesiva]

Atkinson trapped da Silva lbw 17.

Alzarri bowled by Atkinson for a duck.

West Indies 113-8

Bashir gets his fourth. Holder bowled for 37.

Windies 129-9