Sydney : "I honestly think England will win this. Bat taday and tomorrow and set a target of more than 180 and it's done"
Pratik : "Ben Stokes is undoubtedly the MVP of this decade."
Sarat: "10 odd overs to play under sun is wat Eng openers prefer, than playing on a fresh day with overcast conditions"
corniel seddon: "I think the only safe assumption I can make from what I have witnessed so far: is that the second half of this test will be very entertaining. There will definitely be a result with the West Indies being relatively firm favourites at this point of the match."
James Wilson: "Wood has bowled very well for only 1 wicket and an average economy - little reward for his hard work. Reminds me of Mo Shami in the Oval test 2018"
Dean: "Opening partnership will be lucky to survive 15 balls haha... Seems a long time since the days of Cook and Strauss!!! Will be very surprised if the openers are still there at the close of play! "

6:09pm, Innings break So West Indies go 114 ahead and will have about 40 minutes at England this evening. Just like the 30-run last wicket stand might have soured the taste at the end yesterday, they might feel a little short here. Couldn't get too many of their lower-order stands going today, but this is still a very good position to be in. 114 is an advantage you accept with both hands in any Test. Got the best of the batting conditions so far in this Test and put it to use. England get their shot now, who knows what awaits tomorrow, sky-wise? No one really found any swing today, so this could be a little more hard work than the first innings for West Indies. We'll see shortly.

Duncan Ward: "I think (hope?) gritty start from Burns and co, to lay a foundation with Stokes and Pope to take it away from the Windows late tomorrow, the fast bowlers to come good in the 4th innings and blow them away..."

Fred: "Time for Roach and Gabriel to run through that England top order before close of play. Drinks starting to flow already down here in the Caribbean"

Brian Weidy: "Every single time I see Stokes play, I walk away more and more impressed. From Bristol to today has been nothing short of revelatory."

AussieBren: "Going to be THAT Australian and say England will be four down before the end of the day." --- That = Every?
Tushar: "Unpopular opinion but I don't think this lead is enough just yet. I smell a Stokes comeback as long as WI don't cross a lead of more than 150, especially with Dowrich now out of the picture"

Matt M: "Credit to Stokes for leading from the front, with bat and ball. Having said that, Holder's 6-for looks titanic..."

Boooo Shannon, give us a swing....

Here is Gabriel now. Batting to stumps probably not the agenda anymore. Let's hope not anyway, bring out the slogs!

Rajiv S: "Sobers,Botham, Kapil, Kallis and Vettori... What an elite list to join for Ben Stokes.. Only these 6 have 4000+ runs and 150+ test wickets...

Field comes in now