Kraigg Brathwaite during day five at Headingley
Kraigg Brathwaite during day five at Headingley

England v West Indies recap: All the action from the final day at Headingley


Relive West Indies' astonishing victory over England at Headingley with Dave Tickner's over-by-over report from the final day's play

Second Test: Final scoreboard

West Indies win by five wickets

West Indies 2nd inns: 322-5 (91.2 overs. S Hope 118*, Brathwaite 95, Blackwood 41, Chase 30, Powell 23; Ali 2-76, Woakes 1-44, Broad 1-91)

England 2nd inns: 490-8dec (141 overs. Ali 84, Root 72, Woakes 61*, Malan 61, Stokes 58, Stoneman 52; Chase 3-86, Holder 2-92)

West Indies 1st inns: 427 (127 overs. S Hope 147, Brathwaite 134; Anderson 5-76, Stokes 2-63)

England 1st inns: 258 (70.5 overs. Stokes 100, Root 59; Gabriel 4-51, Roach 4-71)

RESULT: West Indies (258 & 322-5) beat England (258 & 490-8d) by five wickets
Just a ridiculous game of cricket. It wasn't all of the highest standard, especially the catching on both sides, but it was always gripping and contained some all-time great individual performances. There are players who go through very decent careers without match-winning fourth-innings centuries. Hope is the first batsman to do it in England since Graeme Smith. This is West Indies' first Test win in England in 17 years. We go to Lord's, dizzyingly, inexplicably and stunningly all-square. What will happen next week at HQ? Who knows, but one thing's for sure; it's going to be worth watching.

Over 91.2 West Indies 322-5 (S Hope 118, Dowrich 0)
Hope has done it! A clip off his pads brings Hope the two runs West Indies needed. Sensational performance from the team, but that man Shai Hope in particular. One of the great Test matches, and it's now 1-1 going into a decider at Lord's. Outrageous.

Over 91: West Indies 320-5 (S Hope 116)
A splendid over of silliness at the back end of this utterly ridiculous and utterly brilliant Test match.

WICKET! Blackwood st Bairstow b Ali 41

Drop! Fitting, I suppose, that this match has one last dropped catch in it before the close. Blackwood tries to win the game with a six but picks out Stokes at deep midwicket. He somehow grasses the most straightforward of chances. But Blackwood won't be there at the finish, running past one from Ali and being stumped by a yard. Jermaine is Jermaine. He's done his bit, yet again.

Over 90: West Indies 316-4 (S Hope 114, Blackwood 38)
Blackwood jumping about all over the crease as Woakes bowls. He ends up so far from the ball he has no choice but to let the ball go. It's one of the great leaves. Has a big hack at the next one but makes no contact. Woakes then takes his 'hide the ball outside off' plan a bit too far and is wided for one that barely makes contact with the cut strip. Blackwood gets a disappointingly orthodox single from the next one, Hope a more predictable orthodox one, and it's down to seven to win. Blackwood just about keeps out a grubber and, with the field now spread far and wide, there's an easy single. Rueful smile on the face of Joe Root.

Over 89: West Indies 312-4 (S Hope 113, Blackwood 37)
Just two from Moeen's latest over, but the target is down to 10. What a victory. I'm not sure I can think of a more astonishing one, given where West Indies were a week ago and what we've seen over these five extraordinary days in Leeds.

Over 88: West Indies 310-4 (S Hope 111, Blackwood 37)
Brilliant from Blackwood, stepping back and carving Broad down to third-man for four. Then gets in a horrible tangle to a full ball which ricochets off his pads and down to the boundary as he tries to jerk the bat down on the ball. Umpire Ravi, wrongly judging Blackwood by normal cricket standards, decides no shot has been played and signals dead ball. Blackwood carries on his merry way, and carves Broad over Ali at third-man for six. Just 12 to win!

Over 87: West Indies 298-4 (S Hope 111, Blackwood 25)
Couple of singles before Moeen gets one to spin sharply. It spins down the legside and beats everyone. Four byes. Just 24 needed now. What a run-chase.

Over 86: West Indies 292-4 (S Hope 110, Blackwood 24)
England taking an e-t-e-r-n-i-t-y over these overs. Bad light's not going to save you, lads. There are floodlights. Now the groundstaff are on again. This over's taken about 10 minutes. At the end of it, West Indies need 30 runs from 10 overs.

Over 85: West Indies 289-4 (S Hope 108, Blackwood 23)
Big stumping appeal as Hope misses an attempted drive, but he's got his back foot back in time.

1810: Anderson is out of the attack and may be done for the day. A day that looked like it could bring him 500 Test wickets now looks like ending wicketless.

Over 84: West Indies 287-4 (S Hope 107, Blackwood 22)
A "GO ENGLAND" banner continues to flutter on the Western Terrace. Blackwood thrashes at one outside the off stump and cue-ends the ball down to third-man for a single. Drop! Cook again! Broad again! Short and wide outside off, and Hope flashes hard. Gets to Cook at chest height, but he can only get the heel of his hands on it and the chance goes down. West Indies still hvae Hope. England do not.

Over 83: West Indies 284-4 (S Hope 106, Blackwood 20)
Anderson still running in with this second new ball having bowled an eight-over spell straight after tea. Fine effort. But it's going to be in vain. Hope clatters a drive through cover for four and then gets two more off a thick inside edge through midwicket.

Over 82: West Indies 278-4 (S Hope 100, Blackwood 20)
It genuinely is quite dark now. They should have brought on a new pink ball. Hope seeing this red one well enough, and an inside edge takes him through to a quite brilliant century. His second quite brilliant century of the match. He's the first man in first-class history, never mind Test history, to score two centuries in a match here. Blackwood gets two for a hack to midwicket. There are six fielders on the fence now!

SD Hope 100: 175 balls 13x4

1752: Into the last hour we go. West Indies need just 47 more and are 1/5 to get them.

Over 81: West Indies 275-4 (S Hope 99, Blackwood 18)
Blackwood is a ridiculous and wonderful man. James Anderson, in the dark, at Headingley, with a new ball, and Blackwood just backs away and slaps him over long-on for six. Anderson's prime new-ball catchers are at long-off and long-on. The next attempt from Blackwood lands short of Broad at long-off before Hope moves to 99 with a more orthodox drive down the ground.

1746: England take the second new ball. The last hour will begin after one over with it. We can't lose overs to time as it's the final day, so those overs will be bowled unless it rains or the umpires take them off for bad light. Sounds crazy, but without floodlights we wouldn't be playing now...

Over 80: West Indies 266-4 (S Hope 97, Blackwood 11)
Hope drives Woakes out to deep cover for a single. Blackwood sadly is now being more sensible, and takes an easy single on the legside. Hope gets another single on the offside before Blackwood sees off the old ball with a swipe through midwicket for four. Just 56 more to win, and 16 overs to get them. England not out of it either. West Indies currently 8/15 favourites, with England 11/2.

Over 79: West Indies 259-4 (S Hope 95, Blackwood 6)
England review an lbw shout against Hope. Reeks of a 79th-over review from Root, but it's actually pretty close. Umpire's call yellow lights for impact on pad and stumps save the batsman. A message came out from the West Indies camp during that review, presumably telling Blackwood to stop being silly. I think he should carry on being silly. Hope moves to 95...

Over 78: West Indies 256-4 (S Hope 93, Blackwood 5)
Blackwood is basically an all-round entertainer. Shot-a-ball stuff from the maverick middle-order man, who runs at the first ball he faces from Woakes and scuffs it straight back to the bowler. Plays a thrilling array of shots to the next four balls, none of which make contact with the ball.

Over 77: West Indies 255-4 (S Hope 92, Blackwood 5)
Hope squeezes one down to third-man off a thick outside edge and gets three. Blackwood shows why he's one of the more entertaining batsmen around by thrashing Moeen over midwicket for four despite the presence of three catchers on the legside, and then immediately tries to run himself out by setting off on a non-existent single to mid-on. Broad back on at the end of that over, huge cheers for the departing Crane.

Over 76: West Indies 246-4 (S Hope 88, Blackwood 0)
Absolutely correct of Chase to throw it away just to get Blackwood in. The man is a hero. Has a big woof at his first ball, making no contact. More circumspect for the rest of the over, a wicket-maiden from Woakes. Windies go odds-against once more at 11/10 having touched 1/2. England back in to 7/2. The draw 6/4. Twenty overs to go, and everything still possible.

WICKET! Chase c sub (Crane) b Woakes 30

Moment of magic from the sub! Chase decides to take on Woakes down the ground, but miscues to mid-on. Looks like he's still going to get away with it until substitute fielder Mason Crasne flies to his left and clings on to a beauty.

Over 75: West Indies 246-3 (S Hope 88, Chase 30)
Anderson into his seventh straight over since tea. Stokes 75% redeems himself for the four runs he literally threw away in the last over with a brilliant diving stop at cover-point from a well struck Chase drive.

Over 74: West Indies 245-3 (S Hope 88, Chase 29)
Four bonus runs as Chase takes a good, sharp single and collects five for it thanks to a wild throw - with no chance of a run out - from Stokes. Broad double-teapotting mid-pitch after that one. Just 77 more needed for West Indies.

Over 73: West Indies 240-3 (S Hope 88, Chase 24)
Heads in hands all round Headingley as Chase edges Anderson perfectly into the gap between the keeper and the sole wide slip. The next one finds the outside edge again, but this time short and wide of Root at slip. He gets a good hand on the ball to save three runs. But this is slipping away from England fast now, with the risk that Broad and Anderson are spent before the second new ball. West Indies 8/15 and looking good value for it.

Over 72: West Indies 235-3 (S Hope 88, Chase 19)
Broad continues. Surely Anderosn and Broad have to have some sort of rest before the new ball? Good quick single from Chase before Broad is audibly unhappy with a loose bit of turf in his run-up. On trundles a groundsman with a wheelbarrow and various implements to perform some ad hoc repairs. We wait to find out whether swearing at a bit of turf is enough get demerit points from the puritans at the ICC. Hope collects a single before Chase somehow survives an attempted pull that bounces down past the stumps.

Over 71: West Indies 232-3 (S Hope 87, Chase 17)
Not had much to hit since tea, but Hope latches on to a short, wide one from Anderson and crashes a cut shot behind point for four. Next ball nips back and goes through the gate. Didn't miss the inside edge or the off stump by much. The next ball does find the inside edge, but that only serves to send the ball racing down to the boundary for four more. Only 90 more to win.

Over 70: West Indies 224-3 (S Hope 79, Chase 17)
Desperate lbw review from England for one going way down the legside. It also went for four leg-byes, so West Indies' target is down to two figures. Hope does well to keep a short ball down before collecting the first run off the bat in some time with a clip off his hip past Cook, who is in pretty close at midwicket.

Over 69: West Indies 219-3 (S Hope 78, Chase 17)
Another maiden from Anderson. Bit of a stalemate right now, but West Indies are eating up over from Anderson and Broad here. How long can Root really keep them on with the new ball round the corner? Meanwhile, 18 dot balls in a row have seen the draw resume favouritism at 5/4...

Over 68: West Indies 219-3 (S Hope 78, Chase 17)
Root, perhaps influenced by that reverse-swing he's seen from Anderson, goes to his other main man even though the new ball is just around the corner. Back-to-back maidens, which at least turns some pressure back on to the batsmen. But that required rate is still very much in hand for West Indies - 103 from 28.

Over 67: West Indies 219-3 (S Hope 78, Chase 17)
Anderson getting a bit of reverse-swing with the old ball here, squaring Chase up and finding both the inside and outside halves of the bat with successive deliveries.

Over 66: West Indies 219-3 (S Hope 78, Chase 17)
Runs still coming at a nice rate for West Indies here without them having to do anything silly. Hope plays inside the last ball of Moeen's over, expecting turn that never came.

Over 65: West Indies 214-3 (S Hope 77, Chase 13)
Hope just jabs the bat down in time to prevent an Anderson in-ducker thudding into his pads in front of everything.

Over 64: West Indies 212-3 (S Hope 76, Chase 12)
Chase gives a wide tempter from Ali the kitchen sink, and gets a toe end away to the third-man boundary for four. The victory target is down to 110.

Over 63: West Indies 206-3 (S Hope 75, Chase 7)
Anderson to have what you'd think can only be a short burst after tea here, because England will want him for the second new ball. Two singles from the over.

Over 62: West Indies 204-3 (S Hope 74, Chase 6)
Ali pops one past Chase's outside edge before a high full-toss slips from his hand and is whacked for four. Ali trying to bowl slightly slower than his natural pace here - which is the right way to go, but does sometimes lead to that rogue high full-toss.

TEA: West Indies, 199-3, need 123 more runs to win
What a wonderful session of cricket that was. Remarkable performance from Brathwaite and Hope, but England are just about still in there fighting. Who knows what will happen from here, but my feeling is that the draw is too short. Don't see any way the Windies shut up shop here until the very last. With Blackwood and Holder still to come and Hope playing beautifully, I think the 11/8 about the Windies is an overreaction to Brathwaite's departure.

Over 61: West Indies 199-3 (S Hope 74, Chase 2)
Hope and Chase in the middle. If nominative determinism means anything, West Indies still have this in the bag. England have gone 11/4 from 5/1 with the wicket of Brathwaite. West Indies out to 11/8, the draw in to 6/4.

Over 60: West Indies 198-3 (S Hope 74, Chase 1)
Roston Chase, who has spent an inordinate amount of this Test match sat wearing his pads and waiting for his chance to bat, strides out for a nice three-minute bat before tea. Gets off the mark and will therefore be on strike for the final over of the session.

WICKET! Brathwaite c Stokes b Ali 95

The breakthrough comes! Brathwaite falls five runs short of a second century in the match. A big, booming drive outside the off stump finds only the outside edge before the ball nestles in Stokes' midriff. Brilliant, brilliant innings from Brathwaite, but that is a huge wicket just before tea.

Over 59: West Indies 197-2 (Brathwaite 95, S Hope 74)
Here we go. Anderson dogging it outside off stump with a seven-two offside field. England officially reach Plan Z. The two legside fielders are mid-on and deep midwicket. There's a ring of fielders saving one on the offside. James Anderson. At Headingley. With the floodlights on. Hiding the ball outside off. What a performance this is from the Windies. And Brathwaite still gets three from the over anyway.

Over 58: West Indies 194-2 (Brathwaite 92, S Hope 74)
Desperately trying to get the ball changed. The last refuge of the scoundrel. England in big, big trouble here. Still 10 minutes until tea, remember, because of that delayed start.

Over 57: West Indies 194-2 (Brathwaite 92, S Hope 74)
Joe Root will never declare ever again after this. Desperate lbw appeal from behind the stumps as Anderson angles one into Hope's pads. Wouldn't have hit a second set, bowler not remotely interested. England on the drift in a big way now. Right out to 7/2, with West Indies 10/11. At some point England will have to think about just bowling negative dross to try and force West Indies' hand. It wasn't meant to be like this.

Over 56: West Indies 190-2 (Brathwaite 89, S Hope 74)
Big lbw shout against Hope, hit on the back leg defending against Moeen. Bairstow is excited. Bairstow is always excited. Stokes at slip is not excited, using the internationally recognised hand gesture for "outside the line" to stop Root doing anything silly like reviewing it. Stokes is right.

Over 55: West Indies 185-2 (Brathwaite 88, S Hope 70)
Brathwaite biffs Stokes down the ground through mid-on for four. In the air but nowhere near a fielder. West Indies are going to do this, you know. They're now evens thanks to this outstanding partnership.

Over 54: West Indies 180-2 (Brathwaite 83, S Hope 70)
Anderson's back. Huge roars from a Headingley crowd desperate to help England get back into this any way they can. It's an okay over from Anderson, but no more than that. Hope gets two for a good drive, Broad saving two with a sprawling half-stop at mid-off.

Over 53: West Indies 178-2 (Brathwaite 83, S Hope 68)
Brathwaite gets in a horrible tangle against a good short one from Stokes but somehow manages to flap-pull the ball over Bairstow for four off the top edge. The field is pushed back now and there are plenty of easy singles on offer. Eight runs in total from the over. West Indies not only winning at the moment, but taking the second new ball out of the equation as well.

Over 52: West Indies 170-2 (Brathwaite 76, S Hope 67)
Huge appeal for caught-behind as Brathwaite fends at a Broad leg-cutter, but it's missed everything. The clouds have rolled back in, the crowd's involved, attempting to get England back into this via the medium of rhythmic clapping. Might work.

Over 51: West Indies 169-2 (Brathwaite 75, S Hope 67)
Plan B, possibly plan D, E, F or Z, as Stokes runs in and bowls bouncers in the hope that the batsmen might fend one to leg gully. Almost works, to be fair, but Brathwaite gets the ball fine of Anderson and collects a single.

Over 50: West Indies 168-2 (Brathwaite 74, S Hope 67)
The fifth-day crowd here suddenly seem wise to what might be unfolding in front of their eyes and are desperately trying to lift England as Broad steams in.

Over 49: West Indies 168-2 (Brathwaite 74, S Hope 67)
Serious comms chat about the possible merits of part-time spinners always a sign things are going wrong. Dawid Malan the unlikely hero?!

Over 48: West Indies 164-2 (Brathwaite 72, S Hope 66)
West Indies are favourites to win the Test, this is not a drill. It's 6/4 the tourists and 13/8 the hosts now. Just absolutely tremendous scenes, these.

Over 47: West Indies 163-2 (Brathwaite 71, S Hope 66)
England are losing the plot! Windies over halfway to the target as Hope edges Stokes for four to make it eight runs in total from the all-rounder's first over. Both umpires have had words with both bowlers. Broad in particular in bother after having a big kick at the actual pitch with his big size 14s during his last over. You're not really allowed to do that, Broady. Five penalty runs if he does anything like it again. I'm sure he'd take that well.

Over 46: West Indies 155-2 (Brathwaite 70, S Hope 59)
With 50 overs left in the Test, the outsiders in the Match Betting are 2/1. That'll do, pig. This is absolutely wonderful stuff. Two fours for Brathwaite in Broad's over, driven through mid-on and clipped fine down the legside. Broad absolutely raging. Kicking the turf and chuntering away to himself like demerit points don't even exist. The first of those boundaries came from an Anderson misfield, but it was an understandable miss because Brathwaite had set off on a fairly silly single.

Over 45: West Indies 147-2 (Brathwaite 62, S Hope 59)
Ropey over from Moeen, and giant alarm bells ringing for England. What a Test match. Two drag-down deliveries from Moeen pulled to the legside fence by Hope.

Over 44: West Indies 136-2 (Brathwaite 59, S Hope 51)
Really good fifty for Hope, achieved in fittingly good style as Broad gets too straight and a clip through midwicket brings four. Has great balance at the crease, does Hope, and plays that shot nicely without falling over. A play and miss has Broad with his arms in the air once more.

SD Hope 50: 70 balls 7x4

Over 43: West Indies 132-2 (Brathwaite 59, S Hope 47)
West Indies just going along very nicely indeed here. Hope works Moeen into the legside for a two and then a single before Mo, almost in desperation, comes round the wicket to Brathwaite just to try something different.

Over 42: West Indies 129-2 (Brathwaite 59, S Hope 44)
Hope fends a short ball to leg off the glove and gets a single. Bit more happening now Broad's back, with an inside edge the only thing that strangles an lbw appeal from a well-pitched nip-backer. THE DRAW IS NOW FAVOURITE.

Over 41: West Indies 128-2 (Brathwaite 59, S Hope 43)
"Not much happening," notes Athers on commentary. Always a shrewdie, he's not wrong.

Over 40: West Indies 128-2 (Brathwaite 59, S Hope 43)
There is a bowling change, but it's Broad back rather than a first sighting of Stokes. First maiden over since lunch, and the draw price suddenly plunges to 11/8. New game: England v The Draw: 5/4 v 11/8.

Over 39: West Indies 128-2 (Brathwaite 59, S Hope 43)
Crowd catch as Brathwaite hits the ball into the ground and back to Moeen. Couple of singles from the over, the second of which goes to a frustrated Hope who is audibly annoyed after drilling a ropey old long-hop to the only man out on the legside boundary. Draw v West Indies latest: 9/4 v 11/4. England have drifted all the way back out to even-money.

Over 38: West Indies 126-2 (Brathwaite 58, S Hope 42)
Hope flicks Woakes down to fine-leg for four and then copes admirably with a spiteful delivery that comes from absolutely nowhere. Woakes has been the definition of innocuous today but now gets one to bounce sharply from a good length. Hope, though, manages to punch the ball down safely. Again, he's able to immediately put that out of his mind and get on with his work as he tucks the next ball away through midwicket for two.

Over 37: West Indies 120-2 (Brathwaite 58, S Hope 36)
It's looking very easy for West Indies right now. Moeen not particularly troubling the right-handers here, and there's only one more lefty to come.

Over 36: West Indies 119-2 (Brathwaite 58, S Hope 35)
Not quite sure why a) Woakes is still bowling or b) Stokes hasn't had a go in this innings. A gentle leg-stump half-volley is easily put away through square-leg by Brathwaite.

Over 35: West Indies 115-2 (Brathwaite 54, S Hope 35)
England's gameplan at the moment revolving around running out Hopes at the non-striker's end. They've got a 50-50 record at the moment. Got Kyle, but Shai wise to it as a drive off Moeen to short mid-on is diverted into the stumps by a diving Anderson. Shai not mucking about and just calmly puts his bat back in his crease.

Over 34: West Indies 114-2 (Brathwaite 53, S Hope 35)
This feels like a key period of the game here. The older ball not doing much for England, Woakes well short of his best, and two set batsmen looking to score. Hope gets a couple for a clip into the legside and then four more for a firm, solid-looking drive that beats Broad's dive at mid-off. Clips off his leg for another single. Draw v West Indies latest: 9/4 v 7/2.

Over 33: West Indies 106-2 (Brathwaite 52, S Hope 28)
Hundred up for West Indies as Hope flashes a cut shot behind point for four. These two getting this exactly right at the moment, just batting properly. Not reckless, but not settling into a defensive bunker either. Windies win price will overtake the draw soon if these two stay together batting like this for much longer. Currently 5/1 v 9/4 as Hope gets four more for a thick but controlled edge wide of the slips.

Over 32: West Indies 97-2 (Brathwaite 52, S Hope 19)
Threes all round for a pair of pull shots off gentle Woakes half-trackers. Little bit of arrogance from England in giving Woakes this Test as a fitness-builder, and it's in very real danger of backfiring spectacularly. The first of those two pulled threes take Brathwaite to a half-century to go with hundred first time round. He's had a bit of luck, but so has literally every batsman in this game. Apart from Kyle Hope.

KC Brathwaite 50: 98 balls 7x4

Over 31: West Indies 91-2 (Brathwaite 49, S Hope 16)
Anderson beats Hope with a delivery that should frankly be illegal. Angled in before shaping away, it squares Hope up completely as he's left groping hopelessly at thin air. Fair play to Hope, though, who quite rightly puts that unplayable nonsense of a delivery straight to the back of his mind and focuses instead on the far more palatable delivery that comes next and clips it through midwicket for four. He's got something, this lad. Something that a Test average of 18 coming into this game had very much obscured.

Over 30: West Indies 87-2 (Brathwaite 49, S Hope 12)
Woakes continues after the break. Just a single from the first over of the afternoon for Hope. Brathwaite plays and misses again, as is any opener's God-given right.

1340: Players back out for the afternoon session. Absolutely tremendous to reach the penultimate session of a Test match with all three outcomes shorter than 10/1. And I wouldn't be offering fancy prices on the tie, either.

LUNCH: West Indies, 86-2, need 236 more runs to win
Marginally, it's West Indies' session after losing only two wickets in that morning session and getting through good new-ball spells from Anderson and Broad without excessive damage. The odds reflect a decent West Indies effort, with the draw and Windies now both shorter than they were two hours ago. It's now 15/2 for a famous West Indies win, and 9/4 the draw. England on the drift from 1/3 to 8/15. Moeen remains an 11/4 Price Boost for five (or more) wickets, with Brathwaite 11/2 for a second century of the match.

Over 29: West Indies 86-2 (Brathwaite 49, S Hope 11)
Hope and Brathwaite negotiate the final over of the session from Moeen, and that's a decent start to the day for West Indies.

Over 28: West Indies 85-2 (Brathwaite 49, S Hope 10)
Sky Sports' on-screen "WinViz" graphic reckons West Indies have a 1% chance of victory here. Would quite like a piece of that 99/1 if you're offering, lads. As we appraoch lunch, we get the first shot of the Dickie Bird Clock and the manky bit of Western Terrace metalwork its bolted on to. Can't they give it a lick of paint before a Test? You know it's going to get screen time. Anyway. One more over before lunch.

Over 27: West Indies 85-2 (Brathwaite 49, S Hope 10)
Tidy work from Bairstow here, twice darting down the legside to take the ball and whip the bails off. Brathwaite just slightly overbalanced first time, so we go upstairs to check for a stumping, but his foot is safely back down by the crucial moment.

Over 26: West Indies 84-2 (Brathwaite 48, S Hope 10)
Hugely optimistic leg-before shout against Hope that, worryingly, Woakes seems to think might be worth reviewing. Luckily, nobody else does. It's missing leg by some way. Stunning shot from Hope here, though, standing tall and punching Woakes through mid-off for four. Driving in the V off the back foot one of the very toughest skills in the batting game. Hope nailed it there.

Over 25: West Indies 80-2 (Brathwaite 48, S Hope 6)
Brathwaite not afraid to go after Moeen. We saw it in the first innings, and we see it here as he thumps one over midwicket for a one-bounce four. Moves to 48 with a single, and he's had a very good Test match indeed. Even held a couple of catches. West Indies now 15/2 for the win...

Over 24: West Indies 73-2 (Brathwaite 43, S Hope 4)
Chris Woakes into the attack for the first time in the innings with a vaguely 'meh' opening over. Hope works to leg for a single, West Indies get a couple of leg-byes via Brathwaite's backside, and it's just not quite the same without Broad and all his nonsense involved.

Over 23: West Indies 70-2 (Brathwaite 43, S Hope 3)
Shai Hope off the mark with a nice drive off Moeen through cover that brings three. Big lbw shout against Brathwaite, who gets his bat tangled in his back pad and can't access the ball as it thumps into the front pad. Just outside the line, I reckon, and so too, more importantly, does Chris Gaffaney.

Over 22: West Indies 67-2 (Brathwaite 43, S Hope 0)
Broad v Brathwaite been a great battle this morning. Broad beats the outside edge with a snorter that squares the batsman up and flies through to Bairstow. Brathwaite responds with a punchy drive back down the ground for four, and a steered shot past cover for two. Broad responds again, thudding the last ball of the over into the batsman's thigh. He's got 1-46 here Broad, but no exaggeration to say this is one of those spells and could just as easily have brought him 4-15.

Over 21: West Indies 61-2 (Brathwaite 37, S Hope 0)
Thought that was a third dropped catch of the morning as Shai Hope played back to Moeen, but no. It's off the pad not the outside edge so Bairstow avoids being added to The List. Good over from Moeen. Hope determined to play off the back foot, which carries certain risks.

Over 20: West Indies 61-2 (Brathwaite 37, S Hope 0)
What I will say is that in terms of wicket value, England would rather have seen the back of Brathwaite than Kyle Hope. So while what Broad did was obviously the funniest possible outcome from that delivery - which is important - it might not have been the best for his side. We'll allow it, though. Broad's a showman and a genius, who are we to argue. Immediately finds the outside edge two more times with absolute rippers, but because cricket is silly the net result is eight runs to the batsman first wide of fourth slip and through Westley at third. Brathwaite looks at his bat suspiciously after that second boundary and discovers the problem: it's all edge. Immediately swaps it for one that, based on the first two balls he faces with it and defends solidly, has no edge at all. Good tactics from the West Indies opener.

Stuart Broad runs out Kyle Hope
Stuart Broad runs out Kyle Hope

WICKET! K Hope run out (Broad) 0

Sensational antics from Broad, cricket's greatest comedian. Drops a catch as Brathwaite drills the ball back at him, but somehow manages, by sheer fluke, to deflect the ball into the non-striker's stumps via his knee and send Kyle Hope on his way. Lucky for England, but not that unlucky from Kyle, who was backing up too far and then just stood and watched as the comedy unfolded. The incoming batsman is A New Hope.

Over 19: West Indies 53-1 (Brathwaite 29, K Hope 0)
First bowling change of the morning as Moeen Ali comes on from the Football Stand End. Could be booked in here for most of the day if he goes well. Brathwaite nurdles a single to finally let Kyle have a go, and he's immediately beaten playing for turn that doesn't materialise. Almost gets in a tangle playing back to one that keeps low, just about jabbing the bat down in time as England ooh and aah.

Over 18: West Indies 52-1 (Brathwaite 28, K Hope 0)
Fifty up for West Indies as Brathwaite works Broad carefully wide of mid-on for a couple. Keeps the strike with a quick single from the last ball of the over as Kyle Hope continues to wait for his first ball. Confirmation, by the way, that a delay in the morning session means we've moved... the tea interval. Lunch still at 1pm, because reasons.

Tom Westley scoops the ball up on the half-volley
Tom Westley scoops the ball up on the half-volley

Over 17: West Indies 49-1 (Brathwaite 25, K Hope 0)
Not great from England, for mine. England sort of half-heartedly claim a catch at third slip as Tom Westley scoops up a Brathwaite edge on the half-volley. Westley clearly thought it bounced from his reaction, Stokes' face at fourth slip gave his thoughts away, but the appeal stands and the umpires send it upstairs. It's an obvious bounce. Not one of those "foreshortening explanation" impossible to tell jobs. It bounced. At least two members of England's slip cordon knew it had bounced. We get the correct decision in the end, but there was a more savoury way of getting there, I think. Anyway, Brathwaite continues, and gets three for another edge wide of the slips. After 55 minutes and 11 overs, it's pretty much as you were in the betting; England 4/11, West Indies 12/1, the draw 3/1.

Over 16: West Indies 46-1 (Brathwaite 22)
No mistake from Stokes, clutching the ball safely to his chest. Whatever the result here, one of these sides will rue their catching effort. The catching success rate in this Test stands at 63% - the overall rate for Test cricket since 2010 is 73%. Deserved success, meanwhile, for Broad, who has outbowled Anderson this morning. England needed that.

Stuart Broad celebrates the wicket of Kieran Powell
Stuart Broad celebrates the wicket of Kieran Powell

WICKET! Powell c Stokes b Broad 23

Good from Broad. He has stuck with the full driving length despite a dropped catch and a couple of boundaries, and gets his reward this time as Powell's attempted drive flies to Stokes at fourth slip off a thick edge.

Over 15: West Indies 43-0 (Brathwaite 19, Powell 23)
Powell moves to his highest score of the series with a controlled outside edge past fourth slip for four. Root, occasionally prone to a bit of ball-following, moves from a straight four slips to three slips, gap, fourth/fifth slip. Personally not convinced 'ball-following' is the captaincy crime some make out. Best to have the right field before the edge, obviously, but better to respond to what's happening than stubbornly stick with the field you've set for fear of commentators calling you a ball-follower. Long exchange of views between batsman and bowler at the end of the over prompts the umpires to get involved. Presumably that's going to be six-match bans all round given what Stokes and Holder got pinged for. This great sport really does annoy me sometimes.

Over 14: West Indies 39-0 (Brathwaite 19, Powell 19)
Test of nerve and patience now for Broad, Root and England. Broad bowling exactly the right length, but it's costing a few runs. Powell drives in the air through point for four in the latest instalment of The Bowler Won't Mind That With Five Slips Waiting. Good from Powell after the boundary, defending solidly to cover and taking a quick single. Brathwaite collects two for a clip off his hip. Good effort from this pair, who both now have 19 off 42 balls, which is pleasing.

Over 13: West Indies 32-0 (Brathwaite 17, Powell 14)
Genuine edge from Brathwaite off Anderson, but it's wide of a diving Stokes at fourth slip. Big lbw shout from one that straightens and beats the outside edge before thudding into the back pad, but it's outside the line. Another play and miss from Brathwaite, living a charmed life this morning as so many batsmen have in this match, has Anderson throwing his head back in frustration.

Over 12: West Indies 28-0 (Brathwaite 13, Powell 14)
Broad appears to have had an overnight epiphany. Having bowled for dull maidens last night, he's on the all-out attack today. The risk of that, beyond watching one of those lazy batsman dropping catches off your hard work, is that you may get driven. Brathwaite gets a four and a single through mid-off. "Broad," every commentator in any medium is now legally obligated to note, "shouldn't mind seeing that." And Powell now roars past 11 and on to 14 with a drive of his own through mid-on. That's a significant win for Powell, because Root responds by moving a catcher out to mid-on before the last ball of the over sails past the shoulder of the left-hander's bat. West Indies already in to 8/1 on the back of this start, with England on the drift at 1/2.

Over 11: West Indies 19-0 (Brathwaite 8, Powell 10)
Powell one run away from that magic 11. This. Is. Sport. Anderson still struggling with his line to the left-hander for some reason, and this time Powell is able to help the ball on its way to the fine-leg fence. A length ball outside off stump then absolutely roars through to Jonny Bairstow at head height to remind everyone that batting on day five in a Test match is hard.

Over 10: West Indies 15-0 (Brathwaite 8, Powell 6)
Drop! Shocking miss from the former England skipper. Broad has bowled superbly this morning and finally finds Brathwaite's outside edge after missing it consistently all morning. The ball flies straight to first slip at shoulder height, but Alastair Cook seems to pick it up late and can only parry it for four. Cook's a pretty tidy first slipper and Doesn't Drop Many, but that's a bad one. And there have been plenty of bad ones here. Just have to hope that Broad didn't say anything after that dropped catch, lest he join Ben Stokes and Jason Holder in getting a rap on the knuckles from the increasingly ridiculous and prissy ICC.

Over 9: West Indies 11-0 (Brathwaite 4, Powell 6)
Maiden over from Anderson, but one that has him chuntering at himself in frustration because he's not got the line quite right to the left-hander. A couple disappear down the legside, while Powell himself misses out on a leg-stump freebie.

Over 8: West Indies 11-0 (Brathwaite 4, Powell 6)
Broad got it wrong with the new ball last night, but it's much better here. That, of course, carries the risk of runs, and Powell charges towards 11 with a thick edge wide of four slips and then a single squirted into the offside as he almost comes unstuck against some late away movement. Brathwaite then beaten outside off, and each of Broad's first three deliveries this morning is better than anything he sent down last night. Brathwaite beaten again prodding forward and 11/10 NMO for the right-hander looks a touch big despite Powell's well-documented struggles.

Over 7: West Indies 6-0 (Brathwaite 4, Powell 1)
Anderson starts as he means to go on, beating Powell's outside edge but from too short of a length. Powell ends up playing well inside the swinging ball. Run from the next ball, but Powell remains 10 short of that 11-run target because it's come off his bum. Big lbw shout against Brathwaite from a nip-backer, but it's too high. Root holds fire on the reviews, and Anderson then goes past the outside edge twice more. If we're being hyper-critical and we will be, then it's still just a bit too short to really put the batsman under the cosh.

1112: Can't have a day's play without Jerusalem being piped in. Those important formalities concluded, we're all ready to go. Anderson has the nearly new ball in hand, Powell and Brathwaite stride out under leaden skies. "Game on," declares Bumble on commentary.

1100: The pitch looks ready to go. And that's because it is. The delay is because of some dampness in the outfield. Balancing act for England, who would want to be out there bowling while it's nice and cloudy but will also want that outfield as dry as possible to protect the new ball, which is only six overs old.

1057: Another sub-plot today is James Anderson and that 500-wicket landmark. He's three wickets away and, according to Sky Sports stats man Benedict Bermange, Jimmy has a 51.30% chance of doing so here "using his form this summer and the Poisson Distribution."

I'm no expert, but if you're not sure what a Poisson Distribution is, then off the top of my head it's a discrete probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time and/or space if these events occur with a known average rate and independently of the time since the last event, but that's all I can remember right now. Like I say, I'm not an expert.

1050: One thing to say here is that, whatever else happens, today is likely to get worse before it gets better for West Indies. Opening batsman Kieran Powell is evens - evens! - just to reach 11. He's already got 9% of that! But he has also failed to reach 11 in four of his last six innings and six of the last 12, so maybe evens is right...

1035: First point of order is that there's going to be a slight delay; we'll be starting at 1115 BST as the mopping-up continues after that overnight rain.

1025: There's a sense that the world has conspired against West Indies in this Test. Most marginal things have gone against them. In the last two days, that's included the weather. Yesterday England batted in outrageously atypical Bank Holiday sunshine; today West Indies turn up after overnight rain to see Headingley sat gloomily beneath a thick blanket of cloud. England are 1/3 to get the 10 wickets they need. West Indies 3/1 to stop them, and 16/1 to do something pretty wonderful and win this thing.

1020: Today's equations are all wonderfully simple. England need 10 wickets. West Indies need 317 runs, or failing that, to survive 90 overs. England's likely heroes are fairly predictable. I'm going to stick my neck out and say James Anderson and Moeen Ali are the likely key men for the hosts - Mo is an 11/4 Price Boost to get five wickets here today.

But what of the West Indies? Who will be their Mark Butcher? England chased 315 here on the final day back in 2001, and did it easily thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime 173 not out from the Surrey southpaw. Can someone do something even remotely similar for West Indies today? If the answer's yes, then my money's on Jermaine Blackwood. He might not quite get 173, but if anyone's going to make you think "They might get these" today then it's going to be him. His full name is 'Jermaine Blackwood, That's Just The Way He Plays' and for some reason England's bowling instantly turns into a hot mess whenever he turns up. He's 6/1 to be West Indies' top batsman today.

1015: Welcome. There are very, very few things in life better than a great Test match. But one thing that is better than a great Test match is an unexpected great Test match. One thing better than an unexpected great Test match is an unexpected great Test match with a proper day five. One thing better an than an unexpected great Test match with a proper day five is an unexpected great Test match with a proper day five at Headingley, the home of cricket. This is going to be splendid.

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