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England will be faced with a record run-chase on Monday to win the third Test after an eventful fourth day against West Indies at Old Trafford.

West Indies held a handy 226-run lead in reaching 161-9 at stumps, with Steve Harmison, Andrew Flintoff and Ashley Giles all taking three wickets.

The highest winning last-innings score at the ground is 145, set in 1955.

Dwayne Bravo earlier returned 6-55 - his maiden Test five-wicket haul - as England were bowled out for 330.

Graham Thorpe weighed in with a valuable 114, but he fractured a finger in the process and the visitors still held a 65-run first-innings advantage.

The Windies were then in the box seat as they extended that lead to 153 for the loss of only one second-innings wicket, but eight fell quickly for 73 to thrust England back into the picture.

Skipper Brian Lara was one to fall in the collapse, but not before he scored his 10,000th Test run, the fourth player to do so.

A somnambulant first half-hour was jolted into life by a Fidel Edwards over of raw speed and extreme hostility.

Sarwan grafted hard to make 60 in the Windies' second innings

Thorpe, resuming on 89 with England 233-5, was struck on the hand and helmet with successive deliveries, the second of which was a 95.7mph thunderbolt which the left-hander played as if he did not see it.

The over took 10 minutes to complete, contributing to a criminally slow over-rate that allowed only 22 overs to be bowled in the morning.

Clearly fired up by his own efforts, young Edwards took his battle against Thorpe too far, sending another two rapid bouncers over batsman and keeper to concede 10 wides.

In all, 21 of the 65 runs scored in the first session were extras, with only nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard departing, caught by at the second attempt by Ramnaresh Sarwan off Corey Collymore for 23.

Moments later, second slip Sarwan covered himself in ignominy when dropping Thorpe for the second time in the match.

Thorpe had just crowned his bravery by reaching triple figures for the 15th time in his Test career.

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It was a typical Thorpe century, gritty and grafting and just what England required. His ton in Barbados earlier this year, at another time of need, bore resemblance.

England emerged from lunch looking a decent bet to at least match the Windies' first-innings score, but their hopes were turned do dust by Bravo.

Thorpe went first when Lara made no mistake at slip, Geraint Jones followed after dragging the ball onto his stumps and Bravo did it all himself to oust Giles with a one-handed return catch.

Pedro Collins, chin stitched up, removed last man Steve Harmison to give the Windies their first first-innings lead of the series.

But the plaudits were all for the intelligent medium pace of Bravo, who pulled the strings as England lost their last four wickets for 20 runs.

A positive start to the Windies' second dig was fettered only by the loss of Sylvester Joseph, caught driving at Flintoff for 15.

They were in decent shape on 88-1 just after tea, but the departure of Chris Gayle for 42, caught at long-on trying to hit Giles out of the ground, saw the pendulum swing again.

England feel that Flintoff has Lara's measure, and the all-rounder was brought back on for the Windies' skipper's arrival.

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There was enough time for Lara to pass the 10,000-run mark with a chancy cut shot to the fence, but Flintoff had the last laugh with a wicked lifter that was gloved to slip.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Bravo, Carlton Baugh and Dave Mohammed all perished to dubious shots, and the Windies were left rudderless on 152-8 when Harmison had Sarwan caught in slip for 60.

A mammoth evening was curtailed by bad light, but not before Pedro Collins was bowled by Harmison to cap a resurgent session for the hosts.

South Africa set the long-standing chasing record at Old Trafford almost 50 years ago, but England will certainly approach their task on Monday with confidence.

England: Michael Vaughan (Capt), Marcus Trescothick, Andrew Strauss, Robert Key, Graham Thorpe, Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones (Wkt), Ashley Giles, Matthew Hoggard, Stephen Harmison, James Anderson.

West Indies: Brian Lara (Capt), Chris Gayle, Sylvester Joseph, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Carlton Baugh (Wkt), Dave Mohammed, Corey Collymore, Pedro Collins, Fidel Edwards.