West Indies sealed the NatWest one-day international series after bowling out England for 196 to claim the deciding match by 93 runs at Trent Bridge.

Owais Shah hit four fours and a six to top score with a defiant 51 but England soon lost two wickets in three balls.

Daren Powell and Fidel Edwards took seven wickets between them and Chris Gayle snared two superb slip catches.

Earlier Gayle was dropped twice in 82 and Runako Morton hit 82no as England conceded 116 off the last 10 overs.

606: DEBATE Your thoughts on the action from Trent Bridge

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By Ben Dirs

ENGLAND INNINGS

"I agree with Brian Lavers. If KP is the best batsman in the world then he should never get out and score at better than a run a ball. These rankings and statistics are just a conspiracy to cover for his obvious failings. Bring in an honest toiler from the county circuit and at least he will show a gritty stiff upper lip on the journey back to the pavilion."
Greg Collins in the TMS inbox

45th over - WICKET: Panesar lbw b Rampaul 13, Eng 196 all out
Monty's getting a bit cocky - he's had a new bat brought out! And that's that, Panesar playing all round a straight one from Rampaul and falling leg before. Out come the stumps and the Windies start throwing some shapes - they enjoyed that. I'd wager a few of those chaps will be breaking curfew this evening. People of Nottingham, lock up your daughters, Chris Gayle is coming - and he doesn't just fancy a chat...

44th over - Eng 196-9 Anderson tucks Gayle round the corner for three and Monty sweeps him for one.

"Dear Ben, Please don't publish any further emails from either me or my brother (Mark, Chipping Sodbury). Masters Degrees notwithstanding, it seems England lose when you do."
Regards, Peter, Greenhithe, in the TMS inbox

43rd over - Eng 192-9 Anderson picks up a single before Edwards decides to go round the wicket and test out the middle of the pitch to Panesar. That's Edwards' 10 overs complete - 3-30, a fine tour for the little paceman.

42nd over - Eng 192-9Brian Lavers just won't let it go with regards KP: "Thanks for quoting me out of context, and putting me in my place with reference to KP. Do you have access to statistics? My argument is that if KP is the best ODI batsman in the world why doesn't he achieve more consistency? Like scoring runs." Yes, Brian, I do have access to statistics: KP has scored more than 2,000 runs in just 53 ODIs at average of 53. Panesar and Anderson exchange singles before Monty unfurls the shot of the day, a text-book off-drive for four.

41st over - Eng 184-9 Edwards gives Jimmy some rib music and it wraps the Lancashire paceman on the knuckles. Anderson picks up a single witth a tuck to leg before Monty picks up the biggest cheer of the day, edging Edwards over the slips for four. Edwards sinks to his knees and clutches his head like a man who's just found out his girlfriend is seeing his dad. Monty times Edwards into the covers for a single.

40th over - Eng 176-9 Anderson walks across his stumps and clips Powell to leg - six slips and a gully in for the England pair and Anderson runs up three. Anderson gives a satisfied look, as if he's brought up his double-ton.

39th over - Eng 173-9 Four slips in for Panesar and Edwards gives him a whiff of leather before strolling down the pitch for a chat. Panesar played that rather well, keeping his eye on the ball and dropping his hands. "Every loser wins, once the dream begins, in time you'll see, fate holds the key..."

"Well, Monty and Jimmy managing to bat out the overs from here is about as likely as the Windies bowling 50 no-balls in succession. I'm going to need a stiff drink after this, fortunately I'm off to a party at Kate's (aka Dutch Bird) later so we can drown our sorrows together."
Caroline, Amsterdam, in the TMS inbox

38th over - WICKET: Broad c Gayle b Powell 5, Eng 171-9
Hello? Hello? Anybody there? Monty times Bravo to cover-point for one before Broad has a waft outside off and edges Powell to Gayle at first slip. Gayle does what looks like the Morecambe and Wise Bring Me Sunshine dance and that would appear to be that - Anderson is the last man in. Five slips in for Anderson, but he survives the final ball.

37th over - WICKET: Plunkett c Samuels b Edwards 2, Eng 168-8
Broad cuts Edwards down to third-man for one, but that's Plunkett gone, clipping Edwards down to deep square-leg where Samuels snaffles the catch diving forward. Broad drives Edwards straight for a couple.

36th over - Eng 167-7 Just 125 for England to get from 86 balls. Three singles. Brian Evans from Wales has just won the Mountain Biking Bog Snorkling Championship. "It's very murky and you can't see much in the bog," said Evans. My diminutive Welsh colleague is persevering with his Henry Cooper impersonation and has now started singing the Lumberjack Song. This is tragic...

35th over - WICKET: Mascarenhas c Gayle b Edwards 5, Eng 162-7
That's a crackerjack catch from Gayle to get rid of Mascarenhas and off he goes like a man who's just discovered his long-lost aunt has gone toes-up and left him �10m in her will. At least, at this late stage of the tour, we now know what it takes the get the big man excited. Broad and Plunkett in the middle now and both survive the over.

"People have a go at KP however well he does. Like when he scored a century in the World Cup while the rest of the batting was collapsing, people complained that he was too slow and was clearly only thinking of his figures. If he's out early, he is the worst player ever. The guy just can't win."
Chloe, St Helens, in the TMS inbox

34th over - WICKET: Collingwood b Bravo 44, Eng 162-6
Collingwood and Mascar exchange singles before Colly picks up two with a flick to mid-wicket. But Colly has peered over the top of his trench and been scalped - he's chopped Bravo onto his stumps and England are staring over the precipice. Can I cram any more cliches into Colly's dismissal?

33rd over - Eng 158-5 Colly punches Smith to long-on for a couple and clips him through mid-wicket for two more. Two more for a flay through cover-point, and that's one more with a another ounch to long-on. Decent over for the hosts and the England skipper, who would have been handy at Mons, Loos and Ypres, is digging in.

32nd over - Eng 149-5 Bravo sends down some chin music and is called for a wide. One for Mascarenhas with a nurdle to leg and he and Colly exchange another single apiece.

"I like Brian's thinking (see below). I'm a Liverpool fan and I'm worried about Steven Gerrard and Torres. They're our best players and they're probably gonna do great things and get all the headlines - yawn - I think we should sign some Plymouth players they won't get any headlines."
Darren Rowell in the TMS inbox

31st over - Shah c Ramdin b Dw Smith 51, Eng 144-5
Colly picks up one with a clip to mid-wicket, but that's surely England finished now, Shah top-edging a slog-sweep to Ramdin behind the stumps. Shah tries to convince the umpire that that came off his shoulder, and indeed it did. Unfortunately it hit his bat first...Mascarenhas is the new man and he's off the mark with a single.

"When you come in and you still need 150, it's not about your skill levels as a player, it's about your character..."
Graham Gooch on TMS

Test Match Special

30th over - Eng 144-4 Classy off-drive from Shah for two and the wristy Middlesex batsman moves to his third ODI fifty with a dab to point. Not much of a celebration - he knows that, despite his personal spoils, this battle is far from won.

"My husband has insisted on recording all 4.5 hours of Tour de France coverage today. Because of the way our VCR is connected to the satellite box, I can't change the channel and so I've missed the Wimbledon coverage and the Silverstone qualifying. Do I tell him who wins today's Prologue before he has a chance to watch the recording?"
Sally, Slippery Rock, USA, in the TMS inbox

29th over - Eng 137-4 All nudge and nurdle from Colly and Shah, two singles apiece from it. Shah is now 46 and Collingwood 31. The England skipper also passed 3,000 runs in ODIs in the previous over.

28th over - Eng 132-4 Bravo into the attack and Colly turns him to mid-wicket for a single. Bravo strays onto Shah's pads and is turned away for one before Collingwood repeats his trademark clip to leg for one more. England milking the Windies bowling and there's still a pulse in this England line-up.

27th over - Eng 127-4 That's class in a glass from Shah, whipping Smith through long-on for four. He picks up another one with a clip to mid-on before Colly collects a single with a push into the covers. That's streaky, streaky, very, very, streaky from Shah, attempting to whip Smith through mid-wicket from outside off only for the ball to balloon over the slips and away for four. Useful runs for England.

26th over - Eng 115-4 Gayle turns his arm over and is milked for five singles before Colly tickles his final ball down to fine-leg for a couple. Seven from the over.

25th over - Eng 108-4 Collingwood works Smith into the covers for a couple. Brian Lavers, Manchester, has sent in a very long email, part of which calls for the head of Kevin Pietersen, the best one-day batsman in the world. "The counties are full of players who'll do a more honest job than a headline seeker like KP", says Brian. That's right Brian, the county scene is groaning under the weight of world-class batsmen. Funny how I can't think of anyone at the moment...Mark Ealham? And he could bowl a bit as well. Extraordinary...

24th over - Eng 106-4 Edwards gets one to jag back and slice Colly in half but the England skipper does pick up one with a clip to leg. The noise has been cranked up at Trent Bridge as the punters get some more terps down their necks. Shah flicks Edwards off his pads for one before Collingwood almost chops on.

23rd over - Eng 103-4 There are some men with their shirts off at Trent Bridge and I haven't seen that too often this summer. Some truly magnificent breasts on display, one of those chaps would have made Diana Dors jealous. Colly moves to 14 with a dab through point for a couple before unfurling a classic cover-drive from for four. That's England's ton.

22nd over - Eng 96-4 A few votes in for Steve Ovett in people's top five sportspeople of all time. I'm a bit confused on that front - as a kid, I was definitely an Ovett man, but I've grown into a Coe man. I think it's the fact that he looked like he was flying when he ran. A wide from Edwards and Shah picks up one with a clip off his hip. Colly grabs one for a nurdle to leg and Shah repeats the shot for one more. Two more singles and England are tootling along and allowing the game to run away from them. Ho hum...

"Baron Samedi, master of the dead and mitigater between life and death, you must be, given your ability to put the kiss of death on KP each time he walks to the wicket. Please don't do the commentary on the FP final - Hampshire will need him to score a few that day."
Patric, Chandlers Ford, in the TMS inbox

21st over - Eng Colly leans back and flays Smith over the covers for four. Not really in control of that, the England skipper, but England need some tap in the next few overs. Colly whips Smith square for one.

20th over - Eng 84-4 Collingwood is the new batsman and he flashes and flashes hard and the ball climbs over the slips and runs away for four. England require around seven an over - with only six wickets remaining, I'd bet rather heavily that they aren't going to make it home.

"Ben, I forgive your bias and take your point full on the chin. Although you are clearly no football fan either as Cristiano Ronaldo is as good as any sportsman to watch and Campo was a cheat. For me, the best sport to watch is women's beach volleyball, particularly those Brazilian ladies."
Steve Johnson in the TMS inbox

19th over - Eng 78-4 Shah almost chucks his wicket away, pulling uppishly to a gap at down at third-man. Shah composes himself and whips Smith off his feet for four before Smith counter-punches, getting one past Shah's flashing blade. Very dicey times these for England. Another wicket, and they're cremated toast.

18th over - WICKET: Bell c Dw Smith b Edwards 27, Eng 72-4
Bell is out, skewing a drive to Edwards to Dwayne Smith at backward-point. Wicket-maiden and England are up to their necks in some seriously unpleasant stuff.

"There are a lot of people who suggest Tino Best looks like a fast bowler, but above his shoulders, there's nothing there.."
Colin Croft, on TMS, on the whereabouts of the former Windies paceman

Test Match Special

"Thank you all - I tried a combination of the lot and now I have to explain why there is an iron in the shower and several small children wrapped in brown paper in the trees in my garden. I expect a selection of you to attend the court case."
Angharad in the TMS inbox

17th over - Eng 72-3 Smith strays onto Bells pads and is turned away for four. A bit too straight again from Smith and Bell tucks him away for a single to keep the strike. That's drinks. I've been having a think about my favourite sportspeople ever and I don't think I can set that five in stone - as well as Ballesteros, I also forgot Maradona, Warne, Higgins, Coe and Hoddle. Hoddle it was who earnt me many a scolding for refusing to tuck my football shirt in.

"Perhaps it's just me getting old, but a lot of international sport (football, cricket, tennis, F1) these days is as exciting as a walk around the EU office area of Brussels on a wet Sunday evening in November."
Denzil Walton in the TMS inbox

16th over - Eng 65-3 Here's Edwards, and he's proven himself to be the real deal so far this summer. How on earth was he not a part of the initial Windies line-up? Bell works him to mid-wicket for one, the ball falling just short of the field, and Shah mimics the shot for a single of his own. Topping 90mph there, Edwards, he'll be a handfu this afternoon.

15th over - Eng 62-3 Shah cuts Dwayne Smith through point for a couple before the bowler serves up a wide. Three from the over. Chris Gayle retains two slips and calls for a powerplay.

"Jason, is taking showers with inflatables something you do often?!"
Sarah, Bucks, in the TMS inbox

14th over - Eng 59-3 That's very sloppy from Dwayne Smith at backward-point, bending down with all the flexibility of Davros with a bout of lumbago and failing to get as much as a finger on the ball. Two for Shah. The Middlesex man picks up one more with a tug to mid-wicket and that's four for Bell with a well-timed pull. Patric (see below) - who do you think I am, Baron Samedi?

"Ben, next time you have to announce KP coming to the wicket can you please do it without building up as though he is the Messiah. Each time you greet him onto the stage as though he is the Saviour of English cricket he fails. Give the man some space and a chance!"
Patric, Chandlers Ford, in the TMS inbox

13th over - Eng 50-3 This is a struggle for England, but Bell does pick up one with a nurdle to leg. And Shah gives it some clatter, latching onto a Powell half-tracker and depositing it over the mid-wicket fence. That'll learn Powell for walking down the pitch and staring at him. One more for England from a mis-field at mid-off.

12th over - Eng 42-3 Shah collects a couple with a yank down to third-man and the Windies fans look like they've been at the SunnyD up in the stands, they're going mental.

11th over - Eng 40-3 One for Bell with fend to third-man. Steve Johnson is aghast that Steve Redgrave is not on my list of best sportsmen to watch. Steve, I also respect the achievements of Ian Thorpe, but I would rather creosote my fence than watch him in action. Although I do agree with Brandon below - I could maybe shoe-horn Seve in somewhere. Shah hooks Powell down to fine-leg for one before Bell stands up on tip-toes and punches him through the covers for four. Lovely stuff.

10th over - Eng 34-3 Shah has a swat at a short one from Rampaul and misses before West Indies are convinced they've got him lbw, but umpire Jerling doesn't reckon it was hitting anything. Bell picks up a single with a clip to mid-wicket.

9th over - WICKET: Pietersen c De Smith b Powell 0, Eng 33-3
Powell reckons Pietersen would like to smell some leather first up, but the ball balloons over the wicket-keeper's head and runs away for four. Powell strolls down the crease and gives it some eyeball...and KP has gone second ball, flashing at a wide one and Devon Smith, diving across Gayle at first slip, snaffling the catch. England are getting an old-fashioned beasting from the tourists, Shah and Bell have to get their heads down and graft like navvies.

"Angharad (see below) - hot irons and rubber airbeds are not a good combination. Either leave it to dry thoroughly and then brush it off with a stiff bristled brush, or inflate it and take it in the shower with you."
Jason, Manchester, in the TMS inbox

9th over - WICKET: Cook c Dw Smith b Powell 18, Eng 29-2
Whoops-a-daisy Martin Hayesy, Cook leans back and carves Powell straight to Dwayne Smith at backward-point. England tottering here, it's time for KP to dig them out of this hole - he is, of course, due some serious humpty dumpty with the bat.

"How can anyone leave Seve Ballesteros and Ilie Nastase off their lists? (see below) Sacre Bleu!"
Brandon Burge in the TMS inbox

"Re England players as actors: Oliver Read admirably trying to capture the ethos of Freddie?"
Sarah, Chelsea, in the TMS inbox

8th over - Eng 29-1 Rampaul is having trouble with his line and is called for a wide down leg-side. He goes up for an lbw against Bell, but umpire Jerling reckons that was missing leg. Another big appeal, this time for a leg-side catch, but that looked to just flick off Bell's thigh-pad.

"Top five sportspeople - Nick Faldo, Marvin Hagler, Brian Lara, Ben Johnson, and Mick 'The Munch' Skinner."
Charlie Turner, Isle Of Man, in the TMS inbox

7th over - Eng 28-1 Powell gets one on his pads now and he flips it away for an easy four. The weather is holding in Nottingham, it's a veritable pearler of a day. One more for Belly with a push into the off-side.

"I only watched Die Hard 4.0 yesterday! Very good film, and the lady I presume you say you are was a seemingly very attractive and ruthless woman with a refusal to die, although I hate to jump to conclusions!"
Sam, Norwich, in the TMS inbox

6th over - Eng 23-1 Rolex timing from Cook, clipping Rampaul off middle-stump and through wide long-on for four. We have some 1930s American gangsters in the crowd, all waving dirty great lah-de-dahs every time England score a boundary. And there they go again as Cook eases Rampaul off his legs and through square-leg for another boundary. Pressure being released for England.

"Angharad (see below) - try a high pressure jet. However, make sure you have your trainers on first as you will have to run to the next town to try and retrieve the airbed! Option two - bribe some unsuspecting child from the neighbourhood to hold it up vertically in front of them and then turn on the high pressure jet. Will clean the airbed and the child should scrub up quite nicely too."
Mary, West Sussex, in the TMS inbox

5th over - Eng 15-1 Bread and butter shot from Cook, flipping Powell off his legs for four. The Essex man scampers a quick one with a nurdle to leg before Bell of Warwickshire collects two to mid-wicket.

4th over - Eng 8-1 Rampaul drags one in short twice and both times Cook flails it to fielders at mid-wicket. He does pick up a single with a push into the covers. The Windies seamers showing England's how to do it, England under pressure.

"Nice list Dirs. My favourite sportsmen of all time are Tiger Woods, Tim Henman, Ian Botham, Daley Thompson and Fatima Whitbread."
Dave Hunter, Warrington, in the TMS inbox

3rd over - WICKET: Prior c Ramdin b Powell 1, Eng 6-1
Prior out, fencing at one outside off-stump and England in a spot of bother. Prior is a walker, by the way. Here comes Belly - stand by for much nudge and nurdle. A jaffa from Powell first up, Bell nibbling at that. To Angharad (see below), put brown paper on it and iron it out - that was my nan's answer to just about any stain. She had a good one for ink as well - warm milk!

"Does anyone have any tips for getting mud off of an airbed? I am trying to undo Glastonbury on it, but the only result so far is that I have turned dry mud into wet mud and spread it round a bit. It is almost as frustrating as the fielding in this game."
Angharad, Sunny Brixton, in the TMS inbox

2nd over - Eng 6-0 Rampaul sends down a leg-side wide before Prior is off the mark with a work off his pads for one. Cook has a go at a widish one and is beaten on the inside. Anyway see the opening ceremony of the Tour de France last night? Lemar was the headline act - anyone else love the way the press still describe him as 'Fame Academy runner-up' despite the fact he's had a very successful career now for about four years?

1st over - Eng 4-0 Powell has first go with the ball for the tourists. Cook has a look at a few balls before blazing him over point for four.

"Pathetic. Do the selectors imagine this team will suddenly come good? I'll repeat my rant of last week - pick the best players, those tried in international cricket, not these so-called 'specialists'. Either pick the best team or withdraw from the format."
B Burge, Athens, in the TMS inbox

1458: I was just watching the women's final, young Bartoli's keeping her end up. I used to love Wimbledon as a child, and no-one more so than John McEnroe - I don't really remember him when he was good, just when he he was railing against the fading of the light, and it was such sweet agony watching him. In fact, he'd be in my top five sportsmen to watch ever, along with David Campese, David Gower, Daley Thompson and Sugar Ray Leonard (I don't remember seeing Muhammad Ali fight). Someone fetch me a hanky, I'm drooling...

WEST INDIES INNINGS

"Oh yup, that's me, computer hacker extraordinaire (see below). Did you not see my cameo in 'Die Hard 4.0' the other night? Brought the whole of the US Eastern seaboard crashing to the ground..."
Sarah, Bucks, in the TMS inbox

"What a load of rubbish from England, I'm off to get sunburnt, a pain I can suffer."
Steve, Bracknell, in the TMS inbox

"More than 100 off 10 overs - this is more like it. Anyone know what the point of adding the extra 30 overs after the first two games was, apart from reducing the excitement?"
Paul, Netherlands, in the TMS inbox

"On the theme of England players being likened to actors, Ian Bell would be Ian Beale, and not just for the convenient use of initials. I also think that Freddie Flintoff would be Max Beesley, a little sleazy, but a bloke's bloke."
Nicholas French in the TMS inbox

50th over - WICKET: Bravo b Anderson 42, WI 285-5
Another full-bunger, this time from Anderson, and Morton slams him to long-on for a couple. Morton drags Anderson from outside off for a couple to move to 81. Anderson sends down a vicious beamer that Morton just manages to fend off - a single and a no-ball. Bravo lofts Anderson over extra-cover for a couple, but is cleaned up next ball, dragging Anderson onto his stumps. Dwayne Smith will face one ball...and he lathers a widish delivery from Anderson through the covers for four. That was very ugly by England, they're going to have to go some to overhaul that total...

"So what does Sarah from Bucks have that I do not? It's either biased or Sarah is hacking the system."
Sam in the TMS inbox

49th over - WI 275-4 This is very ragged from England at the death. Bravo flails Broad through the covers for four before the Leicestershire paceman hits back with a beamer - that's a no-ball. A wide from Broad outside off-stump and the angelic Broad is feeling the pressure here. Bravo flicks him away for four down to backward-square and Colly needs to stick an avuncular arm round Broad and, to paraphrase Gary Lineker when Gazza was losing it at Italia '90, "have a word with him". Another two from the final ball and that's 19 from the over.

48th over - WI 256-4 Anderson, striving for a fuller length, serves up a full-toss and is swung away for four by Bravo. A leg-side single from Bravo brings up the 250. This is all getting scrappy by England, Prior allowing the ball to squirm between his legs, although the ball just missed his helmet. That's a jamspangler of a stroke from Bravo, the Trinidadian making room and carving Anderson over cover and one bounce into the fence. This game is running away from England at the moment.

"I can't believe that no-one is getting upset about the wicket-keeping. Prior was looking distinctly poor by the end of the Test series, was missing a lot standing up during the Twenty20 games, and now has cost England dearly in ths game with his drop off Morton."
Geoff Chamberlain in the TMS inbox

47th over - WI 245-4 That's not clever from Colly, dragging one down and Morton clattering him through mid-wicket for four. Broad makes a fine save in the covers to limit Morton to a single before Bravo glides a single to short third-man. Oohs and aahs ring round the office - most of them are watching F1 qualifying. A few months ago, none of them gave a monkey's about the sport. Nudge and nurdle and there are 10 from that over.

46th over - WI 235-4 More fine running from the tourists, Morton chipping Plunkett to long-off and scurrying two. But that's better from Plunkett, serving up a yorker that Morton is unbable to score off. He does pick up one with a steer to point and Bravo collects a single to long-on. Good over from Plunkers until the final ball, a full-bunger on Bravo's pads which is picked up for four.

45th over - WI 226-4 That's Morton's fifty, his sixth in ODIs, rocking back and pulling Broad through mid-wicket for four. Broad drops short again and again Morton fills his boots, carting him to the mid-wicket fence. Two more for Morton with a mis-timed tug before Morton comes over all Gripper Stebson, crashing Broad over the long-off fence for a maximum. Morton keeps the strike with a clip to long-on - 250 still on for the tourists.

"Dear Bill in Switzerland, thank you for your very kind offer of marriage. The path of true love never runs smoothly, especially when replies are vetoed by a Mr Dirs. I have one condition - you must install satellite TV forthwith - I could never live anywhere I couldn't watch the cricket. Hope you understand..." Sarah, Canterbury, in the TMS inbox

44th over - WI 209-4 Colly has given Plunkett the elbow following his wicket and the skipper's first ball is flicked away for a sweetly-timed four. That's the Windies ton and Bravo collects one more with a steer to point. Another single for Morton to backward-point and Bravo also bags one. England should have engineered a run-out next ball, Bravo pushing for a second, but the ball failing to beat Morton back to Prior at the striker's end. Plunkett it was who threw to the wrong end from long-on.

43rd over - WI 197-4 Morton has an almight heave at Broad outside off and picks up one for an inside edge. Bravo is off the mark with a flick off his pads for one. Morton is really struggling with his timing today as he picks up a single with another blacksmith's hoick to mid-wicket.

42nd over - WICKET: Gayle c&b Plunkett 82, WI 193-4
Sixty two balls since the last boundary. Smashing fielding from Broad at long-on, sprawling full-length and feeding Anderson like a scrum-half feeding his fly-half. A four! Morton yanking Plunkett through point. Another single for Morton with a flick off his pads before Gayle opens his shoulders and marmalises Plunkett through extra-cover for four. But the big man's gone next ball, plopping one straight back to Plunkett. Gayle trudges from the pitch like a man who has queued for hours for the latest ipod only to be told they've just sold out.

"Are there any celebs/former players out at the cricket today? Or are they all swigging champers at Wimbledon and Silverstone? I've heard that KP, Vaughan and Colly are all expected at the F1 tomorrow. Do you think KP's got his eye on one of those diamond-encrusted helmets?"
Sarah, Bucks, in the TMS inbox

41st over - WI 181-3 Morton picks up a single with a mis-timed pull before Gayle bags a couple with a glide to third-man. The Windies skipper collects another single with a work to leg and Morton tugs Anderson round the corner for two more.

40th over - WI 173-3 Gayle gets his right leg out of the way and flails Collingwood down the ground for a couple - Monty it was with the sprawling. Gayle, apparently, hasn't hit a four since the 17th over, which is nothing short of remarkable. Gayle picks up one to leg before Morton squeezes out a yorker and gets one for it to mid-wicket. One more for Gayle with a back-foot drive and a Plunkett mis-field in the covers allows Morton a single. All very serene this by West Indies, I can only assume they'll be giving it some humpty from now on.

"Ooh the joys of the Knickerbocker Glory! Trying to force your head into the jar so you could lick the gooey stuff out of the bottom. Oh those were the days."
Jason, Manchester, in the TMS inbox

39th over - WI 167-3 Jimmy's going to have another dart with the ball and Morton, shuffling forward unconvincingly, picks up two for an inside edge. But that's a fine over from the Lancashire paceman, serving up plenty of blockhole balls and keeping Morton honest.

38th over - WI 165-3 Bit of hesitation from Morton, dropping the ball down and stop-starting, but Gayle has no such doubts and races through for one. Colly is trying to lift his troops here, but it's all very flat out there. Another single apiece for Gayle and Morton, and the tourists should be on for 250 at least here.

37th over - WI 162-3 Not much atmosphere at Trent Bridge and, to be fair, there's not a great deal going on. Morton collects one with a mis-timed pull and Gayle bags two with a whip off his pads. This is all very un-Gayle-like, 117 balls to make 68.

"Wimpy had Knickerbocker Glories which the other burger restaraunts never had!"
Anthony Walton in the TMS inbox

36th over - WI 159-3 A single for Gayle before Morton squirts Collingwood down to third-man for one. Gayle has a mighty smear and sub fielder Jonathan Trott, who is on for Broad, saves at mid-wicket. Bit of reverse swing for Colly but Gayle turns him to point for another single. There's Sidebottom up on the balcony, grinning vacantly to himself like some mad aunt tucked up in her wheelchair.

35th over - WI 155-3 Morton being pinned down by Mascarenhas here and the Hampshire man looks to the manner born in this England one-day set-up. To The Manor Born, despite boasting two sit-com heavyweights in Keith and Bowles, used to depress me as a child, as did Ivor The Engine. Morton picks up a single with a carve into the covers before Gayle steals the strike with a tuck off his legs. Players take drinks.

"Thought you'd like to know that there is a Kent Caravaners Convention taking place up the road today. A fine body of men, no doubt. Whilst it would be a wrench to leave you, I must confess that I am fighting the urge to pop along..."
Sarah, Canterbury, in the TMS inbox

34th over - WI 153-3 Colly locates Morton's outside edge and the big man picks up two. Another sharp single for the right-hander with a drop to leg, Gayle showing tremendous alertness.

33rd over - WI 150-3 Gayle picks up a cheap couple with a push to mid-off and that's the Windies 150. Good fielding from Pietersen, getting hand to a Gayle pull at mid-wicket and preventing a run.

"Any of your other contributors monitor their email success rate, like a kind of cricket average? For a time during the World Cup I was a top-order player: 40-50% of my e-mails were published. Now I'm down to a tail-ender's 10%. (Of course, if your name is Sarah you're guaranteed a Bradmanesque average!)"
Simon, Edinburgh, in the TMS inbox

32nd over - WI 147-3 Colly is going to have a bowl and Gayle clips him through the covers for two. A sensible man, Colly. When his kids are old enough to eat the occasional burger and chips, he'll take them to a Wimpy, because you get a proper plate, a proper glass and a proper knife and fork. A single apiece for Morton and Gayle and that's a good over from the England skipper.

"Definitely Wimbledon (see below). Did you see the Gasquet-Roddick match yesterday? Gasguet hit nearly 100 winners. The Frenchman who lives upstairs nearly landed in my living room through excitedly jumping up and down."
Nadia in the TMS inbox

31st over - WI 143-3 Two for Gayle with a push to point before KP gives up a needless overthrow from mid-wicket. Odd fielder, Pietersen - you get the feeling he should be brilliant, but he isn't. Take that, Dimi, Morton crashing him through wide long-off for an uncomplicated four.

30th over - WI 136-3 A single apiece for Gayle and Morton and the Windies skipper picks up another with a push to long-off. The sun is beating down on a packed and verdant Trent Bridge and this is what summer's supposed to be about. Double the 30-over score and you get 272, which would be a pretty challenging target for England.

29th over - WI 133-3 Colly is having a warm-up, but it's Mascarenhas for now. Bit of width from the Hampshire man and he's carved through point for four. They're having a discussion on TMS as to the meaning of the word 'nesh' - lots of regional variations, apparently. Oh my life, how did that miss? Mascarenhas slices Gayle in half and the ball just misses the top of middle, evades wicket-keeper Prior and races away for four.

"It should definitely be Wimbledon [top of the BBC site]. I'm currently going through the best bits of yesterday's play to see if any of my immature antics made it onto TV."
Sarah Bucks in the TMS inbox

28th over - WI 126-3 Morton takes a punt against Monty, sauntering down the track and clipping him to the wide long-on fence. Two more for Morton with an easy off-drive. Someone recently told me that Nando's is the acceptable face of fast food - is that possible?

27th over - WI 119-3 Mascarenhas is back on and he gets a bit of swing back into the left-handed Gayle. But that's the skipper's 31st half-century - with a push into the covers. An uncharacteristic knock - it took 85 balls and he was dropped on 4 and 20. Morton is dropped! The burly right-hander feathers one and Prior, standing up to the stumps, is unable to pouch it. Sharp chance, but it was a chance. Dimi doing a job for England, changing his pace and mixing it up.

26th over - WI 118-3 Monty is back on and Gayle takes an easy single to long-off. Morton flicks a single to long-on and there's one more for Gayle with a steer to point.

25th over - WI 114-3 Gayle picks up a single before Morton fends off a Plunkett bumper and bags one to short square-leg. Plunkett gets one past Gayle's unconvincing prod, and that's a decent over from the Durham paceman, mining a corridor just outside off-stump.

"If Ian Bell is Ron Weasley, does that make Glen McGrath Voldemort?"
Anthony Walton in the TMS inbox

24th over - WI 111-3 Gayle drives and Collingwood saves well in the covers. The Windies skipper does pick up one with a steer to deep point and he's now on 46 and closing in on his 31st ODI ton. We are discussing what should be top of our site - this, Wimbledon semi-finals, or F1 qualifying - I reckon Wimbledon...Morton is off the mark with an easy single.

23rd over - WICKET: Samuels c Prior b Plunkett 9, WI 108-3
That is peche de la peche from Samuels, showing Plunkett the maker's name and dispatching him to the long-on fence. But Plunkers has his revenge next ball, getting one to nibble away and find Samuels' outside edge. Airy-fairy from Samuels, Prior snaffling an easy catch. Lovely little cameo from Samuels, but West Indies need more than that. Here comes Morton - I can't see whether he's brought his handbag to the middle with him, but Jimmy Anderson may well be calling for his. I know who I'd be backing if those two ever had knuckles in the Trent Bridge car park...

22nd over - WI 104-2 Gayle works Broad to leg for one before Samuels gets off the mark with a drive into the covers for a single. Gayle chip and runs before Samuels has a rustle around his top drawer and crackerjacks Broad straight down the ground for four - that almost rendered the young seamer headless.

"Ian Bell as Ron Weasley?"
Sarah, Bucks, in the TMS inbox

"Monty would have to be Johnny Depp of course - a real pirate with great character, stamina and swashbuckling tendencies. Oh yes!"
Mary, West Sussex, in the TMS inbox

21st over - WICKET: Chanderpaul c Pietersen b Plunkett 33, WI 93-2
Oh my giddy aunt, CHANDERPAUL IS OUT! Shiv goes for the slog-sweep, skies it and KP takes a very, very good catch running backwards, pouching the ball over his shoulder. First ball of Plunkers' third spell, and that's the last England will see of Shiv this summer. That's his lowest score of the tour - an extraordinary little man, I'll remember him fondly. Gayle picks up a couple with a carve through point before Gayle breaks into a sprint as he pokes into the covers for a quick single, which is a bit like seeing a nun down a bottle of WKD. Odd.

20th over - WI 93-1 Chanderpaul turns Monty away for one and Gayle picks up a single to square-leg. And Shiv goes macho, planting his right foot and hoisting Monty over long-on for a maximum. Shiv is growing roots once again...one more with a deflection to backward-square before Gayle misses with an attempted cut. This is looking a little bit ominous for England...

19th over - WI 84-1 Chanderpaul goes down on one leg and swings Mascarenhas over mid-wicket for four. He then takes a quick single and just beats Anderson's throw from mid-wicket. Michael, Japan (see below) I couldn't agree more...

"I read that Colly has backed Monty to be a be a 'big one-day player for us, certainly in the future'. I wish pundits and players would stop being so patronising about Panesar. If Colly or some of the 'proven' set of players had shown half the proven promise, energy and conviction that Panesar has in such a short time then England would be unbeatable."
Michael, Japan, in the TMS inbox

18th over - WI 79-1 Not sure who Monty would be if he was an actor - any ideas? KP would have been Steve McQueen, Collingwood Ross Kemp, and Yardy the bloke who plays Winston who used to have a stall in Albert Square. Just two from his over, a single apiece from Gayle and Chanderpaul. That's drinks...Linda wants to know what the atmos is like at Trent Bridge - it's pretty much full, but pretty subdued because the England seamers are getting their backsides handed to them at the moment...

17th over - WI 77-1 Mascarenhas is wheeled into the attack and Gayle brings up his 6000th run on ODIs with a sweetly-timed cover-drive for four. The Windies skipper picks up one more and this pair are looking pretty comfortable at the moment.

"Just wondering - is it worth me sending in an email or will it be ignored like countless others? If the latter is the case, will it be all right if I just listen to radio commentary while I get on with sorting out junk to take to the tip?"
Martin Cluderay in the TMS inbox

16th over - WI 72-1 Panesar is bang on the spot with his first couple of balls - he has a short third-man, a deep cover, an extra cover and a mid-off. Colly has not called for the second powerplay, by the way. Gayle picks up a single with a clip into the leg-side before Panesar gets one past an attempted cut by Chanderpaul. Oohs and aahs from the England fielders, but Shiv is still there and he dabs Panesar down to third-man for a couple. Better from Monty, cranking up a bit of pressure.

"Aggers is trying to force Crofty to eat a pork pie on TMS - even if thery are not mates, I feel that is a little harsh."
Angharad in the TMS inbox

Test Match Special

15th over - WI 69-1 Chanderpaul works Plunkett to fine-leg for a single before Gayle gets a leading edge that squirts harmlessly into the covers but does pick up a single with a work to leg. Up go the cheers, and that can only mean one thing...

"I have a sneaky suspicion that nobody ever emails you and you create all the comments by yourself. I would like to see some evidence that people really do email to you, one way to convince me would be to publish this email."
Shankar, Strasbourg, in the TMS inbox

14th over - WI 66-1 Gayle misses out on a rank long-hop from Broad but does fill his boots later in the over, lacing the Leicestershire seamer through the covers for four and showing gossamer hands to tickle him round the corner for another boundary. Gayle nicks the strike with a leg-bye.

"Yes I know, it's a mystery, 'can't live wiv 'em, can't live wiv'aht 'em"... what would Donny Dirs have to say on the subject?"
Carole, Maidenhead, in the TMS inbox

13th over - WI 55-1 Chanderpaul's charmed life shows no sign of fizzling out as he edges Plunkett past Shah in the slips and the ball races away for four. Decent crowd in at Trent Bridge and they're being treated to some pretty ordinary England seam bowling.

"Ben, your cricket editor is bragging excessively - the Yes epic 'Topographic Oceans' was a mere four sides, it just felt like six..."
Alan, Horsham, in the TMS inbox

12th over - WI 51-1 Chanderpaul dabs down for a quick single before Gayle waits on a slower delivery by Broad and carves him to just short of Bell at backward-point. No run.

11th over - WI 50-1 Gayle pulls out the Big Bertha and goes for a biff over long-off...but misses. And Bell has put Gayle down at backward-point, that was a dolly, the ball travelling pretty slowly and ricocheting off the Warwickshire man's wrist. Colly's old position that, although not since he became skipper. Windies run up a couple.

10th over - WI 48-1 Gayle attempts a hideous heave over mid-wicket and misses but does pick up a single to mid-off next ball. Just the one from the over. Anyone see JK Rowling on Jonathan Ross last night - a very nice woman, and strangely attractive, in a quiet, bookish way. Saying that, bookish people aren't always what they seem. I went out with one once, she got a 1st in Classics, and she was a ruddy lunatic...

"A bit harsh on Jimmy there Ben, bearing in mind that he has been messed around by England for much of his career, having his action changed not just once but twice, which has led to injuries, and forced to carry drinks for his team-mates instead of being allowed to bowl for Lancs. And even if he was quite that bad, no-one deserves to be compared to Matthew McConaughey, that's just cruel."
Spaceman in the TMS inbox

9th over - WI 47-1 Indeed, Carole, as a wise man once said, "if they ain't got you one way, they've got you another - so what's the answer?". One for Chanderpaul with a flick to leg before Gayle picks up an easy two with an ease into the covers and the tourists are rollicking along at a fair old lick.

"Ben, Ben, my dear chap, NEVER beg a woman! And certainly don't beg TWO women at the same time. Now both Sarahs will feel they have control of you. Surely you realise this is how we women work? Anyway, here's hoping for a wonderful day's cricket."
Carole, Maidenhead, in the TMS inbox

8th over - WI 43-1 We have a change of bowling, Broad it is who's being charged with providing a bit of control. Chanderpaul picks up a couple with a shovel through mid-wicket. Monty chases and is cheered all the way to the ball like a Kenyan hoving into view on The Mall. That's a peach of a stroke from Shiv, straight-driving Broad for four and he picks up another one with a tickle round the corner for one. Gayle rocks back and carves Broad through point for four and that wasn't the cheap over England were looking for, 11 from it.

7th over - WI 32-1 Chanderpaul has an uncharacteristic flail at a wide one from Anderson and misses. Shiv shuffles across his crease and nibbles Jimmy down to long-leg for one and there's just one from the over.

"Come on Ben - it is far too early to be sending emails on a Saturday morning. I mean, have you provided a cooked breakfast for us all to get up? NO - so I for one am staying in bed until I have a good reason to move!"
Mary, West Sussex, in the TMS inbox

6th over - WI 31-1 Another rank half-volley from Plunkers and it's given the treatment again by Gayle, flayed through the covers for the seventh boundary of the day. This isn't just buffet bowling from England, it's all you can eat for a fiver bowling. I just asked my cricket editor how you spell 'barrel' (with or without an extra 'l') and he started going on about an old Genesis song called Harold The Barrel. He also owns all six sides of Tales from Topographic Oceans by British progressive rock band Yes.

5th over - WI 25-1 Apologies to Chris Aram - he was actually first to email in today. Chanderpaul is off the mark with a push into the covers and that's buffet bowling from Anderson, the Lancashire man sticking one in the slot and Gayle slaying him through the covers for another four. Not much movement for Plunkett and Anderson, it's all gun-barrel straight.

"Does anybody else get the impression that Jimmy Anderson would be aptly cast in a dramatisation of a Raymond Chandler novel? I myself see him as some kind of snitch with a heart of gold, who is eventually rubbed out trying to save Phillip Marlowe from racketeers."
Jon Adams in the TMS inbox

4th over - WI 20-1 The emails are now coming in at a healthy rate - and Sarah Bucks has made contact! Tremendous news, we don't want any bad feeling on this page. Gayle creams Plunkett through the covers for four and is dropped next ball, Cook spilling the catch at short cover. That was travelling like a planet - would have been a very good catch.

3rd over - WICKET: De Smith c Bell B Anderson 13, WI 16-1
If Jimmy Anderson was an actor, he'd be Matthew McConaughey - when he burst on the scene, you thought he might be massive, but he's actually not that good. He over-pitches and is slapped straight down the ground for four...but he's rammed my words down my throat next ball, Smith leaning back and larruping a half-bunger straight to Bell at backward-point. Here comes Limpet Boy - he whips off a bail and hammers out his guard in that inimitable way before surviving the over.

"I was all prepared to not contribute today after Wednesday's comments, but I suppose that grovelling apology and the fact that you've had no emails today is making me feel sorry for you. PS. Meanie!" Sarah, Bucks, in the TMS inbox

2nd over - WI 12-0 Plunkett kicks off with a leg-side wide and that's another. That's right Liam, let's put them under the cosh from the get-go. Smith is off the mark with a lace through the covers for four and he follows up with an almost identical shot for another boundary. A scampered single and that's 11 from Plunkett's first over.

"On Wednesday, I received a text from my elated brother - he had just had a comment published on your page! I phoned him up, and I congratulated him. He completely neglected to mention that that very morning he had received notification that he had passed his masters degree on which he has been working for several years."
Peter, Greenhithe, in the TMS inbox

1st over - WI 1-0 The average score batting first at Trent Bridge is 244. No emails in so far today - how many people did I offend on Wednesday? Anderson's first ball is widish, but not called, but his second is picked up on by umpire Jerling. Better from Anderson, getting one past Gayle's outside edge and he finishes the over with another beauty, the ball pitching and seaming away from the West Indies skipper's airy waft.

"I always say the world's divided into two sorts of people - those who divide the world into two sorts of people and those who don't. Where do you stand, Ben? On an even more serious note, Sarah from Canterbury didn't actually turn down my marriage proposal on TMS last week, then again, she hasn't said yes yet." Bill, Switzerland, in the TMS inbox

1043: Players are out and we'll have play in a couple of minutes. Blues skies and little fluffy clouds at Trent Bridge, and I haven't see much of that this summer. I almost put my flip-flops on this morning.

1034: A hearty shout out to Sarah Bucks and Sarah Canterbury - what can I do to prove it to you that I?m sorry? I didn?t mean to ever be mean to you. If I didn?t care I wouldn?t feel like I do. That's Sinatra! What more do you want?

"The pitched is well-grassed, although quite brown, and it looks like a zebra crossing. It's a miracle there's going to be any play at all."
Jonathan Agnew on TMS

Test Match Special

England: Collingwood (capt), Cook, Prior (wk), Bell, Pietersen, Shah, Mascarenhas, Broad, Plunkett, Anderson, Panesar.

West Indies: Chris Gayle (capt), Devon Smith, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Runako Morton, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Dwayne Smith, Daren Powell, Ravi Rampaul, Fidel Edwards

1025: Hello you. News just in that West Indies have won the toss and are going to have a bat. I can't quite understand what's going on with the England selection. Panesar in for Yardy - surely a good thing. Plunkett in for Sidebottom? Why hasn't Anderson been binned instead? Oh, I don't know...Windies are unchanged, which means our old friend Shiv Chanderpaul has been patched up and is playing.

1005: The England team is in and it's the same side that won at Lord's. Panesar and Plunkett are back for Yardy and Sidebottom. Colly has backed Monty to be a "be a big one-day player for us, certainly in the future", so let's hope the future starts today.