Andrew Strauss has hopes of building on his first day century but is bowled early on by Fidel Edwards Edwards celebrates his important breakthrough in only the third over of the morning as Strauss goes on his way The wicket means everything to the West Indies as Denesh Ramdin and Edwards' celebration shows West Indies are on top early on and after Owais Shah is run out, Matt Prior has to take evasive action to avoid this dangerous delivery But Paul Collingwood stands firm and tries to restore England's first day dominance And Collingwood gets his rewards as he completes his ninth Test century in the last over before lunch Collingwood is hugged by partner Prior after reaching three figures and their partnership is 104 out of 372-4 at the interval Prior plays his part as he and Collingwood take their partnership past the 150 mark, although the former is dropped at slip on 75 After Collingwood passes 150 for the third time in Tests, Prior notches his second Test century Prior celebrates his century by cradling his bat to mark the birth of his new son last month Collingwood and Prior share a record England fifth wicket partnership of 218 against West Indies before Collingwood falls to Lionel Baker England finally declare on 546-6, leaving West Indies 19 overs to bat out, and Stuart Broad is quickly into action with the new ball James Anderson's appeal for lbw against Devon Smith is turned down - and the referral makes no difference to the decision Smith makes the most of his let-off and here guides the ball past the outstretched hands of the diving Collingwood England fail to find the early breakthrough and after eight overs captain Andrew Strauss turns to debutant Amjad Khan (l) But Kent bowler Khan hugely oversteps the line on his opening delivery much to his obvious displeasure Monty Panesar is brought into the attack and makes his mark by bowling Devon Smith but West Indies close on 92-1, 454 behind
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