England gave themselves an outside chance of winning the final Test as West Indies ended day four on 83-3, still 30 runs behind at the Riverside.

Paul Collingwood's 128, the first Test century by a Durham player on home turf, was instrumental in England's recovery from 165-6 early in the day.

Collingwood and Matt Prior (62) put on 169 to give England a total of 400.

And two Matthew Hoggard wickets, plus one from Monty Panesar, kept the hosts on top going into the final day.

By Ben Dirs

606: DEBATE Your thoughts on day four

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WEST INDIES SECOND INNINGS

STUMPS

1840 - WI 83-3 The umpires have a chat to discuss the light...and it's offered. That's stumps ladies and gents and off traipse the players. Good spunk from Gayle (52) and Chanderpaul (16) and it's going to be an interesting final day - weather permitting...thank you for sticking with us and I can't apologise enough for dozing off a bit at the end...sorry...

"'Manning's death has hit me rather hard. Not as hard as it's probably hit Ricky Hatton'. Not perhaps as hard as it hit Manning himself - not great dying you know!"
Alex, Manchester, in the TMS inbox

1836 - WI 83-3 Huge lbw appeal by Monty against Gayle, who was playing no stroke, but umpire Dar looks at the hopping spinner as if he's just seen him push his daughter into some nettles. And that's Gayle's fifty courtesy of a steer through point for four.

1834 - WI 79-3 Just two singles from KP's over and I am now being lambasted for my lack of mucking about over the last half an hour or so. You see, that's what happens when I try to be serious for a few overs...

"I'd like to go on an '18-30' with Colly. We could use his sunburn as a means of striking up conversation with girls from Walsall and such like."
Chris Coyne in the TMS inbox

1830 - WI 77-3 Chanderpaul picks up a few with a sweep off Panesar before Gayle stands tall and punches Monty through the covers for a couple. KP is going to turn his arm over - anyone else noticed how anonymous he can be in the field?

1826 - WI 72-3 Sidebottom has an optimistic lbw appeal against Gayle turned down by umpire Bowden before Gayle Chinese cuts for one. Sidebottom asking plenty of questions and I can see another wicket going down before stumps. Sorry about that Sarah (see below), I just lost the will to live there for a moment and was shaken from my lethargy by a combination of a nudge from you and a mow through the covers for four by Gayle. To be honest, news of Manning's death has hit me rather hard. Not as hard as it's probably hit Ricky Hatton - he and Bernard were good mates. Maybe he'll enter the ring on Saturday in giant Y-fronts?

"You been told off or something Ben, you've gone all corporate cricket on us - your boss watching?"
Sarah, Leeds, in the TMS inbox

1822 - WI 66-3 Gayle moves to 33 with a carve through point for four and follows up with a drive through the covers for a few. This is grim survival for the Windies, although Harmison is still managing to wear some tap.

1817 - WI 59-3 Sidebottom is back on and he bowls six dot balls to Chanderpaul.

1812 - WI 59-3 Harmison is back on and Gayle and Chanderpaul pick up a single apiece.

1807 - WI 57-3 The first ball after drinks has Sidebottom, fresh into the attack, swivelling around to appeal for lbw against Chanderpaul - not out (high and a bit leg-side). Then, Mr Shiv is clean beaten outside the off stump three times. Somewhat maddeningly, the final ball is cut for four as the deficit moves down to 56.

1759 - WI 51-3 Panesar drags one in short and Gayle clumps him through the covers for four. One more for Gayle with a clip through the off-side before Chanderpaul comes down the pitch and turns the ball just past Bell at short leg. Cook then wears a serious blow from Gayle, the ball ricocheting off his heel - but the Essex man is OK. That's drinks.

1755 - WI 45-3 Chanderpaul gets three for a checked cut before Gayle pockets a few with a thick inside edge. Hoggard shows some dog, fielding his own bowling and shying at Chanderpaul's stumps. Six from the over and, light permitting, we have another hour and four minutes.

1749 - WICKET: Morton b Panesar 7, WI 39-3
Monty is into the attack at Harmison's expense - I suspect he'll be swapping ends. Gayle leans back and steers Panesar through point for a single but that's Morton on toast, attempting to blaze Panesar through the covers and dragging the ball on. This is dreadful from the tourists, I am gaining very little pleasure from watching this. Chanderpaul, the little pearl in this Windies side, is next up the ramp. Chanderpaul has not been dismissed for 819 minutes now.

1744 - WI 37-2 Gayle drives uppishly and the ball ricochets off Monty at mid-off - one run. Morton edges Hoggard through where fourth slip should have been and the ball runs away for four. A couple more for Morton, squirted down the leg-side, before he and Gayle exchange singles.

"Windy Miller - I think that does the best visual justice to Hoggard's agricultural barnet."
Liz, Dublin, in the TMS inbox

1740 - WI 28-2 Harmison is into the attack...and Gayle laces his first ball through the covers for four. That was hit very hard and Monty takes evasive action. Four more, Gayle slashing Harmy through point...and another, getting his right leg out of the way and smearing Harmison through wide long-off. Thirteen from Harmison's first over, although you wouldn't call it a rank one.

1734 - WICKET: Ganga c Prior b Hoggard 6, WI 15-2 One for Gayle with a twirl into the covers before Hoggard cleans up the Windies skipper, Ganga playing an airy drive and Prior snaffling the feather behind the stumps. Not the best series for Ganga, Morton the next man in. To clarify, when I say Hoggard's hair is looking particularly agricultural, I mean in a medieval farm worker type way, as if he should be wearing a smock. Morton survives the over and England are all over the tourists like a itchy woolen suit.

"Would you like to qualify the 'agricultural hair' comment? Does this mean he has like a farmer? Or does it mean he has hair like some sort of farmyard animal, or crop...like wheat for example?"
Rebecca Williams in the TMS inbox

1730 - WI 14-1 Ganga takes a risky single, dropping the ball down into the off-side, and picking up another for an overthrow from Harmison. Good fielding, though, from Harmy, very sharp.

1725 - WI 12-1 Gayle is not taking Sir Vivian's advice, has an almighty smite at a delivery outside off-stump and misses. Gayle does connect with one, but it's saved well in the covers. That's a maiden.

"I could imagine nothing more enjoyable than some sort of activity holiday with Monty...cycling in the French alps perhaps, or trekking for mountain gorillas in central Africa."
Jim in the TMS inbox

"I believe Gayle's Test career is on the line and he's going to have to graft this innings and not just try and hit his way out of the situation..."
Sir Vivian Richards on TMS

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1722 - WI 12-1 That's a ripsnorting ball from Sidebottom, the ball taking off off a length and beating Gayle's outside edge. Ganga is off the mark with a text-book cover-drive for four. That's a doozy of a shot.

1713 - WICKET - Smith lbw b Hoggard 0, WI 7-1 Hoggard to share the new ball with Siders and his hair is looking more agricultural than I've seen it in many a year. Gayle reaches for a widish delivery and misses before picking up one with a flick to leg. But that's the England breakthrough, Hoggard trapping Smith plumb in front for a big fat duck. Not a difficult decision for umpire Bowden to have to make, that was hitting all three. Ganga survives the king pair, pulling his bat inside the line.

"Is anyone else an unsurprised as I am to find out that Ben Dirs is the son of a cabbie?"
Paul Clare in the TMS inbox

1706 - WI 5-0 Four slips and a gully for Gayle and Sidebottom locates his outside edge first ball, but it runs away for a couple. Colly has a shie at the stumps and hits, but Gayle had made his ground. Gayle picks up another few with a thick inside edge. Smith is opening up with Gayle

"Speaking of how tall people look (which you weren't, admittedly, but I was, so cut me some slack), looking purely at Monty's face, I'd have put him at a maximum of 5' 6" rather than the strapping 6' 1" that he is. Rather like Tim Robbins, he doesn't look like he should be as tall as he really is."
James Greenwood in the TMS inbox

1703: Players are out and we'll have play in a couple of minutes.

"I am becoming increasingly concerned for your welfare, Ben. I am extremely worried that the real Ben has been abducted and replaced with an alien imposter unaware of the 'Sarah Rule' - that is, all Sarahs must have at least one email a day posted. Damn those UFOs..."
Sarah, Canterbury, in the TMS inbox

ENGLAND FIRST INNINGS

"For Dan Bennett and his colleague Miles (see below) - any fool can type 'Witching Hour' into Wikipedia and find out that it's not a time at all, rather a 2003 album by brit-electropop outfit Ladytron."
Tom Evans in the TMS inbox1700: Someone just told me that Bernard Manning passed this afternoon! I honestly didn't know that when I posted the comment below. Sorry...

"For Dan Bennett (below) - the witching hour is surely the terrible time each Monday evening when the women of both Eastenders and Corrie are present on our TV screens in the same 60 minute period."
Simon Huyton in the TMS inbox

1655 - WICKET - Panesar b Powell 4, Eng 400 A colleague has just informed me that Bernard Manning was one of Rudolf Hess' jailers in Spandau...and that's Panesar gone, inside edging and making a mess of his stumps. A few wickets tonight would make things veeeery interesting...

1650 - Eng 400-9 Lots of activity up on the England balcony as Edwards, looking for his sixth scalp, steams in and Monty chips him over the top for a single. That's an outrageous stroke from Sidebottom, standing up and delivering the ball to the long-off fence - that's the England 400.

1645 - Eng 393-9 Boycs and Tony Cozier sound like they're going to top themselves in the TMS commentary box - "watching bad cricket hurts me" says Geoffrey. Two more for Sidebottom over extra-cover and he picks up four more with a cart over wide long-on. Sidebottom really chancing his arm now and he flails Collymore over gully for a couple before hooking the bowler for four more.

1641 - Eng 380-9 Sidebottom square-drives Powell for four before slicing him down to the third-man fence. This isn't getting better for the tourists...

"My colleague Miles is wondering when the witching hour is and how it got its name. Any ideas?"
Dan Bennett in the TMS Inbox

"If Collymore was fielding like Davros, wouldn�t the ball have bounced off his dalek-like lower body?"
Tim, York, in the TMS inbox

1637 - Eng 372-9 Monty picks up a couple with a drive into the covers. For the record, my dad used to drive a black cab, and he's an old-school Chelsea fan. He used to find all sorts left on the back seat, including a drunk Barbara Windsor once. Panesar throws everything at another Collymore delivery outside off-peg...and misses. It's all gone flat at the Riverside.

"In my experience, most cab drivers tend to be Arsenal or Tottenham supporters, although a lot of them seem to live in Brentwood, Essex, and should by rights be West Ham supporters." Dan, London, in the TMS inbox 1634 - Eng 370-9 Sidebottom is the new batter and Powell has him fencing at a rising delivery. Not much cop with the bat Sidebottom, this could all be over in a minute.

1628 - WICKET: Harmison c Ganga b Powell 9 , Eng 369-9
Harmy goes for some hammer and sticks a steepler down Ganga's neck in the covers. Out trots Monty. I wonder what he's doing for his holidays this year? I'd like to hang about in a French villa with Monty, playing petanque and pausing every now and again to eat some cheese.

1624 - WICKET: Collingwood b Collymore 128, Eng 369-8
A wide from Collymore and we have a ripple of applause for the fifty extras. Colly has a waft at a ball in the corridor of uncertainty and misses. Collymore, who's spraying it about like Daniella Westbrook with a dose of hayfever, drops short and is flogged through mid-wicket for four. But he's cleaned up Collingwood, the local hero throwing the kitchen sink, Breville toaster and ice cream maker at one just outside off-stump and dragging the ball on.

1620 - Eng 364-7 One more for Colly with a chip to mid-wicket and Harmison survives the rest of the over.

1615 - Eng 363-7 Edwards drops short, Colly yanks him away and Collymore fields with all the flexibility of Davros at mid-on, the ball passing beneath his body and racing away for four. One more off another mis-field in the covers and the Windies are staring down the barrel at 400.

1612 - Eng 355-7 As usual, profuse and genuine apologies that I am not able to publish all of your emails. They are all much appreciated, however. Powell strays down leg and Harmy tickles him away for four.

"To Marc in Paris: frown at your screen and occasionally 'react' to it. Then walk up the corridor with a bit of paper in your hand, 'looking for someone'."
Alan Price Fishe, London, in the TMS inbox

"Does everyone agree that to drive a black cab you have to be a West Ham supporter? I was once asked who I supported by a cab driver and when I told him West Bromwich Albion, he turned round and told me I was a 'sad man'"
Colin Chesterton in the TMS inbox

1608 - Eng 350-7 We're back out after tea and Edwards pulls out of his run up first ball after the restart. That was dreadful cricket all round, Harmison dabbing into the on-side and stop-starting before chugging down the pitch like a man pulling a Massey Ferguson tractor. Collymore's throw, however, is wild, and England pick up a couple of overthrows. Peach of a ball from Edwards, the ball pitching and hooping away from a groping Harmison. Short ball from Edwards and Harmy leans back and slaps him through wide long-on for four.

"Marc - every so often I mutter 'I don't believe it' under my breath, stomp over the the filing cabinet, rifle through a few random files, select one and take it back to my desk. I then set my face into a hard penetrating stare and start bashing keys on my keyboard in an aggresive manner. Gives the impression I am busy problem-solving instead of reading the Daily Mail online."
Amanda, Lincoln, in the TMS inbox

"To Marc, Paris (see below), try walking around with a notepad and a pen and every so often pretend to write on there. Mine is convered in funny faces and funny pictures of my boss."
Aaron Martin Keefe in the TMS inbox

"In answer to Marc in Paris (see below), an ex-colleague of mine used to lean over his desk with his arm brushing the floor near a pot of spilled paper clips and have a snooze. If anyone walked in, it would look like he was stretching to pick up his office consumables."
RJT, Manchester, in the TMS inbox

"I can confirm, having worked for a large London cab firm, that no matter how much people tip them, cabbies will still moan constantly about how 'there isn't the work these days'. However, this doesn't appear to stop most of them spending all weekend on the golf course or buying large houses in Loughton."
Kate in the TMS inbox

1539 - Eng 341-7 Harmison is off the mark with a tickel to deep backward-square for a couple. That's tea and players traipse off for a spot of munch. STOP EMAILING!

"I always tip a cab driver the full 10% when they've manage to keep their trap shut for the duration of the journey. I have so far awarded just the one tip."
Ayrton in the TMS inbox

1536 - Eng 338-7 Colly bags two with a nurdle through mid-wicket off Edwards. Chin music for Colly and that's a good bumper, Colly thinking about the hook before thinking better of it.

"Following Paul Collingwood's century, I'd like to remind everyone that he's using a special bat grip in the red, white and green of Chance to Shine, the campaign to regenerate cricket in UK state schools."
Dominic O'Reilly, Chance to Shine, in the TMS inbox

1533 - Eng 336-7 Colly picks up a single to move to Nelson - 111 - about which Blowers gets extremely excited on TMS.

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"Everybody knows that a cup of tea solves everything, apart from thirst that is. Except for my Gran, who would still offer me a cuppa even if I'd just run the Sahara Desert Marathon dressed in a hat, scarf, gloves and long johns."
Steve Middleton, Southampton, in the TMS inbox

1526 - WICKET: Prior c Smith b Edwards 62, Eng 334-7
Prior is gone, swatting Edwards to Smith on the deep square-leg boundary - cracking catch that, some rare class from the tourists, and that's five wickets for Edwards. Harmison is the new batter and we have two Durham lads on their home patch. To Marc, Paris (see below), I like to jog to the printer for added effect.

"To make it look like I'm seriously busy, I print a random page every now and again, rip it off the printer and scowl at it for a while before returning to my desk. Do any other office workers have any similar techniques they wish to share?"
Marc, Paris, in the TMS inbox

1522 - Eng 332-6 Powell drops short and Collingwood yanks him away for four. Colly should think about changing into his pyjamas and slippers at tea and slapping on some night cream, he's never had it so easy, this Windies bowling is rank.

"At the risk of opening a large can of worms, surely the greatest cheese chariot in the world is a slice of moist fruit cake? You biscuit mongers are fooling yourselves..."
Simon, Bradford, in the TMS inbox

1517 - Eng 326-6 Edwards thinks he's got Prior out caught behind, the Sussex man having a swat at a short one. Umpire Dar believes that flicked his helmet rather than glove or bat. West Indies are imploding here - Edwards has lost his rag and gives up a wide with a wild bumper.

"I think people become animated about a Cup of Tea becasue it is like having a party in one's mouth with everyone invited. Couple that with an array of biscuits and it will send even the strongest people all soppy."
Mark, Hartlepool, in the TMS inbox

1513 - Eng 325-6 Colly takes a liberty with Collymore and is beaten outside off-stump. I must defend Geoff (see below) against accusations of racisim - I know what you meant by 'black cab driver' big man. Just one leg-bye from the over.

"The size of the tip depends on the quality of entertainment. Good, witty banter will probably get the cabbie a couple of quid. I once tipped a cabbie a fiver for playing 'Redemption Song' by Bob Marley at full volume whilst going through Parliament Square."
Stuart Thomas, City of London, in the TMS inbox

1508 - Eng 324-6 Colly moves to 98 with a clip off his pads before moving to his fifth Test ton with a paddle to the square-leg fence. Collingwood is what you would get if you melted down Steve Davis, Peter Elliott and Jim Courier and poured the resulting mixture into a cricket player shape mould.

1505 - Eng 307-6 Can Collymore find some dog with the new ball? Prior flashes at a wide one and the ball runs away for four over the slips and Collymore's second delivery is chipped (yes, chipped) over mid-wicket for six - that's Prior's fifty and the tourists are getting their noses ground into the dust. Prior nicks another couple with a nurdle to leg before whip-cracking the hapless Collymore through the covers for four.

"In response to Geoff (see below) - I tip taxi drivers independently of race. I think racism should be booted out of tipping."
Phil Dale, Silverdale, in the TMS inbox

1459 - Eng 295-6 Never in the field of cricket have two batsmen scored runs so easily. Colly picks up two to long-off before chipping Gayle over mid-wicket for another couple. Two more for Colly, moving to 94 with a whip to leg. West Indies are about as sharp as a balloon at the moment.

1456 - Eng 288-6 Two singles from Prior and one from Colly before the Durham grinder chips Samuels over mid-wicket for a couple. And England are level, Colly prodding Samuels to mid-on for a single. One more for Prior with a clip to mid-wicket and England start building their lead.

1454 - Eng 283-6 Gayle is on and we have spin from both ends. Three singles before Colly picks Gayle up over mid-wicket and runs two. This is not the most thrilling passage of cricket you'll ever see, so it's probably a good job you can't see it.

1451 - Eng 275-6 A colleague just asked if I wanted a cup of tea and I got all excited, as if he'd just offered to pay off all my loans. What is it about the promise of a cup of tea that gets people so animated? Prior picks up one with a push to long-on before Collingwood whips Samuels to leg for a couple.

"Does anyone tip black cab drivers anymore? I'm not talking about just rounding up to the nearest pound, I mean the full 10%."
Geoff in the TMS inbox

"Today's clockwatch has more blatant product placement than Casino Royale, and that's saying something. Go on, spill - how much are the biscuit companies paying you to get that on the Beeb?"
Sarah, Bucks, in the TMS inbox

1443 - Eng 271-6 Here's Edwards and it's two for Collingwood with a prod through mid-off. Edwards seems to be nursing his ankle and the tourists don't want to be losing him, he's the only bowler they've got with a modicum of mongrel. That's drinks.

"The Windies are in danger of losing here. If Colly and Prior stay in for the rest of the day and then help eke out a lead of 150/180 by tomorrow lunchtime, that will leave England two sessions to get 10 wickets against a flaky batting line up."
Philip Lewis in the TMS inbox

"You've all gone crackers! Clearly those Hovis biscuits in the shape of the loaf are the daddy of the cheese bearers...quite frankly they make the cheese itself incidental to the overall experience."
Rory Hambly in the TMS inbox

1438 - Eng 269-6 Prior eases Samuels into the covers before sending umpire Bowden into raptures, slog-sweeping over deep square-leg for a maximum. Three more for Prior with a cut through backward point before Collingwood rat-a-tats a short ball through third-man for another boundary - that's the hundred partnership and England have wrestled the whip from the tourists' hands. This is pretty woeful stuff from the Windies bowling attack...

1434 - Eng 253-6 Prior tickles Powell down to fine-leg for a single. Some chin music from Powell and Collingwood flinches underneath it.

"Re Jim and Mark, you have both made a fundamental error. The TUC biscuit is clearly the most agreeable of cheese biscuits. Not only does the TUC have the mandatory crispy cheese outer biscuit, it also contains a soft cream cheese layer, making it twice the biscuit of a Ritz or Mini Cheddar."
Paul, Leeds, in the TMS inbox

1430 - Eng 252-6 Width for Collingwood and The Nugget dabs it to the third-man fence. That's the 250, Colly carting Samuels over mid-wicket for four. England only 35 runs behind now.

"It's almost like the West Indies bowlers have given up, they've lost control since lunch and are just going through the motions."
Geoffrey Boycott on TMS

1428 - Eng 244-6 Prior steers Powell to backward point for one before Collingwood flicks him to leg for one. CALM DOWN DAREN! A full-bunger from Powell which strikes Prior on the left thigh, but it's not a no-ball.

1423 - Eng 242-6 Collingwood dabs new bowler Samuels down to third-man for a couple. Just two from the over. Boycs reckons KP should skipper England's one-day side - now that I'd like to see, it would be like putting Jonathan Ross in charge of the BBC.

"Just landed in Rio. Taxi driver tells me Crouch is better than Ronaldinho, so probably angling for a big tip."
Anthony in the TMS inbox

1419 - Eng 240-6 Powell plops one in short and Colly, eyes like saucers, yanks him away for four. Powell slings four byes down leg-side and Ramdin reacts like C3P0 after a couple of months strolling around Tatooine. Powell's line is all messed up now, and that's another bye.

1416 - Eng 230-6 Two runs for Collingwood, whipping Collymore off his pads. Boycs has got the raving hump about this Windies bowling and I have to agree, it's barely county standard.

"Re Father's Day. There is something very special about a day which sees you, as 'the number one dad in the world', holding the bucket for your three- year-old daughter to be sick in at 330am. Memories to cherish." Neil, Slough, in the TMS inbox

1412 - Eng 228-6 Six dot balls from Powell and the Windies seamers are keeping it tight after the restart. Good news on the weather front - it's going to be bright tomorrow and there are still no signs of the expected showers today. Boycs is wearing a salmon pink sweater, apparently...

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"Re Catherine from Bolton - Not as bad as fancying a woman dressed as Grumpy."
Paul Hutchins, Brentwood, in the TMS inbox

1407 - Eng 228-6 Prior turns Collymore round the corner for one, the only run of the over. Attritional stuff at the moment.

"Millions of Latin Americans agree with Jim. Ritz crackers (surely it's not a biscuit) are the most popular light snack here in Mexico."
Jason in the TMS inbox

1403 - Eng 227-6 Prior thrashes at Powell and Ganga puts down a difficult chance at extra-cover. Handsome drive for one for Prior, but just one for it through point.

"Re Jim - I'll think you'll find the classic original Mini Cheddar pummels your poor man's Ritz into second place! It's like comparing Fosters to Stella! It just shouldn't be done!"
Mark Cunningham in the TMS inbox

1359 - Eng 226-6 Bit of width for Prior and he flashes hard for a couple down to third-man. Prior walks down the wicket to Collymore and guides the ball through point for one. The sun is poking its head through the clouds now and this England pair could only look more comfortable if they were reclining on sun loungers and being fed grapes between deliveries...outside edge from Colly and the ball races through the slips and runs away for four. That's his fifty. Not sure it would have carried to second slip, but that's a moot point as there wasn't one. The half-ton came from 86 balls and England sorely needed it.

1356 - Eng 219-6 Short and wide from Powell and Collingwood larrups him through the covers for four. Colly has a nibble at the final delivery of the over but pulls his bat out of the way at the last moment. Looking well-set now the Durham man.

"I've just read on the BBC football page: 'Sheringham held in speeding probe'. Surely that must be 'news of the day'? It's not every day an ageing footballer gets blasted into space against his will. Good riddance I say."
Nick, Cornwall, in the TMS inbox

"I was at Old Trafford last Saturday - is it wrong to fancy a man dressed as Snow White?"
Catherine, Bolton, in the TMS inbox

1351 - Eng 215-6 Prior moves to 19 with a flick through mid-wicket before Collingwood works Collymore off middle stump for a few. That's the 50 partnership and this is all beginning to look a bit worrying for the Windies.

"After emailing you now on numerous occasions and not once seeing one published, I have come to the conclusion you discriminate against the townsfolk of Barnsley. Wait until Dicky Bird, Michael Parkinson and a certain Mr Gough here about this."
Mark Cunningham, Barnsley, in the TMS inbox

1347 - Eng 211-6 Prior cuts hard at Powell and picks up a single to deep cover. Collingwood plays a similar stroke but gets a boundary for it. Good shot that and this is turning out to be a good, tense contest - a result still possible.

1344 - Eng 206-6 Players are back out and we're under way. Collymore strays onto Collingwood's legs and the Durham Nugget moves to 38 with a flick to mid-wicket for a few. Everyone have a pleasant Father's Day? My father is at that age now when death has become faintly amusing. He was recently at a funeral, and as the coffin was disappearing into the flames, one of his mates shouted to an even older bloke down the front, "you might as well jump on Harry, we'll stick you on a low light". Abide With Me has never seemed so funny.

"Lunch in England coincided nicely with supper in Singapore. I have reacquainted myself with Ritz biscuits - perhaps the finest cheese biscuit of them all?"
Jim in the TMS inbox

"Reflex in the City for refined ladies? It's more like catastrophically-drunk women carrying various sorts of tacky 80's merchandise and surrounded by hundreds of men in suits, all trying to make their miserable desk jobs sound important. All this is while the Baywatch theme tune is on."
Dan, London, in the TMS inbox

"Can anyone provide a valid explanation as to why the security at home Tests insist upon chasing the drunks around who have taken the time to build a 'pint pot python'? They end up creating more havoc themselves doing this. These things are a work of art and provide revellers with hours of entertainment during the slower times, as well as some healthy banter with neighbouring stands about who has the biggest snake."
Mark Airey, Rochdale, in the TMS inbox

"Re Beth Barker (see below), it's not for the want of trying, unfortunately it would be easier finding Lord Lucan riding Shergar through Camelot than getting Mr Dirs to publish an email."
Tracey, Northumberland, in the TMS inbox

1302 - Eng 202-6 Prior throws the bat at one and is beaten all ends up by a turning Gayle delivery. Not a clever shot to be playing in the last over before lunch. That's the first session over and I'm not quite sure whose session that was - Windies, I suppose. STOP EMAILING FOR 40 MINUTES! I'M GOING FOR LUNCH!

"Larry from Surrey (see below) - don't bother with the hoovering, just nick her wallet and go to your local cafe."
Sadie, Kingston, in the TMS Inbox

1259 - Eng 202-6 A three-man conga! And these lads are in pieces. A security man collars them, but he won't be chucking them out, that would halve the number of spectators. Collymore gets one to nibble outside Prior's off-peg and the Sussex man fences at it. Prior is beaten again and we'll get one last over in before luncheon.

"Did you actually call dibs on that lass or have any kind of implicit agreement? (see below) If not, it's always the man with the strongest bladder who has his pick of the ladies."
Adrian Bell in the TMS Inbox

1256 - Eng 201-6 Gayle is introduced and Colly goes macho, dancing down the pitch and slapping him over long-off for four. Gayle pads groggily up to the crease, like someone making their way to the toilet in the middle of the night, and Colly rocks back and carves him away for a couple - that's the England 200.

1252 - Eng 195-6 Prior drives uppishly into the off-side for a single and Colly moves to 28 with a clip to mid-wicket for one. Collymore gets one past the edge of Prior's willow, but this pair are getting their heads down and grafting.

"RE Paul Lawrence - a fry-up without eggs? Criminal. Just like coming out to bat with no pads on."
Sukh Sandhu, Knightsbridge, in the TMS inbox

1248 - Eng 193-6 Larry (see below) has riled a number of women, including Helen from Southport, for insisting on payment for hoovering his mum's house. They have a point - hoover the house and then stun her by whipping her up a fry-up. That way, you won't have to do anything else for the next two months. Prior picks up one with an expansive off-drive.

1244 - Eng 192-6 Edwards strays onto Colly's legs and is picked off for a couple. Two more for Collingwood with a nurdle to square-leg and the Durham man looks a bit more settled at the crease now. Totty Watch is back! And just when I was getting excited, the cameraman pans to some old chap in a flat cap chewing on his teeth. The terps are flowing, a few of the spectators look absolutely rubbered already. Seventy-seven overs left today, that's loads of cricket and quite a lot of Marston's.

"In reply to Larry, I would perhaps make a compromise. Hoovering downstairs could be the basic package (egg, bacon, sausage, beans) and upstairs could be a bonus of hash browns, toast and fried tomatoes?"
Nick, Gloucester, in the TMS inbox

1238 - Eng 188-6 Two runs for Prior, the Sussex gloveman flicking Powell to leg. A statement will be made on Vaughan's future as one-day skipper after stumps. Streaky from Prior, cutting over gully for one.

"Re Larry from Surrey's recent question: it all depends on the quality of the fry-up. I would be expecting one of each item per room, thus three rashers of bacon, three sausages, three bits of toast, with lashings of mushrooms and baked beans would be ample payment. Anything less than this would be unacceptable."
Paul Lawrence, Cirencester, in the TMS inbox

1233 - Eng 184-6 Edwards digs one in and Colly flinches again - he looks distinctly uneasy against anything short today. Collingwood gets himself into a bit of a pickle, the ball jagging back and hitting him on the right thigh. Some suggestion it took the inside edge, but it didn't carry to Ramdin behind the timbers. For any other single men out there, I'm told The Reflex in the City of London is the place to meet refined, eligible women. According to him, "Champagne in Reflex, birds dripping off you". He's still single...

1230 - Eng 183-6 Prior moves to seven with a clip off his legs for a couple. Beth Barker emails in to complain at the lack of females on today and Prior unfurls a dreamy square-drive for four. Prior, as they say, does not muck about and he's averaging about 400 in Test cricket at the moment.

"My mum's just asked me to hoover the house. In return, she'll cook me a fry-up. Bearing in mind that it is a three-bedroom house, is it worth it?"
Larry, Surrey, in the TMS inbox

1226 - Eng 176-6 Prior picks up one with a back-foot steer and Colly nicks the strike with a flinching tuck to leg.

"A woman can indeed make a good wingman. She is known as the 'pivot' as you can use her to get involved with a group of random girls who will perceive you as 'non-threatening' rather than predatory as you are out with another girl. She can then chat to the friends, enabling you to isolate the target and prepare to strike."
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1220 - Eng 174-6 Peche de la peche from Colly, easing Powell through the covers for four. A strangled lbw appeal from Powell against Collingwood and Blowers is banging on about birds in the TMS inbox.

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"Amy (see below) - That's a categorical 'no'. If you go out with a friend of the opposite sex, everyone makes the assumption that you're together. It's a shame, really, that we live in such unenlightened times. But there you go."
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1217 - Eng 170-6 Edwards has swapped ends with Collymore in order to have a go at new man Prior. Prior is off the mark with an uppish drive for four, the ball squirting just wide of Morton at gully. A chjocolate medal for Paul Moody for pointing out that Hick also played for Queensland, Northern Districts and Zimbabwe.

"First rule of 'pulling' is, there are none. It's a jungle my friend, so hats off to your mate and Graham White for getting involved. I personally welcome this sort of self-centred selfishness - who needs mates when you've got a lovely woman for the night?"
Darren Day in the TMS inbox

1209 - WICKET: Bell c Morton b Powell 11, Eng 165-6
That's Bell gone, slicing a drive straight to Morton at gully. Easy as shelling peas for Runako and it's a surprise that Bell has gone - Colly was the one looking like a walking wicket. In comes Prior and this boy can bat. Prior almost perishes - wicket-keeper Ramdin hits his stumps, but the Sussex man just manages to ground his bat in time. A wicket-maiden from Powell and England are tottering.

"Never go clubbing with a mate who is more desperate to pull than you...or better looking."
Tony Knight in the TMS inbox

"Following your comments about Strauss, my question is: can a woman make a good wingman? I was debating this very subject with four (male) friends in a bar at the weekend, and we couldn't come to any consensus. What does everyone else think?"
Amy in the TMS inbox

1204 - Eng 165-5 The weather is actually brightening up in Durham and, all of a sudden, Collymore is tighter than one of Jordan's vest tops. That jinxed him - that's gone way down leg and run away for four wides. The team of ducks is still mincing about just off the wicket as players take drinks (I googled that - it's the correct collective noun). Apparently, it's a 'flange' of babboons...

1200 - Eng 159-5 Collingwood shows the maker's name and picks up one and Bell pouches a single with an attractive drive into the covers. This is pretty grim stuff to be honest.

"Re Mr Harmers' vegetable inquiry (see below) - I would offer up Dirsy as a celeriac. Odd name, odd shape and with a few wispy roots growing out the end."
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1154 - Eng 157-5 Bell moves to 10 with a classic off-drive for four. Can I congratulate Graeme Hick on scoring 40,000 first-class runs for Worcestershire and England. Well done, you lovely, lovely man. It's rude, it's naughty, it's one pound forty - a couple of streakers! Wait a minute, it's actually a pair of mallard ducks holding up play. Collymore loses his run-up, but it's another tightish over.

"Referring to your unsuccessful night on Friday (see below), I think you are talking about 'tailgunning'. This is when the wingman disgracefully abandons his air cover duties and attempts his own bombing run on the BT (bombing target)."
Ben, Westcliff-on-Sea CC, in the TMS inbox

1149 - Eng 152-5 Powell is into the attack and Collingwood turns him to backward-square for one. Bell drops Powell into the on-side and scampers a single of his own. Nudge and nurdle from England, dibbly dobblies from the Windies.

1146 - Eng 150-5 England pass the 150 courtesy of a nudge into the off-side from Colly. Collymore pulls out a plum, getting one to hoop away and beat Bell's outside edge. Just one from the over and it's looking murky at the Riverside.

"Henry Deal makes a great point (see below). I think the fact you overlooked my local butcher celebrating his 90th birthday by giving out free square sausages is a complete scandal."
Gary, Glasgow, in the TMS inbox

"Ben, maybe you should try joining a polo/tennis/bridge club - I'm sure there is still a degree of etiquette at such places and some real ladies waiting to be whisked away - instead of bowling down to the local Liquid or Chicagos where you're lucky to find a girl who can speak coherently and without dribbling."
Jon in the TMS inbox

1140 - Eng 149-5 Six dot balls from Edwards and the Windies bowlers are asking some questions after a loose opening half an hour. Tremendous to see Angel Cabrera hold off The Tiger last night and win the US Open - a triumph for Argentina and a triumph for the tobacco industry. I have a special affinity for smoking sportsmen - James Hunt, Jimmy White, Shane Warne. In contrast, I'm not sure the American TV companies were too pleased to see him sparking up before every drive - he may as well have dropped his strides and relieved himself on the 1st tee.

1136 - Eng 149-5 Collymore seems to have sorted his line out, and he should do at his pace. Bell bags a single with a nurdle to leg. Collymore gets one to jag back at Collingwood and slice him in two before the Durham Nugget picks up four more streaky runs with a wild and windy drive. Looks like a dead man walking, Colly...

"I picked up a limited edition Coalport plate at the weekend from an antiques fair. It commemorated Geoff Boycott's century of centuries in 1977, and still had a bit of genuine chocolate cake stuck to it. It cost me eight quid. Was that a good price?"
Drew Campbell, Baldock, in the TMS inbox

1130 - Eng 143-5 Colly tucks Edwards to leg for one before Belly picks up a couple with a clip to square-leg - nice shot that.

"The actions of your friend on Friday night are, quite frankly, bang out of order - I've been the victim of such behaviour myself. I'll like to take this opportunity to name and shame the cad - Graham White. You can deny all you want, but we both know the truth."
Stuart Thomas in the TMS Inbox

"Ben, what vegetable would you say most accurately mirrors your personality?"
Pete Harmer, Norfolk, in the TMS Inbox

1126 - Eng 140-5 Belly takes a few liberties with Collymore, sashaying down the track as if he's facing his little sister on Polzeath beach. That's a maiden from Collymore.

1117 - WICKET - Strauss c Ramdin b Edwards 77, Eng 133-5
Strauss pokes at Edwards outside off-peg and feathers a catch to Ramdin behind the stumps. Shame for the Middlesex opener, but he'll be glad for a few runs. Belly is next up the ramp...and he's off the mark with an ease through the covers for three. Edwards serves Colly up some chin music and the Durham man flinches underneath it. Sketchy from Collingwood, reaching outside off-stump and top-edging the ball for four over gully. Testing times for the hosts.

"Surely Vaughan's omission from the one-day side isn't really 'the big news of the day'. (see below) What about war, pestilence and famine? No wonder you've been relegated to report on the BBC cricket site with that attitude."
Henry Deal in the TMS inbox

1115 - Eng 133-5 Collymore looks like Marvin Gaye and he's bowling like him as well. Strauss clips him off his legs for one before Collingwood whips him away for a couple. I believe Strauss would make a magnificent nightclub 'wingman'. He's the sort of bloke who would gladly swap if 'yours' was a bit suspect and 'his' was a bit more presentable. I recently became a single man again and I'm frankly appalled by how 'pulling' etiquette has slipped. On Friday night, I got chatting to a semi-attractive lady in a club while my mate was being custard pied by her pal and when I got back from powdering my nose he was all over 'mine' like a cheap suit. Strauss would never do that. KP maybe, but not Strauss.

1110 - Eng 129-4 Edwards should pose more problems than Collymore but Collingwood picks up a single with a fend down to backward square. Edwards locates Strauss' outside edge, but it was a no-ball and didn't carry. Actually, the replay shows it came off the Middlesex man's arm.

"In my opinion, having a piece of steak stuck in your teeth actually prolongs the meal and is always handy to chew on if your're watching the usual rubbish on TV afterwards."
Andy, Tooting, in the TMS inbox

"Cartwright and Shackleton on this pitch? You wouldn't be able to buy a run..."
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1105 - Eng 125-4 Right, players are out and we'll be under way in a moment...Colly is playing his first Test on his home ground and England need him to rattle up a few runs. Strauss gets a friendly ball from Collymore first up and he tucks it off his legs for one. Colly chips into the off-side for his first run. Strauss scampers a quick single with a clip to mid-wicket and that was a very gentle opening over from Collymore.

"In reply to John Cashman (see below) - the worst food to get stuck between your teeth is popcorn skin. I got a piece caught between my gum and tooth and had to have an inch long section of gum removed. Strangely, live jaw bone is green."
Steve, Adelaide, in the TMS inbox

"What does everyone think the worst food to get stuck between your teeth is? Mine is apple skin, closely followed by stewed steak."
John Cashman in the TMS inbox

1042: The big news today is that Michael Vaughan may be out of the one-day squad - I think that's the correct decision. But who will skipper the side in his absence? I fancy Freddie. Heavy showers forecast for Durham and it's a chilly one again...

"Why do all umpires have a lack of common sense and why are the ICC so jobsworth? Why don't we start at 1030 and go through to 730? We could have done that yesterday, today and tomrrow and made up 45 more overs with the extra hour we would have played each day. Yet we continue to stick to the law and play exact times. Deary me."
Jack Byrne in the TMS inbox

1040: I've just seen the scorecard and I see KP was out last ball last night. My editor tells me it wasn't a very clever shot either. Je suis fatigue this morning. I was up until 1am watching Big Angel win the golf before I was rudely awoken by a drunk neighbour singing songs about West Ham. I know East London is wonderful and that it's full of @#%$, *@$�% and West Ham, but I don't need reminding of this at 3 o'clock in the morning. More annoying is the fact I don't even live in East London.

1033: Hello you. Have fun with Sam? I hear he was discussing people's 'love' problems last week. What's that all about? Don't try that with me or you'll get a dry slap. What the ruddy hell is going on with this summer? I joined the flip-flop generation yesterday, woke up this morning and it was lobbing it down. The good news, however, is that it's not raining up in Durham and play will start on time.

"Is it true that Ganga is obtaining a medical certificate for bruised pride to avoid playing in the next innings thus avoiding the possibility of collecting the dubious honour of a hat-trick of ducks?"
Lloyd in the TMS inbox