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A thread to discuss cricket incase anyone else is a fan like me.

Good stuff from KP and Collingwood now taking the lead to 337.

Excellent stuff from Monty. England just need to produce a solid total tonight (currently 240 ahead) and then get the West Indies in and then out again. Hopefully this won't be a drawn match.

3 wickets for Panesar now, he's looking on from.
Shame the Cup final takes priority.

Pretty good start from England. A fantastic start from Monty! First ball was brilliant, a deserved wicket! :-)

They wanted to stay out in the middle, but the umpires ruled against them and sent them in. Shame really as you said.

Being from Essex, i've always thought that Foster should have been given a chance, but i'm satisfied with Prior after that performance. I found it a bit mystifying as to why England went off for bad light, why not give it some welly for 15 minutes and stick Windies in first thing in the morning?

Looks like England may have found themselves a decent test wicket keeper: that was an excellent innings from Prior. Hopefully the weather will be as good today and England can really apply some pressure.

Well done Cook, Colly, Bell and Prior.

Shame about Shah, I really rate him and thought he deserved his chance a few years ago around about when Butcher an Key were playing. Hopefully he can make a score in the second innings.

Can't trust the weatherman can you? They were saying showers likely for the today and the weekend with mostly overcast skies. Well, at least England have made the most of it with a nice ton from Collingwood.

Well, I'm currently not too far from Lord's (20 miles or so), and it's good and sunny right now.

Cook's just gone for 105; still, not a bad performance at all from him. 219-4.