21:15 - WI 349-4 (109 overs) - Nash smashes a Monty full toss past long-on for his 12th boundary before Prior concedes four more byes to take that tally to 30 and West Indies have avoided the

follow-on. The hosts now in a great position to secure a draw and win the series.

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21:00 - WI 339-4 (106 overs) - This is the 73rd time Chanderpaul has passed fifty in Test cricket, two off Panesar to fine leg bringing up the milestone off 142 balls. A sweet cover drive from Nash off Swann who seems to be struggling with that floating bone in his elbow and the hosts should

21:30 WI 85-1 (22 overs) STUMPS! — Smith cuts Swann to the boundary and that's pretty rapid progress from the hosts tonight underlining what a good pitch this is. England will have to work hard for wickets tomorrow - join me at 2pm to find out how they get on.

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21:20 WI 78-1 (20 overs) — Sweetly timed four by Sarwan off Broad and he then he
carves Graeme Swann through the off-side. Just ten minutes left.

21:05 WI 67-1 (15 overs) — A real loosener from Broad, wide outside off and Sarwan plonks it in the gap square on the off-side for his second boundary. Another

So the ICC says politics and sport should not mix and probably won't ban the Zimbabwe cricket board.

Maybe Cowers was having a mad cow year in 2006; but back then didn't Robert Mugabe's government take over the national board? Isn't that classed as political interference?

The fact is that no one wants to play Zimbabwe. They rubbish at hitting leather balls with willow bats, it is not safe to tour there and its leader is a despot to whom no one in their right mind would want to give credibility.

Then there are the selection policies that saw inadequate players selected along racial lines, plus

Why does English Cricket hate the general public? Haven't the general public always been good to English Cricket?

Now, Cowers hates the general public, but does so for good reason. Cowers hates the general public with just cause: because they walk slowly; drive badly; buy novelty ring-tones for their mobiles; they talk about celebrities on first name terms to fill the cavernous gaps in their own lives; they knock over your motorcycle whilst attempting to reverse park and then claim they didn't, even though you watched them out of your window...

...they wear gaudy clothes that are too tight for

6.15PM - South Africa 7-0 (3.2 overs) - Neil McKenzie drives Sidebottom through the covers for four and then the rain returns. That is the end of it which is excellent news for soothsayer mike_kipling. But it's been Ian Bell's day - see you tomorrow.

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6PM - South Africa 1-0 (1 overs) - Gone fishin'. Smith nibbles at Sidebottom's first delivery, an outswinger in the corridor of uncertainty. Ollie Saffell of the MCC staff is on the field for Bell who no doubt is looking for the nearest pistol.

5.45PM - England 593-8 (156.2 overs) - WICKET! Bell becomes the first

21:25 - Eng 6-0 (2 overs) — STUMPS! A rapid over from Fidel Edwards and with Taylor off the field it's Powell to take the final over. Strauss drives him down the ground for two and that's the close. England will start the final day 143 runs in arrears - the game is not safe yet. Join me at 2pm for the finale.

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21:05 - WI 749-9 dec (194 overs) — WICKET! Swann gets his second five-four in this series as Ramdin comes down the pitch and misses a straight one. He goes for a super 166 and the West Indies declare on the ninth-highest total of all time, leaving England

19:35: England 51 (33.2 overs): WICKETS! Flintoff has no confidence in his mate Harmison and in attempting to play the big shot and drag Edwards over mid-wicket, he loses his middle stump. Benn then bowls Harmison around his legs and it is all over - England humbled by an innings and 23 runs inside four days. That is England's third lowest total of all-time. Humiliation is the only word.

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19:30: England 50-8 (33 overs): WICKET! Sidebottom goes lbw to Benn. He tries to pull the slow left-armer through mid-wicket, misses and is caught deep in the crease and

CONFIRMATION - ENGLAND HAVE WON THE MATCH!

England officially win on the Duckworth-Lewis method, with that critical final wicket just sending the match their way and giving them a one-run victory. West Indies coach John Dyson thought that his side were ahead when offered the light, but they were actually marginally behind. 

What an extraordinary way to win your first game of the winter: the miscalculation of an opposition coach who clearly should have asked someone else to check his maths. It's a real shame that such a cracking game fizzled out at the end, but England take a 1-0 lead in this