Australia give Bangladesh a first innings lead of 43 as they are bowled out for 217.
It could have been far worse as a late stand took them from 144 for 8.
Shakib al Hasan was playing in his 50th. Test & took a fifor (68) to make him only the 4th. player to get 5 wicket hauls against all the other Test sides - Muralitharan, Herath & Steyn being the first 3.
All set at Headingley with zero prospect of rain (on a British Bank Holiday Monday ?? NEVER!!) they have just started the mornings play..
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Root out for 72.Lunch - England lead West Indies by 82 runs with 6 wickets remaining
Malan (41) & Stokes (29) at the crease.
Those 2 need to stay together to build an England lead as England are, in effect, 82 for 4.
Stokes won't hang around as far as scoring goes but that will mean chances - with a new ball currently overdue & undoubtedly will be taken after lunch..
The pundits are saying anything over a 150 lead gives England a chance. I am not so sure, England have already scored 251 (just 7 less than they managed in their first innings) so the wicket is not really deteriorating..
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Good to see Boycott in the team and charging ahead on 41 with a 27 strike rate. 
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So 357-for 7, Moeen on 23, Woakes on 9.Tea - England lead West Indies by 188 runs with 3 wickets remaining
Too close to call, I think. Day 5 tickets should be worth having for 1 of the few times, lately..
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This has been a real sea-saw of a game. Even during the individual days, the advantage has swung towards both sides.
Thanks to a fine late knock by Moeen (84) with support from Woakes (61 no) the advantage on the final day looks pretty firmly with England though.
England declared on 490 for 8 & the West Indies managed to bat out the remaining 6 overs without loss. They will be back at it today, needing 316 runs to win it with all their wickets standing.
Should be a great & close Day 5 - which has not been said in a Test in England for a very long time.
All 3 results are still possible..
Thanks to a fine late knock by Moeen (84) with support from Woakes (61 no) the advantage on the final day looks pretty firmly with England though.
England declared on 490 for 8 & the West Indies managed to bat out the remaining 6 overs without loss. They will be back at it today, needing 316 runs to win it with all their wickets standing.
Should be a great & close Day 5 - which has not been said in a Test in England for a very long time.
All 3 results are still possible..
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It should be a very exciting last day but would England have made such a generous declaration if they were playing one of the top teams like South Africa,India or ..........Bangladesh ! 
Whatever the result I think England will make only one change for the last Test.......Westley out and Hameed in ??
Whatever the result I think England will make only one change for the last Test.......Westley out and Hameed in ??
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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"Westley out and Hameed in"Zidane wrote: ↑August 29, 2017, 10:20 amIt should be a very exciting last day but would England have made such a generous declaration if they were playing one of the top teams like South Africa,India or ..........Bangladesh !
Whatever the result I think England will make only one change for the last Test.......Westley out and Hameed in ??
That's handing the County Championship to Essex on a plate then
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Well,Essex are 41 points clear already......I think the title is in the bag anyway.
To even things up maybe England should call up Dan Lawrence from Essex as well as Hameed !
Looking at the top of the first class averages its full of England failures.....Ballance,Trott,Roy,Vince etc.
To even things up maybe England should call up Dan Lawrence from Essex as well as Hameed !
Looking at the top of the first class averages its full of England failures.....Ballance,Trott,Roy,Vince etc.
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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Interesting play so far today with the windies starting well towards victory but the bearded one for England will have a say later I'm sure. Commentators making excuses for broad already. He may fond his length soon though. WI 0/45 chasing another 277.
Aussies should win in Bangladesh if they can keep the spinners at bay on a typical subcontinent pitch. Warner past 50 and smith finding form. 2/80
Aussies should win in Bangladesh if they can keep the spinners at bay on a typical subcontinent pitch. Warner past 50 and smith finding form. 2/80
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So that leaves West Indies on 86-2 at lunch, needing 236 runs to win and level the series.
England need eight wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
James Anderson also still needs three wickets to reach 500.
Which of these scenarios will play out?
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Will be a good finish Bob,
Knocking off now and hope to go home and watch an exciting last session.
All on target for the windies, RR at 3.3 and 57 over to go. 194 runs to go
Knocking off now and hope to go home and watch an exciting last session.
All on target for the windies, RR at 3.3 and 57 over to go. 194 runs to go
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BobHelm wrote: ↑August 29, 2017, 7:54 pmSo that leaves West Indies on 86-2 at lunch, needing 236 runs to win and level the series.
England need eight wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
James Anderson also still needs three wickets to reach 500.
Which of these scenarios will play out?
It's at Headingley Bob .... that's up Norf ........ R A I N stopped play is the OBVIOUS scenario
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Ah no Statts....
While I was in the UK rain seemed to be a certainty... Now they have 29 degree Bank Holiday Mondays & I am left with Udon rain!!
Cursed or what??
While I was in the UK rain seemed to be a certainty... Now they have 29 degree Bank Holiday Mondays & I am left with Udon rain!!
Cursed or what??
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200 fer 3 at TEA ....... breakthrough just before the break leaves them needing 123 with 7 wks left 
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Say no more.
Deserved win and a great come back by the windies
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Deserved win and a great come back by the windies
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A great win and well deserved for the West Indies but what a shocking complacent display by England in the first 2 days.If they play like that in Australia they are sure to lose 5-0 with each Test finishing within 3 days.
Second Investec Test, Headingley,
England 258 & 490-8 dec: Moeen 84, Root 72, Malan 61, Woakes 61*
West Indies 427 & 322-5: S Hope 118*, K Brathwaite 95
West Indies win by five wickets
West Indies produced a masterful chase to win a Test in England for the first time in 17 years with a five-wicket victory in a thrilling match.
The nerveless Shai Hope led them to their target of 322, becoming the first man to score a century in both innings of a first-class match at Headingley.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite had earlier struck a superb 95 after being dropped by Alastair Cook on four.
Aided by Jermaine Blackwood's 41, Hope hit the winning runs to finish on 118.
Victory for the tourists - which looked unlikely at the start of day five, particularly given their heavy defeat in the first Test - ties the series at 1-1 before the decider at Lord's from 7-11 September.
In scoring the 317 further runs they required on day five, West Indies completed the 20th highest successful fourth-innings chase in Test history, and third highest in England.
Second Investec Test, Headingley,
England 258 & 490-8 dec: Moeen 84, Root 72, Malan 61, Woakes 61*
West Indies 427 & 322-5: S Hope 118*, K Brathwaite 95
West Indies win by five wickets
West Indies produced a masterful chase to win a Test in England for the first time in 17 years with a five-wicket victory in a thrilling match.
The nerveless Shai Hope led them to their target of 322, becoming the first man to score a century in both innings of a first-class match at Headingley.
Opener Kraigg Brathwaite had earlier struck a superb 95 after being dropped by Alastair Cook on four.
Aided by Jermaine Blackwood's 41, Hope hit the winning runs to finish on 118.
Victory for the tourists - which looked unlikely at the start of day five, particularly given their heavy defeat in the first Test - ties the series at 1-1 before the decider at Lord's from 7-11 September.
In scoring the 317 further runs they required on day five, West Indies completed the 20th highest successful fourth-innings chase in Test history, and third highest in England.
Just when I thought our chance had passed,you go and save the best for last.
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Congratulations to the West Indies for a well deserved win.
Personally I think Root did the right thing with the declaration as it was the only way England could have won the match.
England bowlers (Anderson excepted) were well bellow par during the game & I hope that the bowling coach takes them to task.
It certainly adds a great deal more interest to the final match..
In Bangladesh..
Personally I think Root did the right thing with the declaration as it was the only way England could have won the match.
England bowlers (Anderson excepted) were well bellow par during the game & I hope that the bowling coach takes them to task.
It certainly adds a great deal more interest to the final match..
In Bangladesh..
Rather an England style 1 man batting display so far, with that man being David Warner, not out on 75..Australia trail Bangladesh by 155 runs with 8 wickets remaining
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However 1 man does not a team make.
Warner did almost make half the Australian runs, but he was out for 112.
No one else showed a great deal with the bat as Shakib took 5 for 85 & Bangladesh won by 20 runs..
Goodness me, what price a Test ticket for the losers of Bangladesh against the losers to the West Indies.. Come on both, get your acts together!!
Warner did almost make half the Australian runs, but he was out for 112.
No one else showed a great deal with the bat as Shakib took 5 for 85 & Bangladesh won by 20 runs..
Goodness me, what price a Test ticket for the losers of Bangladesh against the losers to the West Indies.. Come on both, get your acts together!!
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The decider starts today, at Lords.
England drop Chris Woakes & bring in quickie Toby Roland-Jones in his place.
That seems a reasonable enough move. Woakes was rushed back into the side after virtually no cricket since returning from injury. He did OK with the bat (better than many of the 'specialists) but lacked any penetration with the ball.
Given the form of some of the English batters I do wonder at the selectors not offering others a chance to clinch an Ashes place. If they fail (yet) again then the prospect will be to either take serial failures or complete newbies to Australia. Neither scenario looks like a good plan to me..
It looks like being another close 1 in Bangladesh as well.
Hosts first innings 305 with the middle order rescuing them from 85 for 4.
Australia 377 largely thanks to that man Warner again with 123.
Bangladesh now in their second innings...
England drop Chris Woakes & bring in quickie Toby Roland-Jones in his place.
That seems a reasonable enough move. Woakes was rushed back into the side after virtually no cricket since returning from injury. He did OK with the bat (better than many of the 'specialists) but lacked any penetration with the ball.
Given the form of some of the English batters I do wonder at the selectors not offering others a chance to clinch an Ashes place. If they fail (yet) again then the prospect will be to either take serial failures or complete newbies to Australia. Neither scenario looks like a good plan to me..
It looks like being another close 1 in Bangladesh as well.
Hosts first innings 305 with the middle order rescuing them from 85 for 4.
Australia 377 largely thanks to that man Warner again with 123.
Bangladesh now in their second innings...
Bangladesh trail Australia by 61 runs with 10 wickets remaining