21st over: England 74-0 (target: 108; Strauss 40, Cook 33) That's tea. It's taken longer than we might have expected, but England are almost home now. They need 34 more after the interval. See you in 20 minutes. 20th over: England 69-0 (target: 108; Strauss 39, Cook 29) A maiden from Shillingford. I wonder whether England will rotate the side for the third Test now that it will be a dead rubber. It's a great chance to give Anderson and maybe also Broad a rest. Andy Flower is ahead of the curve on squad rotation so I'd imagine they will consider it strongly. 19th over: England 69-0 (target: 108; Strauss 39, Cook 29) Strauss edges a flashing cut at Sammy right between keeper and slip for four. They left it to each other, although the replay shows it was definitely the keeper Ramdin's catch. 18th over: England 62-0 (target: 108; Strauss 34, Cook 27) Cook cuts Shillingford through the sliding Rampaul at deep point for four. Later in the over Shillingford beats Strauss with a jaffa that dips and then spits past the edge. 17th over: England 56-0 (target: 108; Strauss 33, Cook 22) Strauss works Sammy for three to bring up the fifty partnership, and then Cook flicks fine for four. England have scored 33 from the last seven overs. "A guy in our League, Stan Watts, once protested against a big total being scored by our side with no declaration forthcoming by batting through the 50 overs of their innings for 1 not out," says Michael Daniels. That was against his better judgement, being called for a run by his partner. Kim Hughes did that in a tour game once, although there is more than one way to express your displeasure, as the late David Hookes showed. 16th over: England 48-0 (target: 108; Strauss 29, Cook 18) Shillingford is on after that one over from Samuels. England went after him in the first innings - it seemed like a calculated assault - and it continues here with Cook cutting the first ball for four. England need 61 more to win. 15th over: England 42-0 (target: 108; Strauss 29, Cook 13) Cook back cuts Sammy towards the boundary, where the substitute Fudaddin makes an outstanding sliding stop to save two runs. Five from the over; England are cruising. "Glad to see the Lord Selvey injecting some perspective into the Youth Club," says Adam Titmus. I think the my closest debut was Micky Stewart or Len Coldwell. 14th over: England 37-0 (target: 108; Strauss 27, Cook 10) Darren Sammy turns to spin - but it's Marlon Samuels rather than Shane Shillingford. Samuels got some bite off the pitch in the first innings, when he bowled much slower than Shillingford. Two from a quiet first over. "Now that we're in dead rubber territory with the Test series (almost), can I ask about ODIs?" says Dave Adams. Taking my boy to the Rose Bowl next month - do you think the Windies will have any reinforcements by then? Yep, they should have Gayle, Pollard and Narine among others. That should be a cracking series. 13rd over: England 35-0 (target: 108; Strauss 26, Cook 9) Sammy has a slip in now. That stroke from Strauss in the previous over has reversed the usual norms of field manipulation; by playing it he brought a close fielder in rather than getting rid of one. "Sam told me to email you, I'm not sure about what," lies Jarrod Kimber. Anyway, here is the Two Chucks featuring the star of Bedazzled (the remake, not the original). Insert your own Brendan Fraser joke here. 12th over: England 33-0 (target: 108; Strauss 25, Cook 8) Cook takes a suicidal single into the covers and would have been out with a direct hit from Powell. That brings Strauss on strike, and he opens the face to steer Rampaul between slip and gully for four more. He's playing nicely and has 25 from 38 balls. "Surely the most bizarre innings in ODI history must be Sunil Gavaskar's knock against England in the 1975 World Cup," says Greg Belton. Chasing 334 he proceeded to carry his bat and amassed a frankly outstanding 36 from 174 balls faced. That wasn't the only protest during his career. 11th over: England 28-0 (target: 108; Strauss 21, Cook 7) Darren Sammy replaces Kemar Roach (5-2-16-0). There are no slips and a tight off-side ring, so Strauss opens the face to steer four to third man. 10th over: England 23-0 (target: 108; Strauss 17, Cook 6) Rampaul moves around the wicket and beats Cook with a wonderful full-length delivery that tempts him into the drive before swinging and seaming past the edge. "Not quite the record but I saw Peter Such make a 51-ball Test duck at Old Trafford against New Zealand in 1999," says Matthew Craven. It is about the only thing from the days play I can recall. He got a standing ovation when he was finally dismissed. That was, from an England point of view, one of the more miserable Tests in history. 9th over: England 20-0 (target: 108; Strauss 16, Cook 4) "Poser on TMS before Strauss got off the mark: how many batsmen have scored a century and a duck in consecutive Tests?" says Brad McMillan. Vic Marks thought it would be poor form to tempt fate, and they gave up trying to answer it when he scored, so, do you have the answer? Strauss didn't make a duck at Lord's did he? Although the only two players in Test history to make a duck and a century in the same Test on three occasions are playing in this game: Strauss and Chanderpaul. After a quick scan of this list (all examples of a player making a century and a duck in the same Test), I'm pretty sure it has never happened in consecutive Tests before. 8th over: England 19-0 (target: 108; Strauss 16, Cook 3) "During a rather (read 'incredibly') dreary village game last season, I bowled a 20-over spell, the first nine of which were maidens," says Peter Harmer. I eventually conceded 14 runs. I got bored as the bowler, god knows how the guy the captain insisted having on the boundary felt! The match ended in a draw, unsurprisingly. 7th over: England 17-0 (target: 108; Strauss 14, Cook 3) Cook fences that nasty Roach short ball round the corner for a single. Three from the over. 6th over: England 14-0 (target: 108; Strauss 12, Cook 2) Cook is beaten by consecutive deliveries from Rampaul, the first short and the second very full. Rampaul is very impressive, especially with the new ball. "Nearest new cap to my birthdate is Alec Coxon, number 334, who only played a single game," says Selve. He was, says Wiki, 'An ever-willing seam bowler, he was one of several tried in the search for a partner for Alec Bedser, but he did himself no favours with a brusqueness which could upset'. In view of that last bit, it won't surprise many to hear he was from Yorkshire. 5th over: England 14-0 (target: 108; Strauss 12, Cook 2) Twelve from the over. Strauss misses a pull at a delivery from Roach that goes away for four leg byes, although Asad Rauf gives them as runs. Those four runs make Strauss and Cook are the first English pair to add 5000 runs in Test cricket. Strauss takes the partnership to 5010 with a couple of storming pull strokes for four. "I'm sure the record for dot balls faced without scoring belongs to a lad called Timothy Appleyard who made a 59-ball duck whilst batting in a school match," says Martin Duckworth. The reason for such certainty on my part is that I was playing in it and our scorer, nicknamed 'Stormer', who was the sort of lad who couldn't hit/throw/catch a cricket ball to save his immortal soul but could recite pi to thirty decimal places, reckoned it must be 'some sort of record'. When Tim was finally out we weren't sure whether to applaud when he came in or just stare at our boots. I think we opted for the latter. 59 balls? In a school match? That is deviant heroism of the highest order. It's not a record, though: New Zealand tailender Geoff Allott got an 77-back duck against South Africa in 1998-99. 4th over: England 2-0 (target: 108; Strauss 0, Cook 2) Cook is beaten, fishing for a Rampaul delivery angled across him, and then he gets England off the mark with a back-foot drive for two. At the current scoring rate England will win this game sometime on Wednesday afternoon. "Ordinarily I might agree with Eva Broer (54th over) about Blowers on TMS," says Stephen Davenport. But this afternoon he sounds as though he has the best part of his lunchtime dessert (possibly junket or posset, or maybe a Müller Fruit Corner if he was in a rush) lodged in his throat, with a curious reluctance to clear it. As I'm listening through earbuds it's a distressingly unpleasant experience, so I've missed the last two wickets. It's a shame because you're missing all sorts of action at the moment. 3rd over: England 0-0 (target: 108; Strauss 0, Cook 0) Another maiden. I don't know what else to say. If England win this match they will win the series, which would ensure they stay No1 in the world for the series against South Africa later this summer. 2nd over: England 0-0 (target: 108; Strauss 0, Cook 0) Ravi Rampaul also starts with a maiden, to Cook. England won't allow the West Indies to bowl for too long; they learned that lesson from Abu Dhabi. "Following your England debutants riff earlier, I found myself wondering who would have made their England debut closest to the time I was born (much more interesting than who was no.1)," says Andrew Benzeval. Statsguru informs me that it was Graham Dilley, may he rest in peace. Another excuse to watch Headingly '81 highlights in his honour, methinks. Crikey, I've got a feeling mine might be Mike Selvey. Ah no, a quick check tells me it's Graham Thorpe. Har. It's Mike Brearley. 1st over: England 0-0 (target: 108; Strauss 0, Cook 0) Kemar Roach will have to bowl the spell of his life if West Indies are to win this game. He starts with a good but ultimately harmless over to Strauss, a maiden. "I properly loved 'Just Backward of Square'," says The Bear. As did most of my friends at sixth form in Saffron Walden - if it's any consolation, we all thought that album was amazing (a small group though we were). I also liked 'Welcome to Winners'. Can you get Darren to confirm whether the title of the first album is a cricket reference... I have always hoped it was. It can't have been any other reference, can it? Or am I missing something? I did like Just Backward of Square, too. They did really well for a poor man's Turin Brakes. West Indies 165 all out (Rampaul c Bresnan b Anderson 0) Samuels won't get his century. Rampaul steers Anderson to third slip, where Bresnan takes a good two-handed catch to his right, and West Indies are all out for 165. Anderson ends with four for 43, while Marlon Samuels walks off to generous applause from the whole ground, including all of the England fielders, for a splendid unbeaten 76. England's target is 108. 60th over: West Indies 165-9 (Samuels 76, Rampaul 0) Samuels manhandles Swann's sixth over for 16! He started with a dragged drive for four and then drove two glorious sixes, one perfectly straight and the other over long on. He might well get that second century, although he was unable to keep the strike at the end of the over so Anderson will have an over at Rampaul. 59th over: West Indies 149-9 (Samuels 59, Rampaul 0) Samuels has a zesty mow at Anderson, dragging the ball for a single. That gives Anderson one ball at Rampaul, who leaves it. "After a particularly boring innings on Sunday - 42* from 105 balls in 40 over cup cricket - a teammate of mine wondered what is the most dot balls ever faced in arow by a batsman - or indeed the most amount of dots in a row obtained by a bowler," says Damien Briggs. Any ideas? The great South Africa offspinner bowler 137 consecutive dot balls against England in the 1950s. That's definitely the Test record. Not sure about batsmen, though. The late Runako Morton made a 31-ball duck in a one-day final for West Indies in 2006. 58th over: West Indies 148-9 (Samuels 59, Rampaul 0) West Indies lead by 90. "No bobbies on the beat," scaremongers Mark Walsh. Dozens of pubs closing a week. Fruit ninja freak in No. People picking a Teenage Fanclub track that isn't Your Love is the Place Where I Come From for a summer playlist. Hell in a handcart, Rob, hell in a handcart. West Indies 148-9 (Shillingford c Anderson b Swann 0) Samuels thought he could get two to third man, but good fielding from Bresnan kept him to a single. That gave Swann five balls at Shillingford; he needed only two. Shillingford pushed defensive at a drifting delivery that went straight on to take the edge, allowing Anderson at slip took a smart catch. That's his fourth catch of the match to go with his five wickets. 57th over: West Indies 147-8 (Samuels 58, Shillingford 0) Shillingford is a very tall man and has to get down a fair way to repel a couple of low-bouncing deliveries from Anderson. Shillingford has 0 from 20 balls. Watch out Geoff Allott. 56th over: West Indies 147-8 (Samuels 58, Shillingford 0) Samuels, on the walk, flicks Swann straight into the stomach of Cook at short leg. Sometimes they stick; most of the time they don't. 55th over: West Indies 145-8 (Samuels 56, Shillingford 0) Anderson has a 7/2 field for Samuels. That's two slips and seven men on the boundary in an attempt to give Samuels a single. Mikey Holding is not impressed. Samuels turns down a single from the second delivery but takes it from the fourth, and Shillingford survives the rest of the over. "Hmm," says Darren Ford of the entry in the 28th over. I've been waiting two overs for the angry backlash as hordes of incensed Lowgold fans leapt to our defence. It's not coming is it? Are you serious? I've just gone 12 rounds with Johnny Cigarettes over the merits of Mercury, which is still available from all good online stores. 54th over: West Indies 144-8 (Samuels 55, Shillingford 0) Graeme Swann, who surprisingly didn't bowl all morning, will start the afternoon session. He goes around the wicket to Samuels, who pushes a couple to third man and a single to cover despite being beaten in the flight. With two and a bit innings to spare, Samuels needs 26 more to make this the most productive series of his international career "Listening to TMS in the park, hearing Blofeld call people 'my dear old thing' while chattering about buses, pigeons and wonderful cricket...." coos Eva Broer. What other summer soundtrack can top that? Even Sir Geoff adds to the joy for sheer absurdity. Bliss. Now back to working on my tan. Why is Boycott known as Sir Geoff when he only has an OBE.? It's the same with Les Ferdinand, of course, and Tom Lutz. LUNCH See you in half an hour for the afternoon session. 53rd over: West Indies 141-8 (Samuels 52, Shillingford 0) Samuels' straight drive is diverted towards the stumps by the bowler Anderson; had it hit, Shillingford would have been out because although his bat was inside the crease he had not grounded it. The single puts Shillingford on stroke and he digs out an excellent yorker. Both teams fought really hard this morning, and West Indies go to the interval with a lead of 83. Thanks for all your playlist suggestions. My inbox is begging for mercy so don't send any more; I'll sort out the batting order of the worst playlist in the world and, erm, reveal it on next week's/tomorrow's OBO. 52nd over: West Indies 140-8 (lead by 82; Samuels 51, Shillingford 0) Anderson's wicket was the sixth LBW of the innings. England's seamers have become very good at reading wickets, particularly since David Saker became bowling coach. "Wake up Boo! by The Boo Radleys," offers Simon Platt, not unreasonably. "Summertime by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince," suggests William Hardy. Anyone who says they don't like it is lying to themselves. 51st over: West Indies 139-8 (lead by 81; Samuels 50, Shillingford 0) Earlier in the over Samuels got to fifty with a single off Broad. That's another extremely good performance, classy and responsible. He has faced 130 balls and hit eight fours. This is the first time in his 39-Test career that he has made three consecutive scores of fifty or more. West Indies 139-8 (Roach LBW b Anderson 14) "That must be out!" screams Mike Atherton as Roach flicks all around a straight one from Anderson that hits him on the back leg, but Asad Rauf says not out. England have got to review this. The only thing that can save Roach is if the ball is only shaving leg stump, but he's struggling. He moved a long way across his stumps and the ball would have hit leg stump halfway up. 50th over: West Indies 138-7 (Samuels 49, Roach 14) Marlon Samuels is brilliant. According to the commentators on Sky, he was being gently sledged by the England cordon, at which point he turned round and told them to shut up because he's going to get another hundred. His personality and batting have enriched this summer enormously. Two from Bresnan's over. "Re: Pavement's 'Type Slowly': if you want a Pavement summer song then surely it has to be 'Gold Soundz' with the glorious line "So drunk in the August sun and you're the kind of girl I like,"" says Tim Marchant. "Based on the current situation I would also suggest "Babe Come Down" by Sammy." 49th over: West Indies 136-7 (Samuels 48, Roach 13) Samuels is almost undone by a big inswinger from Anderson, but he gets enough bat on the ball to drill it to mid on. The next ball swings the other way to beat Samuels' tentative grope. Masterful bowling, a really high-class maiden. "Re player numbers, I knew I was old when Bill Frindall split his book of Test Cricket into two volumes and I was in Vol1," says Mike Selvey. I knew I was very old when it went to three volumes and I was still in Vol 1. At least you didn't have to cross out MD Moxon with a felt tip pen and write R A Smyth to get in there in the first place. 48th over: West Indies 136-7 (Samuels 48, Roach 13) Kemar Roach's Test and first-class batting averages are in single figures, but he looks better than that. He has a decent defence and a few good-looking strokes, particularly the cover drive. He plays out a maiden from Bresnan. "A lazily elegant tail-ender," says Terry Sullivan. 47th over: West Indies 135-7 (Samuels 47, Roach 13) It's surprising that England haven't brought on Swann to toss it up and widen some eyes. Anderson comes back instead, replacing Broad. Samuels squirts his first ball to third man for four and then edges a big drive just wide of the only slip Strauss, who was diving to his right. Samuels and Anderson have a flirty chat at the end of the over. Their respective bromantic interests, Nasser Hussain and Graeme Swann, might not like that. 46th over: West Indies 126-7 (Samuels 38, Roach 13) It seems Samuels has learned to stop worrying and trust Kemar Roach's batting ability. He hasn't changed gear since Sammy's departure. A strike-keeping single off the last ball of Bresnan's over is a bonus rather than a necessity. West Indies lead by 68. "I had begun to doubt if Bresnan was the right man for the team but to stand out in a bowling attack when the others are Anderson, Broad and Swann is some task," says Damian Sefton. Then add his batting. So has the door closed on Onions and Finn? Crikey no. Not in an age of back-to-back Tests and burnout, and with a coach as enlightened as Andy Flower. If Finn doesn't take at least 250 Test wickets, I'll eat my shoe. But this is England's first-choice attack, though, as it has been for almost a year now. Meanwhile, a controversial but heartily OBO-approved suggestion from Neil Sharma: Don't Falter by Mint Royale with Lauren Laverne. 45th over: West Indies 125-7 (Samuels 37, Roach 13) Broad swings a full delivery back into Roach, who times an exquisite push through extra cover for four. Shot! Two balls later he gloves an attempted hoo just wide of Prior, diving down the leg side, and the ball scoots away for four. An extravagant, wristy flick/pull over leg gully for four more makes it 12 from the over. "Regarding the approach of player number 666, there is in fact a compelling school of thought that holds that the number of the beast was mistranslated, and the earliest known fragment of Greek scripture has it as 616," says Stephen Davenport. This would be James Kirtley: four tests starting against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 2003, and ending against Sri Lanka in Colombo three months later as cover for James Anderson. Then Jones and Harmison came along ... but he averaged 29.52 with the ball (and 5.33 with the bat). Kirtley was, of course, the bloke who was called several times over his action. Maybe some demonologist (there must be one) can tell us if the Old Nick had a taloned hand in that... 44th over: West Indies 113-7 (Samuels 37, Roach 1) "This is nickel-in-the-Wurlitzer-at-a-beachfront-diner incarnate," says Mike Gibbons, which sums up Here Comes Your Man by The Pixes perfectly. Thanks for all the suggestions. I haven't had chance to read most of them yet but will do, probably. REVIEW: West Indies 113-7 (Samuels not out 37) Samuels, trying an ungainly flick at a length delivery from Bresnan, survives a big LBW shout. It looked too high but England are going to review it. It was too high and would have bounced over the stumps. 43rd over: West Indies 113-7 (Samuels 37, Roach 1) Broad's LBW appeal against Samuels is caught in the throat because of a late inside edge. Samuels arguably went into one-day mode a bit early in the first innings but there's no sign of that yet. "Hey look now, I've done this chart of England test debuts 1970-2010," says Paul Read. You may mock 1989 (5), but the really bad years were actually 1986 (11) and 1988 (10). Surprisingly, 2003 (10) was also pretty damn bad- and that was in the Fletcher years: James Anderson, Anthony McGrath, Richard Johnson, James Kirtley, Ed Smith, Kabir Ali, Gareth Batty, Rikki Clarke, Martin Saggers and Paul Collingwood. That's formidable knowledge. I suppose 1986 and 1988 were good examples of forward-planning. They wanted to line up as many people as possible with Test-match experience so that they could pick all of them during the 1989 Ashes. 42nd over: West Indies 110-7 (Samuels 36, Roach 0) Roach is beaten by his first delivery. A wicket maiden from Tim Bresnan. "How about Sunday Morning by Velvet Underground?" says William Hardy. Maybe not summery in sentiment, but certainly in sound? It's also synonymous with underrated late-1990s Aussie campus-based romp Love and Other Catastrophes, so yes please. West Indies 110-7 (Sammy LBW b Bresnan 25) It's deja vu all over again. Another inducker to the right-hander, another LBW for Bresnan. Sammy has reviewed the decision. It might just be too high - he's a tall man - but it him on the back pad and I reckon this will be umpire's call. Here comes the replay ... he's out! It was just hitting the middle bail, and Sammy goes for a proud little innings of 25. 41st over: West Indies 110-6 (Samuels 36, Sammy 25) Samurls is beaten by a good one from Broad that shapes away. Another maiden. Batting has been far from easy this morning, with a bit of movement and also the occasional low bounce, and these two have played extremely well. It's time for drinks. In other news, some of your suggestions have been awful. Live It Up by Mental as Anything! You know who you are, and we know where you live. As a closing song for the playlist, I suggest 'Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!' by Do Make Say Think," says Andi Thomas. . Essentially, it's the sound of the sun setting on a perfect day, but in the opposite of a depressing way; it's reflective, it's contented, and it's utterly joymaking. 40th over: West Indies 110-6 (Samuels 36, Sammy 25) Bresnan comes back for Anderson and his first ball is an excellent short one that takes the splice of Sammy's bat before falling short of gully. The next ball is the same length but wider, and that allows Sammy's to smash a back cut for four. Samuels completes a good over for the West Indies with another pristine extra cover drive, this time for three. The lead is now 52. 39th over: West Indies 102-6 (Samuels 33, Sammy 20) Samuels drives Broad delightfully through extra cover for four more. He is in sensational touch! "If you need some Chanderpaulesque solidity for the Boring Middle Overs, I'd speedily direct you to this woozy, sprawling piece of magnificence," says Matt Biss. Actually, I don't think you could describe Shiv as either woozy or sprawling. Terrible metaphor shoehornery there, for which I can only apologise. Great tune, mind. 38th over: West Indies 97-6 (Samuels 29, Sammy 19) An eventful end to Anderson's over. Samuels would have been run out by a direct hit from Bairstow, drove the next ball magnificently through the covers for four, and then was then struck by a superb short ball that hit top of the bat as Samuels turned his head away. It could have gone anywhere but landed safely on the off side. 37th over: West Indies 91-6 (Samuels 25, Sammy 18) Broad has one slip and two gullies for Samuels, who continues to play responsibly. He has 24 from 85 balls at a Nasser-approved strike rate of 28.23 runs per 100 balls. When he gets a single, Sammy evades a good bouncer and then jabs down on a follow-up grubber, ending up on all fours as a result. Broad's looking really dangerous with that uneven bounce. "I think Bairstow is player number 652, which means that someone in the not too distant future is going to get the devil's number," says Mike Selvey. Mine, by the way, is 466 which means it was a long time ago. Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks; In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry; Here Comes the Sun - The Levesons. Mungo Jerry! Hang on, there have been 190 debutants in the last 35 years? I thought there were that many in 1989 alone. 36th over: West Indies 90-6 (Samuels 23, Sammy 18) Sammy edges an Anderson outswinger through the vacant third-slip area for four, although the ball landed well short of the cordon. "Can I give you a nudge towards 'Ike's Mood No.1' by The Visioneers?" says Adam Fletcher. There's a YouTube linky here although it's blocked at work so I can't check if it works sorry. Don't get me started on blocking YouTube at work. I agree. This merciless drive for productivity must be an infringement of human rights. A nice song, that. While we're in vague hip-hop territory, this can go in too. 35th over: West Indies 85-6 (lead by 27; Samuels 22, Sammy 14) Bresnan is replaced by Broad, who starts shaping it back into Sammy from the first ball. There's a bit of uneven bounce, as you'd expect on a pitch that has been burned by the sun, so England are bowling pretty full and very straight. Sammy jams his bat down on a bit of a grubber and then steers one to third man for two. "Here's my nomination for favourite summmer song, and one of my favourites in any category: Super Furry Animals - Northern Lites," says Sean Clayton, a man after my own warm, sunkissed heart. 34th over: West Indies 83-6 (Samuels 22, Sammy 12) Samuels gets four more with another beautiful flick off the pads. Has he ever played better than this in his Test career? He was really good in his debut series in Australia in 2000-01, although he didn't get that many runs. He was good in South Africa a few years back, too, but this might be his purplest patch. Pavement's Type Slowly would have to make a middle-order appearance, probably just above the tail. It starts off with a hazy, summery lightness, and then descends into a woozy confusion before coming out the other side in a happy, refreshing sigh. A bit like an afternoon session in a beer garden. Ah, I'm glad somebody brought up the importance of the batting order of a mix-tape. We still need a Side 1 Track 1 song. When I'm With You by Best Coast, maybe? 33rd over: West Indies 79-6 (Samuels 18, Sammy 12) Bresnan gives Sammy a hint of width and is punished with a stonking cover drive for four. You have to be careful praising West Indies these days, lest you be accused of being patronising, but it's fair to say a few recent West Indies sides would have just thrown the bat this morning and given it away in the first hour. These two are playing with a lot of determination. Apparently Sammy was in the nets for ages before the start of play. "How about Golden Skin by Silver Sun?" says Peter Foster. Sun-drenched from its title to its Beach Boys-style harmonies, and almost certainly performed live on TFI Friday at some point in the late 90s. Perfect. Yes please! 32nd over: West Indies 73-6 (Samuels 17, Sammy 7) Sammy gets turned round by Anderson and hits defensive push in the air but wide of Anderson. He looks a bit jittery this morning, Sammy, whereas Samuels is playing with the same serene certainty he showed in the first innings. "I defy you not to want to sit in a beer garden and sink ale to this beauty by The Sundays," says Guy Hornsby. It even has an aoopropriate title. You couldn't get more summery than than this if you were sat sunburnt in your back garden with the paddling pool out, eating charred bbq fare, eyes streaming from rampant pollen clouds, wasps stings on your legs, bottles of continental lager at your feet and an Ian Ronald Bell century being purred over by Aggers on TMS. 31st over: West Indies 70-6 (Samuels 17, Sammy 4) Sammy forces Bresnan square on the off side for a couple and then flicks a single to midwicket. "How about 'Blister in the Sun' by Violent Femmes," says Martin Race, "as the title pretty much describes my left arm after a saturday pub garden session." It's also synonymous with Grosse Pointe Blank, so it's a must. 30th over: West Indies 67-6 (Samuels 17, Sammy 1) Anderson beats Samuels with a stunning delivery that swings in a touch and then seams away past the edge as Samuels lunges over towards the off side. "Looking forward to following today, but did have a second's heart failure when I went onto the OBO page," says Andrew Sharpe. England 66-6? Oh what a buffoon I am. I've changed it now, thanks. 29th over: West Indies 67-6 (Samuels 17, Sammy 1) Bresnan is trying to angle the ball in to the right-handers, as he did so effectively last night. There's a huge shout for LBW against Samuels from precisely that delivery, but Asad Rauf says not out and England decide not to review. It looked a bit high and Hawkeye shows he was outside the line as well. "How about Summer in the City by the Lovin' Spoonful," says Susan Perry. Always makes me think of hot pavements and short shorts. That should have been in High Fidelity. 28th over: West Indies 66-6 (Samuels 17, Sammy 1) Jimmy Anderson beats Sammy with a textbook full-length delivery that moves past the edge. Not sure whether it was swing or seam movement. It moved; I know that much. This Pulitzer goes out to my parents, all my editors ... er, yes, anyway, that was the main event of a maiden over from Anderson. "How about "Mercury" by Lowgold as the mercury certainly is rising (I'll get my coat) " says Ben Powell. Yes that can go in. Nothing to do with the song, which is even worse than Good Enough by Dodgy, but the potty-mouthed travesty and stand-up comedian who is/was lead singer of Lowgold sometimes reads the OBO. Hi Darren! 27th over: West Indies 66-6 (Samuels 17, Sammy 1) Tim Bresnan is going to open the bowling. He has three for 10 in the innings and seven for 114 in the match. There are three slips in place, and Samuels gets going with a classy flick through midwicket for four. He is in wonderful touch. "An absolute must - Teenage Fanclub's 'Neil Jung'," says Ben Stanley. The guitar solo sounds like it was recorded three pints to the good while reclining in a pub garden deckchair. Yep, that's going in. In fact Grand Prix would probably make The Joy of Six: Summer Albums. OBO playlist-related competition For no reason other than it's sunny, we'll send a prize to the first reader who emails in this England XI in order of Test debut (so the most recent debutant, Bairstow, would be at No11). You can cheat if you like. Please put 'England XI' or some such as the email subject and I'll check them at lunch. This is really exciting, isn't it? Isn't it? 10.54am "Morning Rob," says Chris Wright. I see you received some queries as to the wife/skateboard/tantrum/Nicole Kidman puzzle? If anyone is still interested, this is what happened. She bought two small skateboards for our kids at the airport - airside - but was told by Singapore Airlines she could not take them on the plane as they were classed as weapons. Yes, weapons. She argued long and hard and got nowhere and was told that there was only one passenger left to board and that she would have to surrender the skateboards and get on. At that point the last passenger arrived: Nicole Kidman. My wife, sensing a last opportunity, said: "Would you confiscate children's toys from her?" and pointed at our Nicole. At this, the captain - who had come to greet Kidman personally - gallantly said he would take responsibility for the skateboards himself in order to avoid his star passenger being any further embroiled in the scene. So all's well that ends well. Moral of the story: if you are refused entry to an aircraft with your skateboards, simply locate Nicole Kidman. Tails it is ... I'll have a bat" For those who were exposed to daylight yesterday and didn't read the OBO, just look at this. Only Viv could turn the toss into theatre. No Ron Jeremy jokes, please. My patio's on fiiiii-rrrre... Weather? Bloody hell. The last few days have been absolutely gorgeous, or so I've been told by those who have seen daylight. In the spirit thereof, let's put together an OBO Summer Playlist. All suggestions welcome - with YouTube links if you can - except Good Enough by Dodgy. Anyone who suggests Good Enough by Dodgy will have their IP address reported to the Karma Police. I'll start with Patio Song by Gorky'z Zygotic Mynci. Two days after completing a record partnership, the Fireman Sams need to do it again. If Marlon Samuels and Darren Sammy don't come close to repeating their fire-fighting heroics of the first innings, England will win this comfortably, perhaps even by lunch. West Indies resume on 61 for six, effectively three for six, after England's seamers bowled with murderous purpose yesterday evening. The big cheese was the magnificent Tim Bresnan, who took three wickets and bowled beautifully with the old ball. In two Tests at Trent Bridge he averages 70 with the bat and 15 with the ball. Not bad for a stout lad.