Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the fourth day between West Indies and England in Antigua

One of the many batting records that belong to the Antigua Recreation Ground is the highest successful run chase of 418, which West Indies completed against Australia in 2003. It's not much to cling onto, but given their dire position after three days it'

Sir Allen Stanford never had much time for Test cricket and readily admitted as much during his involvement with the game. So it was fitting that as his name hit the headlines again, an old fashioned hard day's action unfolded on an old fashioned ground

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the third day between West Indies and England in Antigua

One over from Andrew Flintoff was enough to show West Indies the task they face to save this Test

A week ago England were beginning to comprehend their humiliation at Sabina Park yet now they have racked up a score more than 10 times their paltry 51. Andrew Strauss talked about getting back on the bike, but England have produced a performance that wo

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the second day between West Indies and England in Antigua

Forty-eight hours, almost to the minute, after the players and umpires trooped off the field at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, never to return, they emerged from the famous white-washed pavilion at the ARG to huge cheers

The strongest leaders respond at a time of crisis and if ever England needed a captain's innings this was it, and Andrew Strauss responded with 169

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays of the first day between West Indies and England in Antigua

England like to warm up before play with a game of football, but on Sunday they will go one stage further as they start a Test match on a football pitch

The Antigua Recreation Ground resembled a building site this morning as construction staff, painters, groundstaff and even firemen all helped to try and transform the venerable but near-derelict ground into a Test arena for tomorrow's hastily arranged thi

Before the second Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was suspended after just 10 balls, both West Indies and England had voiced major concerns about the state of the outfield

One side is trying to build on an unexpected surge of momentum and the other is trying to recover from humiliating defeat. The West Indies and England camps contain vastly different emotions at the moment

Andrew McGlashan on the sandy outfield that has England worried ahead of the second Test in Antigua

The England tour management has sought to play down a night out on a cruise ship by Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison within hours of the Sabina Park rout last Saturday

Paul Collingwood, who has dug England out of plenty of holes in his career and been the man for a crisis, conceded that the team face a huge challenge to respond to their first Test defeat

Andrew Flintoff has called for England's players to show greater spirit and to "help your mates out" as they respond to their drubbing in the first Test against West Indies

What was meant to be the final day of the first Test at Sabina Park marked five months until the start of the Ashes on July 8. Hardly the best time to collapse for 51 all out - not that there's ever a good time

Various theories have been thrown around as to why England folded in such dramatic style, but Alastair Cook has rubbished one of them is the IPL