The second Test starts on Thursday.

At tea the West Indies were 225 for six. That meant the scores were level and England would have to bat again. Nash was 67 not out after wicket-keeper Ramdin had been bowled by Stuart Broad shortly before the break. But West Indies who'd lost wickets in clusters throughout the match, saw their next three batsmen depart in the space of 19 balls.

Ramdin should have been out for 46 when Onions dropped a one-handed caught and bowled chance. It was a dose of reality for the 26-year-old Durham quick, whose otherwise dream Test debut had seen him take two wickets for four runs in six balls in the morning, to add to his first innings haul.

Onions in a first session halved to an hour by rain, sparked a collapse that saw the West Indies lose three wickets for nine runs in 12 balls on what was still a good batting pitch.

At lunch the tourists were 80 for five and facing a humiliating defeat. Nash and Ramdin had both yet to get off the mark when play resumed and Nash was still on nought when an outside edge off James Anderson flew past the diving Swann at third slip.

Ramdin's cut four off Onions raised the century stand before his reprieve next ball. Another cut boundary off Onions took Ramdin to his sixth fifty in his 35th Test off 84 balls with 11 boundaries. Nash followed him to the landmark soon afterwards with a commanding drive against Swann that saw him to a fourth fifty in his eighth Test.

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