Colly, Prior guide England

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West Indies 92 for 1 (Gayle 49*, Powell 0*) trail England 546 for 6 (Collingwood 161, Strauss 142, Prior 131*) by 454 runs

Paul Collingwood converted his ninth Test century into an imposing 161 and Matt Prior celebrated the birth of his first child with a hundred of his own, as England took advantage of West Indies' outrageously negative tactics to post a commanding 546 for 6 declared in the fifth and final Test in Trinidad.

Nevertheless, by the close of the second day, England were themselves struggling to make inroads on a grimly unresponsive surface.

West Indies reached 92 for 1 in 19 overs, with Chris Gayle cruising on 49 not out, and are now just three days away from securing their first series win in almost five years.

While the bowling tactics employed by West Indies were understandable and may yet be justified by hindsight, they made nonetheless for grim and soulless viewing. Aside from a 45-minute burst in the morning session, in which Fidel Edwards cranked up his pace to dismiss Andrew Strauss for 142, there was no disguising the disdain for the match situation.

Gayle merely spread his fielders to the four corners and relied on a medley of part-time spinners and medium-pacers to grind through the overs. -Cricinfo