By Tony Becca, Contributing Editor 
Ridley Jacobs plays a shot off his legs on his way to making a top score of 70 in the West Indies' second innings on the fourth day of the second Cable and Wireless Test against England at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago, yesterday. - Dellmar
THE Second Test in the Cable & Wireless Series enters its fifth and final day at Queen's Park Oval today and although it is possible that it could end in a draw, the odds are overwhelmingly on England to win it and to take a two-nil lead in a series in the West Indies for the first time since their first visit in 1930.
At stumps on yesterday's fourth day, the scoreboard read: West Indies 208 and 209; England 319 and 71 for two.
With England needing only 28 to win with eight wickets in hand and an entire day to come, only rain, and plenty of it at that, can save the home team.
This is after their batsmen were blown away in the second innings by fast bowler Simon Jones; and whose fast bowlers were knocked about by captain Michael Vaughan and Mark Butcher as the tourists, needing 99 to win, went for victory in the 21 overs that were available to the end of the day's play.
BAD LIGHT
Unfortunately for England, with the lights in the pavilion on and the floodlights on the roof also on, bad light stopped play at 6.05 p.m. after 10 overs.
Umpires Daryl Hair and Billy Bowden discussed the matter with fielding captain Brian Lara after not out batsmen Butcher and Nasser Hussain had refused their offer of bad light.
Trailing by 111 runs after England - resuming on 300 for six and losing their remaining four wickets for 19 runs in 58 minutes in 13 overs - the West Indies got off to a solid start in their second innings and were going well at 34 without loss before Jones, coming on as first change, ripped out their first three batsmen on his way to pocketing five wickets for 57 runs off 15 overs.
In his first over, Jones bowled Christopher Gayle for 16 at 34 for one, had Devon Smith caught at mid-off for 17 at 45 for two in his second over, and a few overs later, he trapped Ramnaresh Sarwan leg before wicket for 13 at 56 for three.
Fortunately for the West Indies, Ridley Jacobs, 70, and Chanderpaul, 42, turned up with a lovely fourth-wicket partnership of 102 with the 36-year-old Jacobs in command from the moment he drove Jones to the cover boundary to get off the mark.
In an impressive performance after he was sent to bat by Lara in what many saw as a tactical move but one which with Lara scoring only eight obviously backfired, Jacobs joined the action at 45 for two and played the pacers beautifully off his legs.
Just when he appeared set to tick off his third Test century, however, and his first against England, he played forward to Jones and the ball, jumping off a fairly good length, hit the shoulder of the bat and lobbed to Andrew Flintoff at point.
That was 158 for four and after that wickets tumbled like ninepins as the West Indies lost seven wickets for 51 runs with the last five including that of Chanderpaul who unwisely hooked at Flintoff and skied a catch to backward square-leg falling for 15.
Batting at number six, Lara was the fifth to go at 171 for five - leg before wicket to the first delivery he received from Steve Harmison.
As the WI skipper walked away, the Barmy Army chanted, as they did on the arrival of Jacobs early, "where has Lara gone?"
Dwayne Smith played a few lovely strokes before he drove at a wide delivery from pacer Flintoff and was well caught by substitute Paul Collingwood, going to his left at backward point.
That was 194 for six and with Chanderpaul falling at 195 for seven, that was that as far as the West Indies innings was concerned.
Probably remembering the rain of the first two days and afraid that it could prevent them from taking an unbeatable two-nil lead in the four-match series, England went out and went for the runs despite losing Marcus Trescothick bowled offstump by Tino Best in the first over.
Although they also lost Vaughan - leg before wicket to Adam Sanford for 23 at 59 for two in fading light, it was like taking candy from babies as England's experienced batsmen went hunting against the less experienced West Indies fast bowlers.
