The 29-year-old pace bowler, making his second Test appearance six years after his debut, struck twice on the fourth day as West Indies reached tea on 137 for six -- still 287 short of making England bat again -- after they'd been made to follow-on.

That left West Indies in danger of surpassing their record defeat of an innings and 237 runs against England at The Oval in 1957.

England were held up by a sixth-wicket stand of 63 between Runako Morton (25) and Dwayne Bravo, an impressive 50 not out.

But that ended shortly before tea when Morton top-edged a hook off a short, straight ball from Stephen Harmison and was caught by wicketkeeper Matthew Prior.

Harmison almost had another wicket when Denesh Ramdin, on one, was dropped in the gully by Durham team-mate Liam Plunkett.

Bravo, undaunted, hooked England's quickest bowler for four to bring up a 61-ball fifty with a six and six boundaries.

At tea, Sidebottom, 29, had innings figures of four for 44 and a match return of eight for 86, having taken four wickets in West Indies' meagre first innings 146.

That followed England's 570 for seven declared, featuring Kevin Pietersen's Test best 226 and 103 from captain Michael Vaughan in his first Test after 18 months sidelined with injuries.

Vaughan, with West Indies on 104 for five, switched on Monday to the spin of Monty Panesar.

But his first ball was confidently on-driven for four by Bravo, one of the few West Indies' batsman to use his feet against the left-armer in the drawn first Test at Lord's, where Panesar took a career-best six for 129.

Bravo followed that up with a six over long-off.

West Indies, 31 for three at lunch, declined to 47 for four when Sidebottom, who began his career at Headingley with Yorkshire before moving to Nottinghamshire three years ago, had Sylvester Joseph lbw for one.

Sidebottom, in for the injured Matthew Hoggard, saw Devon Smith become the latest flat-footed West Indies batsman to lose his wicket against him when he edged to first slip where Andrew Strauss held on at the second attempt.

West Indies task of saving the match had been made all the more difficult by knowing that captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, who hadn't batted in the first innings after sustaining a potentially tour-ending shoulder injury while fielding on Friday, would only bat in the second innings in an emergency.

His side were already without senior batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, not playing in this match because of a knee injury.

Rain meant only four overs were possible before lunch on Monday. But that was enough time for paceman Plunkett to dismiss a squared-up Chris Gayle, edging to Prior for 13, after West Indies resumed on 22 for two.

England took the field without batsman Ian Bell, who was continuing to receive treatment to his lower back following a spasm he suffered on Saturday.

Before play began on Monday, players and officials observed a minute's silence in memory of International Cricket Council (ICC) president Percy Sonn, who died on Sunday, and wore black armbands as a mark of respect.