Published on 12:18 AM, August 20, 2017

England eye innings win

England pacer James Anderson celebrates taking the wicket of West Indies' Roston Chase during the third day of the first Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday. Photo: Reuters

James Anderson put England on course for an innings victory inside three days over the West Indies as the tourists collapsed twice at Edgbaston on Saturday in the inaugural day/night Test in Britain.

West Indies, following on, were 76 for four at tea -- still needing a further 270 runs to make England bat again.

England were now just six wickets away from victory, with a minimum 38.4 overs left in the day.

Play could also potentially go on to 10:30pm local time (2130 GMT) if the umpires allowed England to claim the extra half hour in the belief they could win in that time.

Roston Chase was nine not out after Moeen Ali had opener Kraigg Brathwaite (40) lbw on review to what became the last ball of the session.

Earlier Anderson, England's all-time leading wicket-taker, sparked a first-innings slump that saw the West Indies dismissed for just 168 -- 346 runs behind the hosts' 514 for eight declared.

Anderson finished with first-innings figures of three for 34 in 15 overs.

The Lancashire paceman took two for six in four overs in Saturday's first session, with the West Indies losing seven wickets for 89 runs in 23 overs before lunch -- all without the problems of batting under floodlights against the pink ball.

Jermaine Blackwood's 79 not out constituted nearly 50 percent of a total that was 75 runs fewer than the 243 opener Alastair Cook had made off his own bat in England's first innings.

Joe Root, the England captain, enforced the follow-on and the wickets kept falling, with Kieran Powell out for 10 when Cook held a routine chance at first slip off Anderson. 

SCORES IN BRIEF

ENGLAND: First Innings 514 for 8 dec

WEST INDIES: First Innings 168 all out (Blackwood 79 not out; Anderson 3-34)

WEST INDIES: Second Innings 76 for 4 (Brathwaite 40)