West Indies were set a target of 401 to win the first Test after England declared on 284 for eight in their second innings on the fourth day at Lord's.
LONDON: Monty Panesar captured six for 129 and Kevin Pietersen scored 109 on Sunday to give England a platform to press for victory on the final day of the first Test against West Indies at Lord's.
At the close of the fourth day West Indies, set 401 to win, were seven for no wicket after England had declared their second innings closed at 284 for eight.
First innings century maker Alastair Cook scored 65 while Corey Collymore took each of the first three England wickets. Stephen Harmison was 11 not out and Monty Panesar three not out.
England, whose first innings lead of 116 was thanks mainly to left-arm spinner Monty Panesar's haul of six for 129, resumed after lunch on eight without loss.
Andrew Strauss, captain in the absence of the injured Michael Vaughan, had moved on to 24 when the left-hander was squared up by Corey Collymore and edged to Runako Morton at second slip.
He was replaced by county colleague Owais Shah, also batting on his Middesex home groud, in what was is second Test and first in England.
Shah, who'd made a nervy six in the first innings got off the mark by driving pace bowler Collymore for four.
But that was as good as it got for Shah who gloved Collymore down the legside to wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.
England were now 51 for two with Collymore on his way to a fine opening spell of two wickets in six overs.
Cook stylishly square-cut seamer Jerome Taylor for four and clipped him through mid-wicket before completing a 72-ball fifty with eight boundaries.
Earlier, Panesar's return was the fourth time in his 14 Tests that the 25-year-old had taken five or more wickets in an innings.
And with England a pace bowler short as Matthew Hoggard (thigh) remained off the field and in the absence of the already-injured Andrew Flintoff, it was thanks to Panesar they stayed on top in a match that could yet be drawn.
West Indies resumed on Sunday on 363 for seven, 190 runs behind, but having survived the follow-on with senior batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul 63 not out.
Chanderpaul, who'd shared stands of 92 with Dwayne Bravo (56) and 83 with Ramdin (60) on Saturday, succumbed to Panesar's fourth ball when on 74, the left-hander was hit on the back leg by a ball that gripped and turned out of a footmark.
Chanderpaul, who in the Lord's Test three years ago scored 128 not out and 97 not out, had batted for over four hours and faced 193 balls with nine fours.
Taylor and Daren Powell hit boldly against their opposing quickies before Taylor, on 21, was caught at cover-point off the erratic Stephen Harmison, England's fastest bowler having to wait until his 27th over for a wicket in his first international match since the Ashes tour.
Powell then gave himself room outside leg-stump to belt Harmison through mid-off for four in flamboyant style and next ball followed that up with a textbook cover-driven boundary.
Panesar restored order when last man Collymore became his fifth lbw victim of an innings where the tourists struggled with his arm-ball.
Powell was 36 not out, West Indies all out for 437.
Matt Prior, the first England wicket-keeper to score a century on Test debut, followed up his 126 not out with a tidy display behind the stumps.
Scoreboard at tea
England 1st Innings 553-5 dec (M Prior 126 no, P Collingwood 111, I Bell 109 no, A Cook 105)
West Indies 1st Innings (overnight: 363-7)
C. Gayle b Plunkett 30
D. Ganga lbw b Panesar 49
D. Smith b Panesar 21
R. Sarwan lbw b Panesar 35
S. Chanderpaul lbw b Panesar 74
R. Morton lbw b Panesar 14
D. Bravo c Cook b Collingwood 56
D. Ramdin c Collingwood b Plunkett 60
D. Powell not out 36
J. Taylor c sub (Hodgson) b Harmison 21
C. Collymore lbw b Panesar 1
Extras (b4, lb17, w16, nb3) 40
Total (all out, 116.1 overs, 596 mins) 437
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Gayle), 2-83 (Smith), 3-151 (Sarwan), 4-165 (Ganga), 5-187 (Morton), 6-279 (Bravo), 7-362 (Ramdin), 8-387 (Chanderpaul), 9-424 (Taylor) 10-437 (Collymore)
Bowling: Hoggard 10.1-3-29-0; Harmison 28-2-117-1 (2nb, 4w); Plunkett 30-7-107-2 (4w); Collingwood 11.5-2-34-1 (1nb); Panesar 36.1-3-129-6
England 2nd innings
A. Strauss c Morton b Collymore 24
A. Cook c Ramdin b Collymore 65
O. Shah c Ramdin b Collymore 4
K. Pietersen lbw b Gayle 109
P. Collingwood c Morton b Bravo 34
I. Bell c Ganga b Bravo 3
M. Prior c Bravo b Gayle 21
L. Plunkett st Ramdin b Gayle 0
S. Harmison not out 11
M. Panesar not out 3
Extras (b1, lb3, w1, nb5) 10
Total (8 wkts dec, 66.5 overs, 288 mins) 284
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Strauss), 2-51 (Shah), 3-139 (Cook), 4-241 (Collingwood), 5-248 (Bell), 6-264 (Pietersen), 7-264 (Plunkett), 8-271 (Prior)
Bowling: Powell 9-0-44-0; Collymore 15-1-58-3 (2nb); Gayle 20.5-4-66-3 (1nb, 1w); Bravo 18-2-91-2 (2nb); Taylor 4-0-21-0
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