But at tea England were still well-placed to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series with West Indies, at 139 for three, still needing another 340 runs to reach their victory target of 479.

Gayle's fellow left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul was 24 not out at the interval.

England won the first Test at Lord's by 210 runs after setting West Indies 478 to win.

And they started well in the field when Matthew Hoggard had Devon Smith (11) edging to first slip Trescothick to leave West Indies on 15 for one.

The pitch was becoming increasingly tough to bat on with most balls keeping low but the occasional delivery flying through to wicketkeeper Geraint Jones.

Left-arm spinner Ashley Giles, who'd taken four for 65 on his Warwickshire home ground as West Indies were bowled out for a first innings 336, struck with his fifth ball when first innings centurion Ramnaresh Sarwan was superbly caught one-handed for 14 by a diving Andrew Strauss at silly point.

His exit brought in West Indies captain Brian Lara, off the field earlier Sunday hand with a right-hand injury, with his side in trouble at 54 for two.

The 35-year-old left-hander needed just 20 runs to become the fastest batsman and only fourth in all to score 10,000 Test runs.

But on 13 he was deceived by Giles and caught at slip by Andrew Flintoff. Replays suggested the ball may have hit his pad alone but the fact remained West Indies were now 101 for three.

Prior to Lara's exit, Gayle had swept Giles for six.

Gayle then cover-drove fast bowler Stephen Harmison for four to reach a 62-ball fifty featuring 46 runs in boundaries (one six and 10 fours).