[MohammedC]

England won the toss and elected to field first

Michael Vaughan, the England captain, has won the toss and put West Indies into bat at Chester-le-Street, as the fourth Test finally gets underway on the second afternoon.

Three-and-a-half sessions have been lost due to rain so far. After yesterday's washout - play abandoned without a ball being bowled - the weather was less threatening this morning, giving hope of a prompt start to play. However, so heavy has the rain been in the north of England over the past few days, that The Riverside's outfield was severely saturated.


England team: Strauss, AN Cook, MP Vaughan, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior, RJ Sidebottom, SJ Harmison, MS Panesar, MJ Hoggard

West Idies: D Ganga,CH Gayle,DS Smith,RS Morton,S Chanderpaul,DJ Bravo, MN Samuels, D Ramdin, CD Collymore, DBL Powell, FH Edwards