Collingwood urges England accuracy

Paul Collingwood's third Test hundred in just six months put the tourists in a strong position as they declared on 566 for nine. They then claimed the prize wicket of Chris Gayle, with West Indies ending day two on 55 for one.

"It is difficult because, as has been seen, if you're consistently hitting that area the ball is misbehaving a little bit," said Collingwood, of the variation in the pitch caused by the football markings which run across it.

"But the other parts of the pitch are playing pretty well.

"Short balls are going through pretty quickly - but the more and more you can hit those areas where the halfway line is, the more you can extract inconsistent bounce.

"We hope we can home in on that now. It seems to be Freddie's [Flintoff's] length, and we all know how accurately Freddie can bowl."

Collingwood hit 113, following hundreds against South Africa at Edgbaston and India in Chennai to make it three in nine innings.

"It was important that we backed up a good day on Sunday, started again and built on what we had done," added the Durham batsman, who faced a hostile greeting from Fidel Edwards following nightwatchman James Anderson's second-over dismissal.

"To get through Fidel's fast spell in the first hour got us off to a great start.

"Jimmy did his job on Sunday as nightwatchman - but for me, it was good to get in early against the hard ball and score a few runs."