Game in the balance here.
Bookies still have England 8 to 1 on to take this, with West Indies 13 to 2 against. I think that's madness. I'd call it pretty evenly balanced at this point. If Hope and Blackwood go early tomorrow, England could easily be chasing less than 100, which even on this pitch they should knock off. But if West Indies bat until after tea and set England 250 or so, I'd have them as firm favourites.
Jimmy. A modern great.
His record in Aus is a funny one. He was absolutely instrumental in the 2010-11 win, with 24 wickets at 26 in that series, including a series defining spell at Melbourne to blast the Australian top order out in the first innings, and two other 4-fers. But in 8 other tests there (2006-07 and 2013-14), he was toothless, with 19 wickets in 8 games (just over 1 per innings) at 54, and an SR of nearly 90. Lesson is - if England are to have any chance in Australia in the forthcoming series, they need Jimmy to perform.
I reckon he'll want a home finale, and with an Ashes in 2019, that would be the perfect time if his body holds up. If he keeps going that long, he'll finish ahead of McGrath. But I think either the English 2018 or 2019 summer will be his last, rather than playing until 40. And it's not impossible that injury could have the final say.
Sadly very few sportspeople, fewer cricketers, and even fewer English cricketers, get to go out on their terms. How many chose the time and manner of their departure over the last 20 years, rather than being dropped, forced out through injury or feeling they had to resign after poor performance? Colly is the only one I can think of.