James Anderson is confident England can still set West Indies a sizeable victory target despite collapsing late on a remarkable second day when 18 wickets fell at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
England appeared to be in a strong position after the Lancastrians’s 6-42 helped dismiss the hosts for 189 and secure a first-innings lead of 68.
However, the tourists’ batsmen struggled to build on their country’s leading Test wicket-taker’s performance following a dramatic sequence of events in the final session.
They lost half of their team for just 39 runs, meaning they could only extend their advantage to 107 at the close.
But with Gary Ballance, the only tourist to reach double figures despite batting with a badly bruised wrist sustained in the field, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Chris Jordan still left, Anderson is backing them to post a defendable target.
The 32-year-old said: “We've still got some attacking batsman left and hopefully we can put a bit of pressure on the West Indies tomorrow, as they did this evening.
“Hopefully we can soak up a bit of that and put it back on them tomorrow."
England finished the day in similar fashion to how they stared it, losing wickets in clusters.
They added only 17 runs to their overnight 240 for seven as Jerome Taylor wrapped up the innings in emphatic fashion.
But Anderson soon put his fellow paceman in his shadow as he doubled his tally of wickets during a brilliant spell of swing bowling.
He said: “I was pleased with it, I felt in good rhythm...the ball swung a little a bit and I managed to get a couple of edges and to get six wickets was also very pleasing.
“It's always nice to get wickets and to get them away from home is very pleasing so hopefully we can get a win tomorrow which will be great.”
Anderson got rid of West Indies’ openers with awayswingers that were taken in the slip cordon before fooling Marlon Samuels by angling one in sharply and trapping the right-hander, refusing to offer a shot, plumb in front.
Anderson added: “That was the inswinger, I hadn’t bowled that at him and with the wind going the other way against the inswing I wasn’t sure whether it'll go but I gave one a go and luckily he left it and I managed to get a wicket.”