ENGLAND'S seam attack wreaked havoc on the second day of the second Test at Headingley to leave the West Indies staring down the barrel of a humiliating defeat.

Heavy rain is forecast for both Sunday and Monday in the Leeds area but, after a day in which England dominated with both bat and ball, it remains inconceivable that the hosts will not finish off their sorry opponents.

Following on after being skittled for just 146 in reply to England's first-innings score of 570-7 declared, the West Indies finished the day on 22-2, still a mammoth 402 runs in arrears.

Ryan Sidebottom claimed both wickets in the tourists' second innings, trapping opener Daren Ganga leg before as he played around a straight one before removing nightwatchman Daren Powell to an almost identical dismissal.

Sidebottom was also the West Indies' tormentor-in-chief first time around, finishing with figures of 4-42 as the West Indian batting line-up, robbed of its injured skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan, collapsed under leaden grey skies.

Almost six years after he made his one and only previous Test appearance, the left-arm seamer removed both West Indies openers to lbw decisions before returning to claim the wickets of Dwayne Bravo and Corey Collymore.

Inbetween times, Durham duo Steve Harmison and Liam Plunkett claimed five wickets in the space of 12 overs to rip the heart of the tourists' middle order.

An occasionally wayward Harmison removed Sylvester Joseph and Runako Morton, while Plunkett made the most of some extravagant sideways movement to dismiss Devon Smith, Denesh Ramdin and Powell.

Earlier, Kevin Pietersen celebrated his first Test double hundred as England piled on the runs either side of the lunch interval.

Pietersen made 226, wicketkeeper Matt Prior was dismissed for 75, and Plunkett hit an unbeaten 44 - his highest Test score - before Michael Vaughan called his players back into the pavilion.