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Old 06-19-2007, 02:02 PM   #11 (permalink)
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England won the Test series against West Indies 3-0 as a confident final day performance at the Riverside gave them victory by seven wickets.

Monty Panesar finished with 5-46 as West Indies were bowled out for 222, leaving England needing 110 to win.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul's valiant 70 - he was the last man out - was in vain.

England lost wickets either side of tea to be 29-2 but Michael Vaughan hit an unbeaten 48 to get England home with more than 30 overs remaining.

Chanderpaul, who missed the Headingley match with injury, ended the series with 466 runs at a phenomenal average of 148.66.

The gritty left-hander had also batted for five minutes short of 18 hours since his dismissal in the first innings at Old Trafford.

Chanderpaul's achievements left the contest for man of the series a straight fight between him and Panesar, who took 23 wickets in the four Tests.

Play began half an hour late on Tuesday because of drizzle and low cloud.

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Monty Panesar was in red-hot form between lunch and tea

Though it was too cold for the ball to swing in the early stages, Matthew Hoggard took an important wicket just 20 minutes into the day.

The Yorkshire seamer slanted a ball across Chris Gayle and the left-hander, who had yet to add to his overnight 52, provided a lazy edge to give wicket-keeper Matt Prior an easy catch.

West Indies then desperately required Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo to at least match their efforts of the first innings, when they put on 86.

England attacked - at one stage, Hoggard had five slips and a gully in place in a bid to remove Bravo.

But the Trinidadian right-hander drove solidly through the on-side for four before Steve Harmison was brought on in a bid to end the partnership.

The local star, on the day it was revealed he would require hernia surgery at some point this year, produced his best bowling of the series.

First Bravo took a ball on the shoulder of the bat which dropped inches short of first slip, then Chanderpaul, on 32, looked very fortunate to survive an lbw shout from Harmison.

West Indies scraped their way to 131-4 at lunch, a lead of 18, but the good work was undone in the middle session.

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul again fought a lone battle for his team

Bravo had begun to experience some joy hooking Harmison, and Chanderpaul was sweeping Panesar for singles at will.

But then, playing one attacking shot too many, Bravo (43) skied an attempted lofted drive off Panesar to mid-off where Ryan Sidebottom took the catch.

The wicket ended a partnership of 68 that had soaked up 20 overs and it was all downhill from there for the tourists.

Two delightful Panesar deliveries from round the wicket - drifting in, pitching on middle and spinning away from the right-handers - were too good for Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin.

Samuels gloved to slip and Ramdin was bowled off-stump.

Then Harmison had Daren Powell playing a ridiculous attempted pull straight up in the air - he had been dismissed in identical circumstances in the first innings.

The next wicket gave the north-east faithful exactly what they wanted to see when Harmison splattered Fidel Edwards' stumps with a fast, straight delivery.

Finally Corey Collymore (16 not out) provided some support, but by now Chanderpaul felt forced to play more adventurously and paid the penalty when Panesar bowled him.

England began their run chase before tea, and the new ball did plenty for Powell and Edwards.

Andrew Strauss looked particularly uneasy. Dropped in the slips on three and 12, he was finally bowled through the gate by Powell.

That wicket left England on 29-2, Alastair Cook having already departed to a slip catch.

Vaughan did not take the mini-setback as a cue for caution, however, and hit some thumping pulls and drives to keep the pressure on the tourists.

Kevin Pietersen (28) took him to within five runs of the winning line before edging Gayle to slip.

And the winning hit was supplied when first innings centurion Paul Collingwood cut Gayle to the point fence for four.
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Old 06-21-2007, 07:05 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Bastards! It'll be same as it was over the last few years. England will do well against the lower teams but gets their asses handed to them when they play some quality opposition.
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul inspired the West Indies to a 61-run win over England in the second one-dayer overnight to level the series at 1-1.

Set a challenging target of 279 to win at Edgbaston, England were bowled out for 217.

The tourists' victory was built on another fine performance by Chanderpaul, who hit an unbeaten 116 from 122 balls as they reached 5 for 278.

Let's hope they keep it up.
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul inspired the West Indies to a 61-run win over England in the second one-dayer overnight to level the series at 1-1.

Set a challenging target of 279 to win at Edgbaston, England were bowled out for 217.

The tourists' victory was built on another fine performance by Chanderpaul, who hit an unbeaten 116 from 122 balls as they reached 5 for 278.

Let's hope they keep it up.
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Old 07-07-2007, 06:29 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Oh, it is. This is the result I predict.:lol:
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Old 07-07-2007, 10:13 AM   #16 (permalink)
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We have got a big chase on our hands. West Indies are currently 267/4 with 2 overs left.
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Man-of-the-match Daren Powell took four for 40 as West Indies beat England by 93 runs at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Saturday to clinch the one-day series 2-1.

West Indies, who bowled England out with more than five overs to spare, had set themselves up with a good chance of victory when they amassed 289 for five in their 50 overs, having won the toss and elected to bat first.

Powell had opener Alastair Cook caught by Dwayne Smith at backward point for 18 and talismanic but off-form batsman Kevin Pietersen, out for a duck, caught by Devon Smith in the slips.

He also had Matt Prior caught by keeper Denesh Ramdin for one.




When Ian Bell, batting at number three, was out for 27, caught by Dwayne Smith off Fidel Edwards, Owais Shah and captain Paul Collingwood dug in to try and stop the rot.

However, Dwayne Smith had Shah caught by Ramdin for England's top score of 51 and Collingwood was bowled by Dwayne Bravo for 44, leaving Edwards to help wipe up the tail for a tally of three for 30.

For West Indies, Runako Morton, who was unbeaten, and opener Chris Gayle, who hit eight boundaries, both made 82 while Bravo chipped in with a quick-fire 42 off 24 balls.

England thought they had seriously dented the West Indies challenge when in-form Shivnarine Chanderpaul, declared fit after being doubtful with an ankle injury and batting at number three, was out for 33.

They had not counted, however, on Morton and Bravo's fifth-wicket stand of 92 off 54 balls after poor fielding had handed Gayle and Morton second lives.

Chanderpaul, whose unbeaten century in the second match at Edgbaston in Leeds helped West Indies square the series 1-1 and helped earn him Saturday's vote as man-of-the-series, was caught by Pietersen off Liam Plunkett.

Plunkett, whose first wicket was that of captain Gayle, caught and bowled, also dismissed Marlon Samuels for nine, caught behind by wicketkeeper Prior, for a haul of three for 59, while James Anderson took two for 51

How about that, West Indies win the one-day series. I'd rather win the test series than the one-day series but a win is a win.
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