Live Scores-England Vs WestIndies 3rd test

npower Test Match Series: England v West Indies
07-06-2007 at Old Trafford , Day 5 of 5

England beat West Indies by 60 runs

England won the toss and decided to bat

England 1st Innings 370 all out (105.1 overs)	England 2nd Innings 313 all out (85.3 overs)
West Indies 1st Innings 229 all out (52.4 overs)	West Indies 2nd Innings 394 all out (132.5 overs)

England 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	lbw	b Taylor	6	6	0	0
Cook	c Bravo	b Sammy	60	121	10	0
Vaughan		b Collymore	41	99	6	0
Pietersen	c Bravo	b Collymore	9	16	1	0
Collingwood	lbw	b Taylor	10	43	2	0
Bell	c Ramdin	b Collymore	97	191	14	0
Prior	c Morton	b Bravo	40	66	7	0
Plunkett		b Edwards	13	26	2	0
Harmison	c Ramdin	b Edwards	18	31	1	0
Sidebottom		b Edwards	15	32	2	0
Panesar	not out		14	18	2	0
Extras		18nb 6w 15b 8lb	47
Total		all out	370	(105.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Taylor 20.0 1 67 2 Edwards 20.1 2 94 3 Collymore 25.0 5 60 3 Bravo 23.0 4 94 1 Sammy 17.0 7 32 1

Fall of wicket 13 Strauss 117 Vaughan 132 Pietersen 132 Cook 166 Collingwood 264 Prior 285 Plunkett 324 Harmison 338 Bell 370 Sidebottom

West Indies 1st Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gayle	c Cook	b Plunkett	23	34	5	0
Ganga	lbw	b Harmison	5	6	1	0
Smith	c Bell	b Panesar	40	84	5	0
Morton	c Strauss	b Harmison	35	39	3	2
Chanderpaul	c Pietersen	b Sidebottom	50	78	7	0
Bravo	c Prior	b Sidebottom	24	54	3	0
Ramdin	c Pietersen	b Sidebottom	5	11	1	0
Sammy	c Collingwood	b Panesar	1	4	0	0
Taylor	c Strauss	b Panesar	0	2	0	0
Collymore	c Collingwood	b Panesar	4	6	1	0
Edwards	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		3nb 9w 20b 10lb	42
Total		all out	229	(52.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 12.0 3 48 3 Harmison 11.0 2 53 2 Plunkett 12.0 0 43 1 Panesar 16.4 5 50 4 Collingwood 1.0 0 5 0

Fall of wicket 17 Ganga 49 Gayle 116 Morton 157 Smith 216 Bravo 224 Ramdin 225 Sammy 225 Taylor 225 Chanderpaul 229 Collymore

England 2nd Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	lbw	b Edwards	0	4	0	0
Cook	lbw	b Gayle	106	216	10	0
Vaughan	c and b	Sammy	40	78	5	0
Pietersen	hit wicket	b Bravo	68	106	7	0
Collingwood	c Ganga	b Sammy	42	76	2	1
Bell	c Ramdin	b Sammy	2	9	0	0
Prior	c Ramdin	b Sammy	0	1	0	0
Plunkett	c Bravo	b Sammy	0	3	0	0
Harmison	c Morton	b Sammy	16	22	2	0
Sidebottom	not out		8	7	2	0
Panesar	c Gayle	b Sammy	0	2	0	0
Extras		12nb 6w 2b 6lb 5pen	31
Total		all out	313	(85.3 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Edwards 12.0 0 54 1 Taylor 10.0 0 42 0 Collymore 7.0 2 24 0 Sammy 21.3 2 66 7 Chanderpaul 11.0 1 43 0 Bravo 8.0 2 14 1 Gayle 16.0 0 57 1

Fall of wicket 1 Strauss 99 Vaughan 221 Pietersen 265 Cook 272 Bell 272 Prior 272 Plunkett 300 Harmison 313 Collingwood 313 Panesar

West Indies 2nd Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gayle	c Collingwood	b Harmison	16	48	3	0
Ganga	lbw	b Harmison	0	3	0	0
Smith	c Cook	b Panesar	42	85	7	0
Morton	lbw	b Panesar	54	145	7	0
Chanderpaul	not out		116	257	12	0
Bravo	c Cook	b Panesar	49	71	8	0
Ramdin	c Collingwood	b Panesar	34	74	6	0
Sammy	c and b	Panesar	25	60	5	0
Taylor	c Cook	b Harmison	11	47	1	0
Edwards	c Bell	b Harmison	0	3	0	0
Collymore	c Bell	b Panesar	0	8	0	0
Extras		4nb 8w 14b 21lb	47
Total		all out	394	(132.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Sidebottom 27.0 8 53 0 Harmison 33.0 8 95 4 Panesar 51.5 13 137 6 Plunkett 16.0 2 57 0 Pietersen 5.0 2 17 0

Fall of wicket 4 Ganga 35 Gayle 88 Smith 161 Morton 249 Bravo 311 Ramdin 348 Sammy 385 Taylor 385 Edwards 394 Collymore

Umpires: B F Bowden, Aleem Dar
England: Cook, Strauss, Vaughan, Pietersen, Collingwood, Bell, Prior, Plunkett, Harmison, Sidebottom, Panesar
West Indies: Gayle, Ganga, Smith, Chanderpaul, Morton, Bravo, Ramdin, Sammy, Taylor, Collymore, Edwards

Chanderpaul holds up England bid

Third Test, Old Trafford, day four (stumps): England 370 & 313 v West Indies 229 & 301-5
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul led a determined rearguard action as West Indies took the third Test against England into the final day at Old Trafford.

Chanderpaul hit an unbeaten 81 in a total of 301-5, with 154 more runs needed on Monday to pull off what would be a record chase in Test cricket.

He was helped admirably by Runako Morton (54) and Dwayne Bravo (49).

For England, Monty Panesar took three of the four wickets to fall on a frustrating day for the home team.
England appealed regularly for lbw, and the odd bat-pad catch, but the umpires were not unduly harsh in denying the vast majority.

Aleem Dar, standing at Panesar's end, was constantly in the action and had a superb day.

Chanderpaul batted for four and a half hours with immense concentration - a quality he has shown on many occasions in his long career.

England's fans had expected a totally different day, with Panesar expected to be a major threat on a wearing pitch.

But though he bowled well, Chanderpaul - despite being vulnerable as a left-hander with rough areas outside his off-stump - dealt with him admirably.
On another sunny morning at Old Trafford, with West Indies resuming on 22-1 in search of a mammoth target of 455, the early signs for England were encouraging.

Harmison's first few overs, in what has generally been a difficult series for him, combined hostility with accuracy.

He bent Chris Gayle's left thumb with a ferocious bouncer, and the Jamaican opener had to receive some treatment from the physio.

Harmison continued to test Gayle and in his following over, had him fencing uncertainly outside the off stump.

The ball took the edge of the bat and flew to Paul Collingwood at second slip, who dived to his left to take a good catch.

Just before the hour mark, Panesar came into the attack, immediately targeting the rough areas outside the left-handed Devon Smith's off-stump.
Smith and Morton generally played some intelligent determined cricket, but the third West Indies wicket did fall before the break.

Panesar - who had caused Smith no end of problems - removed the Grenadian number three for 42 as a delivery bounced up out of the rough, flicked his gloves and ballooned to Alastair Cook at short-leg.

Liam Plunkett, though generally the weakest of England's bowlers on show, did have an excellent shout for lbw against Chanderpaul declined by Billy Bowden just before lunch.

After the interval, England had only themselves to blame when Panesar dropped a catch at mid-on off Harmison which would have ended Chanderpaul's innings on 18.
Panesar had to make ground and dive to get to the ball, but at Test level it was a straight-forward chance.

Michael Vaughan experimented with three overs of Kevin Pietersen, but Morton hit the off-spinner for two meaty boundaries.

Unsurprinsingly, it was Panesar who took the fourth wicket, removing Morton lbw.

The Nevis right-hander had batted for nearly three hours, putting on 73 with Chanderpaul, and was furious with himself for having chosen to play no shot to a ball that pitched on off and just about held its own.

The wicket gave England a boost before tea, which came with the scoreboard on 199-4.

And just before the second new ball became available Panesar struck yet again.

Dwayne Bravo hit his runs aggressively, and was keen to take on the spinners, with two confident boundaries in one over from Panesar.

But soon after pulling Panesar for a third, he came forward to a ball delivered from over the wicket, which took the inside edge of his bat, went onto his pad, and flew straight to an alert Cook at short-leg.

Ryan Sidebottom's first delivery with the new ball very nearly ended Chanderpaul's innings on 64.

An lbw shout was declined by Dar, though the ball pitched in line and might have been clipping leg-stump.

In the same over, the new man, Denesh Ramdin, was dropped by Matt Prior diving down the leg-side.

There was to be no further success in the day, and there could be a few nerves overnight in the England camp.

Harmison happy over improved form

England paceman Steve Harmison declared himself "a lot happier" with his form after an improved showing in the West Indies' second innings at Old Trafford.

The 28-year-old put his erratic form of earlier in the match to one side with improved hostility and accuracy, taking two wickets in the Windies' 301-5.

And he said: "I'm most definitely a lot happier with how it went.

"I was on a bit of a downward spiral but I went away, thought about it, and have shown more of what I can do."

Harmison ended day four with figures of 2-70 from 22 overs, but the statistics did not really represent what was a marked improvement from the seamer.

Following the misdirection and lack of pace he had displayed in earlier matches, some had called for him to miss the final Test at his home ground, the Riverside.

But he said: "I don't want to be taken out of the spotlight. I am fighting and trying to get things right, I'm not sure what purpose could be served by a rest."

South African paceman Allan Donald joined the England set-up ahead of the Old Trafford Test and will be with the team for the final match and the one-dayers which follow.

It's nowhere near where I want to be overall, but I think my contribution today could be the start

Steve Harmison

"AD's not been here too long, but we're just trying to get a working relationship, same as all the bowlers are," said Harmison.

"It will take time and there will be some things that work and some that don't. But it's positive, he's good at his job and in the dressing room, so hopefully it will do the trick."

And Harmison revealed Donald's help on the psychological side of things had proved beneficial.

"I've been working so hard but my mind hasn't been exactly right, or on what I want to do," he said. "But today went a lot better for me and I bowled more like I know I can.

"It's nowhere near where I want to be overall, but I think my contribution today could be the start."

Ganga rues dismal Windies batting

West Indies skipper Daren Ganga admits his side "face a tough ask" to save the third Test against England after they collapsed spectacularly on day two.

The tourists were 216-4 but lost 6-13 in 44 balls before England ended the day 34-1, 170 ahead on a lively pitch.

"It's very disappointing the manner in which we batted. We laid a foundation to get close to 300 or even in excess.

"But that collapse was very dismal, we played right into the hands of England and they are in control," Ganga said.

"It's going to be a tough ask for us to get wickets and put them under pressure to give us a chance in the Test match."

Ryan Sidebottom took three wickets and spinner Monty Panesar four to leave the West Indies facing the prospect of chasing a bit target on a wearing pitch.

The cracks are opening up a bit, some of the balls are keeping low, and it's spinning and bouncing

Ganga on the pitch

Ganga insists his men can still cause England problems if they show more application.

"The track is deteriorating, there are going to be opportunities for us to get wickets, so we'll be coming at them very hard in the first session," he explained.

"The cracks are opening up a bit, some of the balls are keeping low, and it's spinning and bouncing.

"It's about getting the right strategies. England have played well, we just didn't cope well with our batting."

Meanwhile, Ganga said the visitors were "happy" with match referee Alan Hurst's decision to dismiss a query from them about England's pace bowlers practising on the square between innings.

Players are forbidden from taking part in practice on or near the pitch and a bowler contravening the rule may be banned for bowling for 30 minutes.

But Harmison took the new ball for England when play resumed.

"From my understanding they actually bowled on the strip we're playing on. The management spotted it, we raised the issue and it was settled," Ganga added.

patience paid dividends-panersar

England spinner Monty Panesar said patience was the key to his four-wicket haul as West Indies collapsed to 229 all out on day two of the third Test.

"I knew the wicket was turning, but as a spinner, you sometimes get a little bit excited and try to bowl some magic balls," said Panesar, who took 4-50.

"There was a bit of bounce and it helped me to hit the splice of the bat.

"But it was a test of patience, trying to get the ball in the right areas and applying pressure from my end."

Panesar revealed how a tea interval talk from the coaching staff had geed up England prior to the final session.

"We sat down as a group and decided we wanted to show a bit more aggression, more intent as a bowling unit and a team. Allan Donald and Peter Moores were very keen on us doing that," he added.

"We showed after tea what an impact being aggressive had on their innings."

Ryan Sidebottom, who took 3-48 to rip out the West Indies middle order, said he was particularly pumped up for the occasion.

And the Nottinghamshire seamer said he and Panesar's last-wicket partnership of 32 provided England with a much-needed lift.

"I'm quite laid-back, but now and again I lose my rag a little bit to get myself fired up," said Sidebottom.

"We spoke about trying to get Ian Bell to 100 [he fell for 97] and it was nice to get a few runs and lift morale in the dressing room.

"We had a bit of a laugh and a chuckle together, played a few shots and one or two came off, although I was a bit lucky I got dropped.

"We'll try to bat out the third day and get as many runs on the board as possible. There's still three days to go."

England dominate as Windies slump

Third Test, Old Trafford, day two (close): England 370 & 34-1 v West Indies 229
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Monty Panesar and Ryan Sidebottom put England in charge of the third Test against West Indies on a bizarre day.

There was no hint of the chaos to come when Steve Harmison and Liam Plunkett produced a wildly erratic display.

But Panesar took 4-50 and Sidebottom 3-48 as the Windies slumped from 216-4 to 229 all out within 44 deliveries.

England led by 141 after Ian Bell had hit 97 in their first-innings 370, and added 34 for the loss of Andrew Strauss for a duck to lead by 175 at stumps.

But the main talking points were the way a weak Windies side capitulated against Sidebottom and Panesar, and another worrying performance from Harmison and Plunkett.

The Durham duo looked devoid of confidence as they sent down a succession of wayward deliveries which had keeper Matt Prior diving around, particularly down the leg-side.

The lively Old Trafford surface was tailor-made for Harmison in particular but too often he failed to get the ball in the right areas to exploit the help on offer.

When he did, Daren Ganga was pinned lbw in front and the aggressive Runako Morton was forced to fend a snorter to first slip.

Chris Gayle's attempt to slash Plunkett away, which was snaffled at backward point, was more symptomatic of poor application than any snakes in the pitch.

And Devon Smith (40) looked comfortable against the seamers and spinner Panesar until he drove the left-armer into his heel and Bell pouched the rebound at silly-point.

That made it 157-4 and England had a window of opportunity they scarcely deserved but Chanderpaul and Bravo set about some more indifferent bowling to rally their team.

Chanderpaul's majestic cut shot off Panesar and wristy flick off Plunkett showed he was a man in prime form, while Bravo was no slouch at the other end in a stand of 59.

However, when Sidebottom found the edge of Bravo's bat the Windies went into meltdown.

The seamer saw Denesh Ramdin mis-time a pull to square-leg and Chanderpaul drive to cover, while Panesar had Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor and Corey Collymore snapped up at slip.

There was still time for Fidel Edwards to produce a beautiful inswinger to left-hander Strauss and trap him plumb lbw, and Alastair Cook to escape when he looked to have edged Collymore behind.

Earlier, Harmison showed much more application with the bat, surviving several blows on his body and helmet to play some shots and support Bell, only for both to glove brutish deliveries behind.

Sidebottom and Panesar entertained with a 32-run last-wicket stand but it was with the cherry in hand later on that they really did the damage, and England are now overwhelming favourites for a series-clinching victory.

Live Scores-England Vs WestIndies-Day 3

npower Test Match Series: England v West Indies
07-06-2007 at Old Trafford, Day 3 of 5

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England won the toss and decided to bat

England 1st Innings 370 all out (105.1 overs)	England 2nd Innings 34 for 1 (6.0 overs)
West Indies 1st Innings 229 all out (52.4 overs)

England 1st Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A J Strauss	lbw	b J E Taylor	6	6	0	0
A N Cook	c D J Bravo	b D J G Sammy	60	121	10	0
M P Vaughan		b C D Collymore	41	99	6	0
K P Pietersen	c D J Bravo	b C D Collymore	9	16	1	0
P D Collingwood	lbw	b J E Taylor	10	43	2	0
I R Bell	c D Ramdin	b C D Collymore	97	191	14	0
M J Prior	c R S Morton	b D J Bravo	40	66	7	0
L E Plunkett		b F H Edwards	13	26	2	0
S J Harmison	c D Ramdin	b F H Edwards	18	31	1	0
R J Sidebottom		b F H Edwards	15	32	2	0
M S Panesar	not out		14	18	2	0
Extras		18nb 6w 15b 8lb	47
Total		all out	370	(105.1 ovs)

Bowler O M R W J E Taylor 20.0 1 67 2 F H Edwards 20.1 2 94 3 C D Collymore 25.0 5 60 3 D J Bravo 23.0 4 94 1 D J G Sammy 17.0 7 32 1

Fall of wicket 13 A J Strauss 117 M P Vaughan 132 K P Pietersen 132 A N Cook 166 P D Collingwood 264 M J Prior 285 L E Plunkett 324 S J Harmison 338 I R Bell 370 R J Sidebottom

West Indies 1st Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
C H Gayle	c A N Cook	b L E Plunkett	23	34	5	0
D Ganga	lbw	b S J Harmison	5	6	1	0
D S Smith	c I R Bell	b M S Panesar	40	84	5	0
R S Morton	c A J Strauss	b S J Harmison	35	39	3	2
S Chanderpaul	c K P Pietersen	b R J Sidebottom	50	78	7	0
D J Bravo	c M J Prior	b R J Sidebottom	24	54	3	0
D Ramdin	c K P Pietersen	b R J Sidebottom	5	11	1	0
D J G Sammy	c P D Collingwood	b M S Panesar	1	4	0	0
J E Taylor	c A J Strauss	b M S Panesar	0	2	0	0
C D Collymore	c P D Collingwood	b M S Panesar	4	6	1	0
F H Edwards	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		3nb 9w 20b 10lb	42
Total		all out	229	(52.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W R J Sidebottom 12.0 3 48 3 S J Harmison 11.0 2 53 2 L E Plunkett 12.0 0 43 1 M S Panesar 16.4 5 50 4 P D Collingwood 1.0 0 5 0

Fall of wicket 17 D Ganga 49 C H Gayle 116 R S Morton 157 D S Smith 216 D J Bravo 224 D Ramdin 225 D J G Sammy 225 J E Taylor 225 S Chanderpaul 229 C D Collymore

England 2nd Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
A J Strauss	lbw	b F H Edwards	0	4	0	0
A N Cook	not out		12	13	2	0
M P Vaughan	not out		10	25	2	0
Extras		6nb 1b 5pen	12
Total		for 1	34	(6.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W F H Edwards 3.0 0 16 1 J E Taylor 2.0 0 12 0 C D Collymore 1.0 1 0 0

Fall of wicket 1 A J Strauss

Umpires: B F Bowden, Aleem Dar
England: A N Cook, A J Strauss, M P Vaughan, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, I R Bell, M J Prior, L E Plunkett, S J Harmison, R J Sidebottom, M S Panesar
West Indies: C H Gayle, D Ganga, D S Smith, S Chanderpaul, R S Morton, D J Bravo, D Ramdin, D J G Sammy, J E Taylor, C D Collymore, F H Edwards

Live Scores-England take charge in 3rd test

Third Test, Old Trafford, day two (lunch): England 370 v West Indies 17-1
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Steve Harmison had Daren Ganga lbw in a wild first over to leave West Indies 17-1 at lunch after England totalled 370 on day two of the third Test.

Earlier, Ian Bell fell three short of his century but England eked out 74 vital runs after resuming on 296-7.

Bell gloved Corey Collymore (3-60) behind, while Steve Harmison (18) fell in similar fashion to Fidel Edwards who had peppered him with short deliveries.

Ryan Sidebottom and Monty Panesar rode their luck to put on 32 at the end.

Bell saw little of the strike early on and must have watched with admiration as Harmison repelled Edwards and Jerome Taylor.

The tail-ender was struck on the helmet by a Taylor delivery and was almost bowled by a full-toss from Edwards (3-94), who swung the ball at pace.

In between that and several other body blows, he played his shots but it was no surprise when his 31-ball resistance was ended by another brutish delivery.

It was relatively quiet at the other end for Bell, but he moved into the 90s with two fours off Edwards, the second an imperious straight drive.

He showed plenty of confidence in Sidebottom, who had only one first-class fifty to his name, before becoming the second to fall when a seventh Test century was in sight.

Collymore produced a beauty which lifted and caught his glove on the way to keeper Denesh Ramdin and Sidebottom could have gone in the next over when he skied a hook off Bravo to extra-cover.

Taylor spilled a sitter and there was more frustration for the Windies when another top-edge flew over the keeper and he heaved Bravo over deep mid-wicket.

Panesar joined in the fun with a flat-footed thrash over extra-cover off Bravo and thump over mid-wicket off Collymore before Edwards returned to knock out Sidebottom's leg-stump.

The situation was set up for Harmison, who destroyed Pakistan on this ground last year.

But his opening gambits were embarrassing, with five wides and four byes coming from appallingly directed deliveries, until he struck gold with his first on-target ball.

If he can regain any semblance of control, there should be plenty of joy for him on a surface which remains lively and is likely to offer assistance to spinner Panesar.