England stay alive after Windies thriller
Off-spinners James Tredwell and Graeme Swann took seven wickets
between them as England kept their World Cup quarter-final hopes alive
with an 18-run win over the West Indies Thursday.
West Indies, chasing 244 for victory, were 222 for six after a stand
of 72 between Ramnaresh Sarwan (31) and all-rounder Andre Russell (49)
rescued them from the depths of 150 for six.
But they lost their final four wickets for three runs to finish on
225 all out, with Sulieman Benn the last man dismissed when he was run
out by Jonathan Trott’s throw to wicketkeeper Matt Prior with more than
five overs left.
England now need Bangladesh to lose to South Africa on Saturday.
If Bangladesh win, England can still go through if India beat West
Indies on Sunday in the final match of Group B.
However, a West Indies win would see them into the last eight.
Russell, caught on 39 at long-on by Trott only to be awarded a six
after the diving fielder just glanced the boundary marker, saw his
46-ball innings end when he was lbw to World Cup debutant Tredwell.
The spinner was named man-of-the-match for his four for 48 to spark
the climatic slump.
England then saw Sarwan turn Swann (three for 36) straight to Ian
Bell at short leg.
Two balls later Kemar Roach was caught by a diving Chris Tremlett off
Swann to leave West Indies 223 for nine.
West Indies had seen fit-again opener Chris Gayle (43) make a
typically rapid start as their fifty came up inside five overs.
But Tredwell took his first one-day international wicket when, fifth
ball, he had Gayle, pushing half-forward, lbw to end a 21-ball innings
featuring a six and eight fours. Tredwell, in only his fourth ODI, then
had Devon Smith stumped by wicketkeeper Prior as he took two wickets for
nine runs in eight balls. Tredwell then had Darren Bravo edging to
England captain Andrew Strauss at first slip. Darren Sammy, the West
Indies skipper, struck several sixes off Tredwell before playing onto
Ravi Bopara for 41 off 29 balls.
And when Devon Thomas also played on to Bopara, West Indies were 118
for five.
Swann had the big-hitting Kieron Pollard plumb lbw for 24, despite a
desperate review, and West Indies were six down.
Earlier, Luke Wright kept England’s hopes alive with 44 after they’d
slumped to 134 for five.
Trott (47) was the only other England batsman who made more than
Strauss’s 31 in an innings where debutant leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo
took three wickets and Russell claimed four.
CHENNAI, AFP.
England
A. Strauss c Gayle b Russell 31
M. Prior b Russell 21
J. Trott c Gayle b Bishoo 47
I. Bell b Roach 27
E. Morgan c Thomas b Bishoo 7
R. Bopara b Russell 4
L. Wright c Russell b Bishoo 44
J. Tredwell run out 9
T. Bresnan not out 20
G. Swann b Russell 8
C. Tremlett c Thomas b Roach 3
Extras (b1, lb4, w15, nb2) 22
TOTAL (all out, 48.4 overs) 243
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-48, 2-79, 3-121, 4-134, 5-134, 6-151, 7-192, 8-216, 9-238, 10-243
BOWLING: Roach 9.4-2-34-2 (2nb, 1w); Benn 10-0-56-0 (6w); Russell 8-0-49-4 (7w);
Sammy 3-0-28-0; Bishoo 10-0-34-3; Pollard 8-0-37-0 (1w)
West Indies
D. Smith st Prior b Tredwell 10
C. Gayle lbw b Tredwell 43
D. Sammy b Bopara 41
D. Bravo c Strauss b Tredwell 5
D. Thomas b Bopara 9
R. Sarwan c Bell b Swann 31
K. Pollard lbw b Swann 24
A. Russell lbw b Tredwell 49
S. Benn run out 2
K. Roach c Tremlett b Swann 0
D. Bishoo not out 0
EXTRAS (lb8, w3) 11
TOTAL (all out, 44.4 overs) 225
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-58, 2-67, 3-91, 4-113, 5-118, 6-150, 7-222, 8-223, 9-223, 10-225
BOWLING: Bresnan 7-1-46-0; Swann 10-1-36-3 (1w); Tremlett 5-0-47-0 (1w);
Tredwell 10-2-48-4 (1w); Bopara 8.4-2-22-2; Wright 4-0-18-0 |