England remain confident of going 1-0 up on the West Indies on Monday, despite losing their captain on the way to 10 for two in a dramatic conclusion to day four of the first Investec Test.
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Stuart Broad completed a 10-wicket match haul to leave England needing 181 to win the first Test but they ended day four on 10/2 after West Indies struck twice.
Episode 40 from The Pitch Studio; webcast on 21 May 2012. Catch it live every day at ipl.indiatimes.com; half an hour before the live telecast
England finally bowled out a determined West Indies for 345 and limped to 10 for two in the evening gloom chasing 191 for victory after an absorbing fourth day of the first test at Lord’s on Sunday.
Paul Horton’s first LV= County Championship century in more than two years steered champions Lancashire to a face-saving draw at Edgbaston on Saturday as Warwickshire returned to the top of the Division One table.
It’s a personal suggestion for sporting heaven. The Saturday morning of the first Test of the summer, newspapers, coffee and David Gower caressing you into the day.
The idea was that West Indies would roll up, roll over and roll home. They were, bless them, the warm-up act of the summer, and while of course they were improving that did not mean they would detain England long.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s batting technique is the antithesis of elegance. Shuffling across the crease to turn the ball into the leg side, Chanderpaul’s workmanlike style frustrates bowlers and spectators alike. Yet Test cricket will miss him when he is gone.
AN 11-wicket match haul which placed Stuart Broad in illustrious company on the Lord’s honours boards yesterday also looked to have placed England within reach of victory in the first Investec Test at Lord’s.
GRAEME SWANN says England remain strong favourites to win the first Test and take a 1-0 lead in the series, despite the loss of two late wickets last night.
England allrounder Luke Wright struck a half-century as the Sussex defeated the Northamptonshire by 12 runs in a low-scoring encounter
England have some work to do on the fifth day of the Lord’s Test after some impressive resistance from the West Indies at Lord’s. England closed on 10-2, chasing 191 to win.
Glenn Querl starred with ball and bat as the Unicorns pulled off their first win of the Clydesdale Bank 40 season, beating Kent by four wickets
This was a tough day for England, which is why Test cricket is so aptly named. But if they’re honest with themselves they’ll know they got their lengths slightly wrong on Sunday.