Player of the Match
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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AJ Strauss
122(258) 19x4 - 0x6
Control %89%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 31 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
11 4 35 7 20 8 12 25
S Chanderpaul
S Chanderpaul
91(250) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 31 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
8 1 15 25 16 4 4 18

Best performances - Bowlers

SCJ Broad
SCJ Broad
O24.5
M6
R72
W7
Eco2.89
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SCJ Broad
SCJ Broad
O34
M6
R93
W4
Eco2.73
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorecard Summary

WEST INDIES 243(89.5 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

ENGLAND 398(113.3 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WEST INDIES 345(130.5 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

ENGLAND 193/5(46.1 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: S Balasubramanian | Commentator: Alan Gardner

2.50pm: Time for the presentations, then. First the umpires get their medals - and they deserve them, the standard is really high among the elite group and Aleem Dar and Marais Erasmus again had an excellent Test.

West Indies captain, Darren Sammy: "I think some guys performed really well. We look at the good things we did and in the next match hope to perform more consistently. You saw the way Kemar started off [this morning] but once the hardness went from the ball it was difficult against the England batsmen. We didn't get as many runs as we wanted in the first innings but the way we fought back we can take encouragement for the next match. I think this team have been working really hard and whoever comes in in we are going to welcome them."

Sammy also says that Shane Shillingford may play in the next Test and adds that it is up to the selectors whether Chris Gayle is considered now that his IPL involvement is over. He also praises Chanderpaul's contribution: "That's something we're used to with Shiv, his experience in the dressing room helps the youngsters. He loves playing in England, he doesn't get out in England."

England captain Andrew Strauss: "We felt that the wicket was pretty flat and we had a good chance of getting the target but you never know and we put ourselves in a tricky position last night. I thought the wicket would flatten out and Alastair Cook and Ian Bell went about getting the runs in a sensible, civilised way. When you have to dig a bit deeper to get over the line it makes it that bit more satisfying. It was a good run out, we'll have to see how everyone is feeling before the next Test. It was nice to get that hundred and when you do it in a winning cause it makes it more special. Ian Bell has been playing brilliantly for a long time and it was just a case of him reconnecting with his method and he showed how good he is."

England's Stuart Broad is named Man of the Match: "Winning the toss and bowling puts a bit of pressure on the bowling group but we never expected it to be a 100-all-out wicket. I think all the bowlers found we just got into it throughout the first day and to have them nine down for 240-odd was a great effort. We had to work very hard for this victory. It's obviously pleasing to get on all three honours boards - particularly as my dad didn't get on the batting one - but winning Test matches is the most important thing. Jimmy likes bowling from the Pavilion End, he gets the choice but I found a good rythm from the Nursery End. It's all about mentally and physically preparing for the next Test now."

And that brings the curtain down on a fascinating Test, a really good start to the English summer and a match to remember for the likes of Andrew Strauss and Stuart Broad, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Kemar Roach. We'll be back to hum the tune for the second Test, starting on Friday, with our cap in hand, asking: "Please sir, can we have some more?" See you then, ta ra!

2.40pm: So, with victory England take a 1-0 lead in the series. It's the result most had predicted but the journey there took an unexpectedly scenic route (although I suppose that description depends on how much you enjoy watching Shiv Chanderpaul bat). Before the Test, Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, said he wanted his team to improve on their last visit to Lord's, which was over inside three days, and they certainly managed that. It may have ended in the cliched "noble defeat" but there is genuine reason to be encouraged about West Indies' progress. The real test is whether they can take what they've learned from this game and push England even harder at Trent Bridge.

46.1
4
Samuels to Bell, FOUR, tossed up and driven crisply through midwicket , that'll do it. England are rocking and rolling, rather than just rocking - they've won by five wickets

END OF OVER:
46 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | ENG: 189/5

  • Jonny Bairstow0 (3b)
  • Ian Bell59 (102b)
  • Daren Sammy10-1-25-1
  • Marlon Samuels10-0-47-0
45.6
0
Sammy to Bairstow, no run, length ball outside off and played back to the bowler
45.5
0
Sammy to Bairstow, no run, length ball, seams back a touch, Bairstow is hit on the pad - and Sammy, with a smile on his face, asks to review the not out decision! He was probably hit outside the line and there was an inside edge too, and West Indies have used up their last review. Could be crucial
45.4
0
Sammy to Bairstow, no run, pitched up and driven on the front foot to mid-off

Out comes Bairstow, two needed ...

45.3
W
Sammy to Cook, OUT, oh, gone! Cook tried to finish things with another hack through his favoured scoring area but it flew off the edge and was caught low at gully. Disastrous collapse ahoy!

AN Cook c KA Edwards b Sammy 79 (197m 127b 10x4 0x6) SR: 62.20

45.2
1
Sammy to Bell, 1 run, length ball outside the line of off, stays back and dabs one short of cover-point again

West Indies tour of England 2012 News

England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1AJ StraussAN Cook
2nd9JM AndersonAN Cook
3rd19IJL TrottAN Cook
4th28KP PietersenAN Cook
5th132IR BellAN Cook
6th4IR BellJM Bairstow