17/05Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of England and Ireland at London, May 17-21 2007
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Alastair Cook
Alastair CookEngland
17/05Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of England and Ireland at London, May 17-21 2007
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Alastair Cook
Alastair CookEngland

  • England 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AJ Strauss (c)
    33
    70
    100
    6
    0
    47.14
    24.1 goddim! Poor shot from Strauss, spooning it to Devon Smith at backward point. He never got on top of it - perhaps beaten by the lack of pace, if anything - and guided it straight to Smith 88/1
    AN Cook
    105
    196
    285
    10
    0
    53.57
    63.3 short, wide and gone! And that's a very deserved wicket for Taylor at last, Bravo taking a straightforward catch from Cook's cut to the covers 219/4
    OA Shah
    6
    19
    20
    1
    0
    31.57
    28.3 GONE! Powell strikes again - a very fine ball indeed, angling into Shah before cutting away from the right hander who fended it at hip height to Smith. Great ball; excellent comeback from the Windians, and from Powell in particular 103/2
    KP Pietersen
    26
    44
    77
    4
    0
    59.09
    44.4 gone and Collymore strikes! The bowler had Pietersen feeling for that one, who drove on the up to Smith at extra cover, straight into the midriff and the fielder juggled it twice, before holding on 162/3
    PD Collingwood
    111
    209
    278
    14
    0
    53.11
    106.5 bowled him! Fantastic ball, the inswinger which bent back sharply into Collingwood - at pace, too - knocking back his off stump. Collingwood perhaps expected that one to swing away from him, as Bravo has been doing. Really fine piece of bowling 363/5
    IR Bell
    not out
    109
    190
    339
    11
    0
    57.36
    MJ Prior †
    not out
    126
    128
    146
    19
    0
    98.43
    Extras
    37 (b 8, lb 17, nb 4, w 8)
    TOTAL
    553/5d (142 Overs, RR: 3.89, 625 minutes)
    Did not bat: LE Plunkett, SJ Harmison, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar
    Fall of wickets: 1-88 (Andrew Strauss, 24.1 ov), 2-103 (Owais Shah, 28.3 ov), 3-162 (Kevin Pietersen, 44.4 ov), 4-219 (Alastair Cook, 63.3 ov), 5-363 (Paul Collingwood, 106.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    DBL Powell37911323.0511
    JE Taylor24411414.7500
    CD Collymore32511013.4302
    DJ Bravo32810613.3111
    CH Gayle1004804.8000
    RS Morton10404.0020
    RR Sarwan603305.5000

  • West Indies 1st Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    CH Gayle
    30
    39
    50
    5
    0
    76.92
    12.2 yorker, looping in, knocking back off stump and nudging middle, Gayle played all round that one 38/1
    D Ganga
    49
    131
    185
    5
    0
    37.40
    44.3 on middle-and-off, he comes forward but rapped on the pads - a big shout from Monty, was it pad first? Yes it was. The finger goes up, the umpire's Asad Rauf and that's out 165/4
    DS Smith
    21
    39
    61
    4
    0
    53.84
    26.1 bowled him! What a brilliant delivery. Smith completely missed it, expecting it to turn more than it did; a tentative forward defence and he's bowled 83/2
    RR Sarwan (c)
    35
    48
    52
    6
    0
    72.91
    40.2 straight again and that's a great delivery, with the wicket a just reward. That came on with the arm, nipped in, and that would have taken off-and-middle halfway up as it raps Sarwan. playing forward, on the front pad 151/3
    S Chanderpaul
    74
    193
    269
    9
    0
    38.34
    106.4 Panesar rips one out of the rough on a length, Chanderpaul completely deceived, it hits him on the back leg and a loud appeal was only ever going to be given out. That was about as plumb as you can get 387/8
    RS Morton
    14
    22
    29
    2
    0
    63.63
    52.2 and he's got another one! Fabulous bowling from Panesar here, rapping Morton on the pads who planted his foot down the pitch but hid the bat behind the pad. And yet again Rauf raises his finger 187/5
    DJ Bravo
    56
    59
    76
    8
    1
    94.91
    71.6 Bravo's fallen in the trap, hooking to deep midwicket! And that's Collingwood's second Test wicket - and a catch for Cook, who nearly spoiled the broth, only just holding on as it was souped towards him 279/6
    D Ramdin †
    60
    87
    100
    11
    0
    68.96
    96.5 edged and gone! A bonus wicket for England late on, here. Great catch by the ever-reliable Collingwood at second slip, good delivery for Plunkett, a little bit of movement away and he's squared up a treat 362/7
    DBL Powell
    not out
    36
    60
    91
    7
    0
    60.00
    JE Taylor
    21
    19
    36
    3
    0
    110.52
    113.5 very well caught indeed. A slash to a half volley outside off which is expertly caught by Hodgson, the sub, diving forward at backward point and taking it inches from the ground 424/9
    CD Collymore
    1
    3
    12
    0
    0
    33.33
    116.1 and there's Panesar's sixth, trapping him lbw - his fifth lbw of the innings as Collymore pads it away, the bat several inches away from the pad (and ball) and that's absolutely plumb 437/10
    Extras
    40 (b 4, lb 17, nb 3, w 16)
    TOTAL
    437 all out (116.1 Overs, RR: 3.76, 485 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Chris Gayle, 12.2 ov), 2-83 (Devon Smith, 26.1 ov), 3-151 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 40.2 ov), 4-165 (Daren Ganga, 44.3 ov), 5-187 (Runako Morton, 52.2 ov), 6-279 (Dwayne Bravo, 71.6 ov), 7-362 (Denesh Ramdin, 96.5 ov), 8-387 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 106.4 ov), 9-424 (Jerome Taylor, 113.5 ov), 10-437 (Corey Collymore, 116.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MJ Hoggard10.132902.8500
    SJ Harmison28211714.1742
    LE Plunkett30710723.5640
    PD Collingwood11.523412.8701
    MS Panesar36.1312963.5600

  • England 2nd Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AJ Strauss (c)
    24
    55
    56
    2
    0
    43.63
    13.5 super line, on target forcing Strauss to play ... he shapes to drive but the ball moves away from him a fraction and the edge is well caught low down by Morton at second slip 35/1
    AN Cook
    65
    125
    180
    8
    0
    52.00
    43.4 a peach ... good line and length, a little movement away off the seam and that's enough to find the outside edge and give the keeper a straightforward catch 139/3
    OA Shah
    4
    5
    9
    1
    0
    80.00
    15.4 Shah tried to work it round the corner, the ball seemed to come off glove and then thigh and loop to Ramdin down the leg side. Loud appeals and eventually Koertzen starts cranking his arm into action 51/2
    KP Pietersen
    109
    138
    208
    12
    0
    78.98
    62.1 reverse sweep ... well, more of a reverse hoick over midwicket ... anyhow, he misses it and Pietersen starts walking before the finger goes up 264/6
    PD Collingwood
    34
    43
    76
    3
    0
    79.06
    59.2 and he's got him at last. Another hook which he times quite well, but doesn't place it and Morton swallows an easy chance at fine-leg 241/4
    IR Bell
    3
    7
    10
    0
    0
    42.85
    61.1 short, wide, Bell uppercuts down to third man. A hopeless stroke and it lands in Ganga's lap at third man 248/5
    MJ Prior †
    21
    9
    19
    2
    2
    233.33
    64.5 swung to leg but he gets a top edge and is caught by Bravo running in from short third man ... he was almost in the slips by the time he got to the ball which went quite some way up in the air 271/8
    LE Plunkett
    0
    3
    2
    0
    0
    0.00
    62.4 twinkle toes dances down the pitch to a ball lobbed up outside leg stump, he misses it by some way and doesn't even try to get back as Ramdin flicks off a bail 264/7
    SJ Harmison
    not out
    11
    19
    22
    0
    0
    57.89
    MS Panesar
    not out
    3
    2
    12
    0
    0
    150.00
    Extras
    10 (b 1, lb 3, nb 5, w 1)
    TOTAL
    284/8d (66.5 Overs, RR: 4.24, 300 minutes)
    Did not bat: MJ Hoggard
    Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Andrew Strauss, 13.5 ov), 2-51 (Owais Shah, 15.4 ov), 3-139 (Alastair Cook, 43.4 ov), 4-241 (Paul Collingwood, 59.2 ov), 5-248 (Ian Bell, 61.1 ov), 6-264 (Kevin Pietersen, 62.1 ov), 7-264 (Liam Plunkett, 62.4 ov), 8-271 (Matt Prior, 64.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    DBL Powell904404.8800
    CD Collymore1515833.8602
    CH Gayle20.546633.1611
    DJ Bravo1829125.0502
    JE Taylor402105.2500

Close of Play

  • Thu, 17 May - day 1 - England 1st innings 200/3 (AN Cook 102*, PD Collingwood 21*, 56 ov)
  • Fri, 18 May - day 2 - England 1st innings 553/5 (IR Bell 109*, MJ Prior 126*, 142 ov)
  • Sat, 19 May - day 3 - West Indies 1st innings 363/7 (S Chanderpaul 63*, DBL Powell 0*, 98 ov)
  • Sun, 20 May - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 7/0 (CH Gayle 0*, D Ganga 4*, 2 ov)
  • Mon, 21 May - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 89/0 (22 ov) - end of match

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