England v West Indies

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David Graveney held a press conference today where he announced the forthcoming 15 man squad to face the West Indies, which will begin at Lords on Thursday 15th May

N Hussain ©
M Vaughan
M Trescothick
M Butcher
G Thorpe
A Stewart (wkt)
J Crawley
P Collingwood
A Tudor
C White
A Giles
D Gough
J Anderson
S Jones
A Caddick

the tour schedule is due to be confirmed later in the afternoon after discussions with the WICB

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1st Test, Lords
England v West Indies
Thursday, May 15th, 2003


England

N Hussain ?
M Vaughan
M Trescothick
M Butcher
G Thorpe
A Stewart (wkt)
J Crawley
P Collingwood
A Tudor
C White
A Giles
D Gough
J Anderson
S Jones
A Caddick
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West Indies

B Lara ?
R Sarwan v.?
R Jacobs (wkt)
D Smith
C Gayle
W Hinds
S Chanderpaul
D Ganga
M Samuels
D Bernard
P Collins
V Drakes
O Banks
M Dillon
J Lawson

The tour schedule is due to be confirmed later in the afternoon after some discussions.
 
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Venue: Lord's.

Pitch: Green.

Weather: Cloudy.

Temperature: Mild.

Toss: West Indies won the toss and put England into bat.

England got off to an awkward start recovering from 74-2 to end the days play on 362-4. Hussain hit a solid anchorman century, with some useful efforts around him. Omari Banks was the pick of the bowling with a stunning delivery to remove Marcus Trescothick and was very dangerous in his short spell.

Below is the action from the First days play
 
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Jermaine Lawson crashes in a thunderous bouncer which cracks Marcus Trescothick on the helmet in only the second ball of the match. Ouch! :D...check out the inside of Trescothick's thigh, it looks like he's just :nzwarriors: himself !
 
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Omari Banks bowls out Marcus Trescothick with a peach of a delivery. This wicket was very tough to bat on and Banks had the ball dollying up in all the right areas, he had a dropped catch off Hussain previously, and this was his revenge.
 
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the following incident caused great controversy. It appears that although this was given out as caught behind (Jacobs), the ball was a good inch from touching John Crawley's bat. In the second picture below this one, check out the reaction of the bowler, the slip fielders all celebrate, but the bowler (Lawson) puts his hands to his head. Umpire Venkat, however, had no such qualms, and raised his finger.
 
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Look at Lawsons reaction...he thinks he's missed the edge of Crawley's bat, but Venkat obviously had his contacts out..oops!
 
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This straight drive for four was the shot of the day, and brought up Hussain's century. Well played that man :D
 
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England began the second day on a very Healthy 362-4, and on course for a decent lead in the first test. how things changed so suddenly was nothing short of remarkable, as the West Indies spinners came out to polish off England's last six batsmen in just 9.5 overs. Alec Stewart was sent straight back to the pavillion in only the third ball after playing and missing. and when Collingwood was sent packing for a duck on Sarwan's first delivery England found themselves with Hussain the only recognised batsmen and the score on a not so sturdy looking 372-6.

Simon Jones didn't last long either, hitting a couple of loose deliveries before Sarwan bowled him out in his second over of the day, leaving a capitulated looking England team teetering on the brink at 388-7. At this point hussain restored some order, doing well to keep the strike and surpassing the 150 mark.

Together Hussain and Giles grabbed the initiative to put on a 42 run partnership. But it ended when Chris Gayle trapped the England captain for LBW, and with the linchpin gone and the score at 432-8 the innings looked virtually closed. At first viewing Hussain's LBW looks outside of the line (see attachment below), but on closer inspection the ball was plumb centre and the umpire should be credited for a good decision.

Giles perished six runs later to take the score to 438-9, gough and Anderson put on a late flurry of 24 runs, before the innings closed on 462. Hussain was not happy with his teams performance after adding just 100 runs on what was a solid building ground for a good total. Hussain said:

"The lads are very down in the dressing room and understandably so. At the start of the day we were talking of getting to around 520 and declare, so to be boweld out so quickly is very disappointing. The conditions are certainly favouring the bowlers on this wicket so we will need to apply lots of pressure on the West Indies batsmen and try to get them out for as little as possible. They have a strong batting line-up so it will be tough ask, but we are confident of establishing a first innings lead.

Below is the scorecards and some shots of England's dismissals.
 
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Alec Stewart is bowled by chris Gayle on the third ball of the day
 

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