England v West Indies

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The OCB have confirmed that the second test will begin today.

England
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M Trescothick
M Butcher (bowler #6)
M Vaughan
N Hussain (cptn)
A Stewart (wkt)
A McGrath (bowler #4)
P Collingwood
I Blackwell (bowler #5)
A Giles (bowler #3)
S Harmison (bowler #2)
J Anderson (bowler #1)

West Indies
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C Gayle (bowler #6)
W Hinds (bowler #5)
B Lara (cptn)
D Ganga
R Sarwan (bowler #3)
S Chanderpaul
M Samuels (bowler #4)
R Jacobs (wkt)
D Bernard
V Drakes (bowler #2)
J Lawson (bowler #1)

 

[sonic]

England won the toss and put West Indies into bat

Match Conditions
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Day 1: damp/overcast/mild
Day 2: wet/grey/mild
Day 3: damp/overcast/mild

 

[Rangeela]

I put my $$ on England. They have a pretty good chance of winning this test, not only because they are playing at home but also the pitches are not friendly for west indies.

 

[sonic]

follow the link below for the latest scorecards

England v West Indies

Match Summary So Far...

Day 1: West Indies 101 all out (19 overs), England 356-4 (55 overs)
Day 2: England 403-4 declared (67 overs), West Indies 1-0 (1 over)

It is mid-day on the 2nd Day and West Indies are 1-0 after 1 over.

 

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west indies 1st innings scorecard

 

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west indies batting stats

 

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englands bowling stats

 

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england 1st innings scorecard

 

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england batting stats

 

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west indies bowling figures

 

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west indies 2nd innings scorecard

 

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west indies batting stats

 

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england bowling figures

 

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match summary

 

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I put the cards up here as lisle's were quite difficult to read on the q-cricket forum.

Nasser Hussain..."We are very thrilled at this emphatic victory...Brian (Lara) told me in the players bar afterwards that his side are finding it hard to adjust to the english pitches. This has probably been the thorn in their side in this match, the pitch really is favouring the bowlers with lots of seam and swing. We struggled also to keep a steady flow of runs going but overall I can have no complaints, to win by an innings is a marvellous achievement and the players should be congratulated for their performance in the field. This now sets us up for the series win and we must now go for the kill, but I'm sure their will be a few parties in amongst the barmy army supporters tonight and a few headaches in the morning to go with it!

England lead the series 1-0, with just one to play. Can they now bring home the bacon? :band: