England level series with rain-affected win
Sun Mar 29 01:12PM
23:00 - The ground bids a fond farewell to umpire Bucknor, who was standing in his final match today. He was a well thought-of official and is all smiles as he makes his slow way off the pitch, to applause from the players and fans alike.
23:00 - The ODI series is levelled at 2-2 - but this must feel like the first real win of the winter/spring to England after the debacle when John Dyson called his men in early.
22:56 - England 136-1 (18.3 overs) ENGLAND WIN BY NINE WICKETS!! Strauss delicately clips Bravo to the third-man boundary and punches the air in celebration. That must be a weight off his shoulders; he finishes on 79.
22:49 - England 123-1 (17 overs) 13 RUNS REQUIRED - The floodlights have been on for some time and Strauss must be feeling their warm glow as England eye the win. Bravo fell to the ground in disbelief after Prior's inside edge beat the stumps and Ramdin and made it all the way to the rope.
22:44 - England 116-1 (16 overs) 20 RUNS REQUIRED - Pollard and Sammy unable to stop England closing on victory as the number of runs required drops significantly below the number of balls to face (now 19 off 24). Prior on three, Strauss on 71.
22:35 - England 108-1 (14.3 overs) WICKET! Bopara leaves with 35 off 39 balls after he was caught at fine-leg by Miller. Pollard gets a big wicket - too little, too late though? - and also a smack for his trouble after the batsman ran into him while watching the ball come down. Bopara apologises. The ball before he had smashed a six so big over midwicket that the ball landed on the roof and was lost!!
22:30 - England 102-0 (14 overs) POWERPLAY Strauss's 50 is up while England reach 100 in the next over. Sammy replaces Miller and the skipper smashes him for six, a flat shot over long-on. England racking up the runs.
22:22 - England 79-0 (12 overs) Bravo flings himself full stretch to try and claim a catch on the boundary after Strauss swept badly - it drops just short of the rope/advertising. Bravo also would have got him the over before when he missed the stumps with an attempted run-out... 57 runs required.
22:11 - England 63-0 (9 overs) CLOSE CALL! Strauss edges behind and Ramdin claims he has made the catch low down, but the third umpire adjudicates that it bounced! It may have 'bounced' on to the webbing of his glove, it is very difficult to tell. Enough doubt exists to save the captain. A rubbish LB shout follows - it pitched well outside leg stump - but a relatively inexpensive over nonetheless for West Indies.
22:06 - England 60-0 (8 overs) Still no wickets down - Bopara gets a top edge while looking to hook but it falls short of fine leg - and England now need 75 from 72 balls. With all those wickets in hand, that is a very real possibility...
21:54 - England 54-0 (6 overs) A visibly-annoyed Bravo flings the first one down and Bopara plays and misses; only seven runs come off the over. In the following one Sammy replaces Edwards and restricts England to a run a ball.
21:48 - England 41-0 (4 overs) Powerplay 1 is coming up in the next over, with Bopara facing - Strauss guided another pearler around Ramdin to the fine-leg boundary in the last. The tourists require 95 runs off a similar number of balls (Cowers can't be bothered to work out how many).
21:43 - England 33-0 (3 overs) England start to swing and the result for once is a flurry of boundaries! Strauss executes some excellent strokes to gather four successive fours while a single either side makes it 18 from the over. You might think he's better suited to a patient game, but he is a man in form - and wielding the bat like one.
21:34 - England 6-0 (1 over) England get some early runs on the board, both Bopara and Strauss pitching in with some comfortable singles.
21:35 - INJURY NEWS - Flintoff will bat if needed while KP will not be able to until number seven as a result of missing so many overs in the field.
21:30 - THE COVERS ARE OFF! England are out and ready to start their innings, which will last for 20 overs. The target is 135.
20:45 - COVERS OFF, COVERS BACK ON! For a moment play looks a distinct possiblity, but before you can say 'Duckworth-Lewis' the skies open and back on go the covers. Damn you, weather.
19:45 - RAIN RAIN RAIN!! Bad news. The rain is absolutely lashing down in Barbados and the start to England's innings is delayed. We'll keep you posted.
19:00 - West Indies 239-9 (50 overs) Baker picks up two streaky boundaries to ensure the West Indies innings finishes with a flourish. England will chase 240 for victory and to keep the series alive. Mascarenhas was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3-26 from his 10 overs. Broad also picked up three wickets. Bravo starred with the bat for the home side, cracking two sixes in his quickfire 69. Gayle bagged five sixes in his 46.
18:50 - West Indies 225-9 (47.2 overs) WICKETS! Edwards goes for glory but succeeds only in sending a catch into the arms of Collingwood on the long-off boundary to give Anderson a wicket. Bravo then tries to scoop Broad over the midwicket fence for six and substitute Bell takes the catch for nine down. Miller decides he is fit enough to return and Windies bat on.
18:45 - West Indies 224-7 (46 overs) FIFTY FOR BRAVO! Anderson returns to the attack and gets beasted by Bravo, who takes 11 from three balls to bring up his half-century from 61 balls. Flintoff bowls the next over and Bravo helps himself to another two fours - one to offside, one to midwicket. Windies are dining out now.
18:35 - West Indies 201-7 (44 overs) Broad has a disaster. The opening ball of his over is a no-ball that Bravo skews almost directly behind on the full for a rare SEVEN. Another boundary follows for Bravo as Windies up the ante. Flintoff keeps it reasonably tight the next over, but Freddie is clearly struggling with an injury to his thumb. Miller is also in trouble and decides to RETIRE HURT after apparently straining a muscle running. Edwards is in.
18:25 - West Indies 185-7 (42 overs) POWERPLAY The batting Powerplay is taken and Flintoff rewards the home side with four wides. He drops a difficult caught and bowled chance from Bravo soon after and ends the over watching Miller's late cut race away to the boundary.
18:15 - West Indies 173-7 (41 overs) WICKET! Bravo wallops Broad back over his head for a one-bounce four, then picks off a comfortable single. Broad responds with an absolute corker to Sammy, which cuts back and knocks down his castle! Windies are seven down and in all kinds of trouble. Miller is the new man in.
18:00 - West Indies 160-6 (38 overs) Bravo takes the fight to Harmison, slapping two boundaries away in an over and pushing a single to keep the scoreboard ticking over. Mascarenhas continues to keep it tight at his end.
17:45 - West Indies 145-6 (35 overs) WICKET! Pollard goes for a Hollywood six from the bowling of Mascarenhas and Flintoff takes the catch on the boundary. Pollard departs, but replays seem to suggest Flintoff's left foot may have brushed the rope. The third umpire was not called upon - which appears a strange decision.
17:40 - West Indies 143-5 (33 overs) BIG WICKET! The teams return to the field after the rain break and England get a prize wicket almost immediately. Mascarenhas gets an edge from Chanderpaul and Prior takes the catch standing up to put England firmly in the driving seat.
16:40 - West Indies 136-4 (30.4 overs) RAIN! KP has apparently suffered a back spasm and it's unclear whether he'll be fit to wield his bat. Ian Bell is on his place. Mascarenhas and Shah, meanwhile, are doing an excellent job of putting the ball on the spot and frustrating the home side. Cue rain! The covers are on.
16:25 - West Indies 126-4 (26.2 overs) WICKET! Irony upon irony. KP bowls five dot-balls and then doubles over with a back injury and decides he cannot continue. Chanderpaul will surely be chuckling inwardly after the comments KP made on Friday. The next over Ramdin goes for an almight haymaker off Mascarenhas and succeeds only in skying a simple catch to Flintoff. Windies are four down! Bravo is the new man in.
16:10 - West Indies 120-3 (23 overs) Mascarenhas enters the attack and keeps it pretty tight in his opening two overs, conceding just the solitary boundary to Ramdin - who cheekily chip-sweeps away to the legside fence. Flintoff hits with a direct hit on a run-out attempt, but the third umpire rightly decides Chanderpaul was comfortably in. England are doing a good job of slowing the home side down here.
16:00 - West Indies 106-3 (20 overs) Ramdin plays a blistering cut for four off Broad to get things going in the 19th over. Broad responds well, however, and restricts West Indies to singles with his next five deliveries. You get the feeling the home side are looking to consolidate after losing those three quick wickets and build slowly for an onslaught at the 40-over mark. Harmy is bowling some decent stuff so far.
15:45 - West Indies 87-3 (16 overs) WICKET! Another one! England are suddenly brilliant again. Flintoff is the assassin this time, getting one to cut back and forcing Sarwan to chop onto his own stumps. England are right back in this now, but Ramdin gives Flintoff something to think about by flicking him away to the midwicket boundary to get off the mark.
15:35 - West Indies 78-2 (14 overs) WICKET! Simmons is run out! Sarwan calls for a second after tapping one to the legside, but sends his partner back with the opener stranded halfway down the track. Mascarenhas is the fielder and he makes no mistake sending an accurate throw into Prior - who takes off the bails to claim an easy second wicket for England. Both openers are gone. In comes KP's best buddy, Mr Chanderpaul.
15:25 - West Indies 72-1 (13 overs) WICKET! Gayle cracks yet another six to the legside, this time Broad is the victim. But the very next ball he mis-times a slower ball and skies an attempted pull into the grateful hands of Prior! England finally have a breakthrough. Sarwan is the new man at the crease.
15:20 - West Indies 66-0 (12 overs) England decide to take the bowling Powerplay immediately (damage limitation?) and Gayle reacts by despatching Harmison for a maximum to long-on. Simmons follows it with a cracking cut for four and Barbados is rocking. Flintoff keeps it tight in the twelth over, but England desperately need a wicket.
15:10 - West Indies 53-0 (10 overs) Harmison's first over sees Gayle stroke one through the offside for an elegant boundary. Flintoff then goes for another six, this time Gayle's thick edge sails over Harmy's head at third man. The Windies captain moves to 32* with a single to keep the strike and England will be mighty pleased the opening Powerplay is over.
15:05 - West Indies 40-0 (8 overs) Gayle flicks one artfully away to the fine-leg boundary to keep the momentum going, before Simmons rocks back and slaps Flintoff to point for four to move to 20. Flintoff responds well to tuck Simmons up and almost force him to play on to his stumps, but he survives. Enter Harmison...
14:55 - West Indies 29-0 (6 overs) Simmons gets in on the act, flat-batting Anderson to midwicket for a violent six. Strauss makes an early change and introduces Flintoff for the sixth over. Gayle proceeds to cart Freddie's first ball for a straight six to long-on. Windies are really starting to fancy this now.
14:45 - West Indies 13-0 (4 overs) Gayle's had enough of this defensive lark. He batters Broad over midwicket for six and the crowd react in hysterical fashion. But the very next ball Broad catches him square in front of his stumps with an inswinger and he is VERY LUCKY to escape the LBW appeal. To add insult to injury, Gayle slaps one back past Broad for four with the last ball of the over.
14:35 - West Indies 1-0 (2 overs) Good start for England. Anderson and Broad find their line immediately and restrict Windies to just a single in the opening two overs of the first Powerplay. Just to remind you all, England are only allowed two fielders outside the circle for the first 10 overs.
14:05 - STRAUSS WINS THE TOSS A rare victory for the England captain, who decides to put West Indies in. "There's some moisture out their that should give our bowlers something," he says. The skies are also a little overcast and we could well see some rain at some stage. West Indies are unsurprisingly unchanged following Friday's romp: Chris Gayle (capt),Lendl Simmons, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Keiron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Darren Sammy, Nikita Miller, Fidel Edwards, Lionel Baker.
13:45 - HARMISON BACK FOR ENGLAND: Steve Harmison comes back into the England team after missing out on Friday, with Gareth Batty making way. England team: Andrew Strauss (capt), Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Matthew Prior (wkt), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Steve Harmison, James Anderson.
13:30 - YOUR THOUGHTS PLEASE Can England stem the tide and get themselves back in the series? Or is another crushing loss in the offing? Was Pietersen right to lay into Chanderpaul? Or should he be told to shut up, pack away that giant ego and get on with his cricket? The debate starts here and Cow is frothing at the mouth with excitement.
13:15 - GOOD AFTERNOON CRICKET FANS! Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the fourth one-day international between West Indies and England in Barbados. England trail 2-1 after suffering a heavy defeat at the same venue on Friday, and therefore must win today to stay alive in the five-match series. To do so the tourists surely need a big performance from Kevin Pietersen, a man who has spent the last few days moaning about the backbreaking life of being an international millionaire cricketer and upsetting the entire West Indies team with an attack on Shivnarine Chanderpaul. All of which could make this one a fiery encounter.
What a whining ponce, and of ALL people to accuse another of playing for themself. Let's hope the Windies wrap this up today, so we can hear more outbursts like this.
Good day to all.
From wa.irvine on Sun Mar 29 01:32PMGood day my friend, I take it you dont like KP William? haha
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 01:44PMKP should pack his ego in his old kit bag and take it with him on an early flight home.
From normanhughes690 on Sun Mar 29 01:47PMI dont care what anybody says , we need him. We love him when he is good, and hate him when he is bad. Im a fan
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 01:50PMPietersen is a self-obsessed prat. He views the England team as "the Kevin Pietersen Show + special guests" I wish he would disappear up his own arse as he is clearly a negative influence on the team. His ego makes that of boycott look miniscule.
From lordprimett on Sun Mar 29 01:50PMBut you need him pommies
England without KP is even more awful ...!
Flintoff has lost it...
who do u have now ??
From ankushinani on Sun Mar 29 01:52PMKP is the King
Pommies you will look even more awful without him
Freddy has lost it, mind uFrom ankushinani on Sun Mar 29 01:53PMAnyway with strauss as captain we have no chance, he isnt exactly mr motivator
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 01:53PMHe's entertaining I admit, but accusing someone of playing for themselves.. redefines 'pot calls kettle black'
From wa.irvine on Sun Mar 29 01:54PMhaha
From ankushinani on Sun Mar 29 01:54PMForget this moaning idiot, we have a game to concentrate on!! Shah will shine this time around me thinks, but even if he does, KP will still be the talking point!! any publicity will do for a whining, spoilt prat who will be adding to his already grand wealth yet again!! Surely it must be more difficult for the rest of the side to concentrate will KP running off at the mouth and spitting his dummy out every 2 minutes?? get rid!!
From johnecoughlan on Sun Mar 29 01:55PMI won't be a crushing loss, but I do expect the Windies to wrap up the series
They have batsmen as well as bowlers in good form, and they've been exceptional in the field... can't see England doing anything extraordinary with the state they're in.
In addition, Gayle will have told his players to go all out today... because if they strike on the 5th game with the series at 2-2, it'll be disappointing.From wa.irvine on Sun Mar 29 01:57PMWho is Flintoff??? He has Never scored the runs or got the wickets to justify his selection, look at his stats, when does he get a decent haul and how many excellent knocks? He is so overrated and overhyped it is unbelievable. What is he famous for? Being a northern booze-artist.
From lordprimett on Sun Mar 29 02:00PMI agree ankushinani...Your Indian team is looking good
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 02:02PMKP should be stripped of his passport and left to his own devices in the Windies maybe after he has spent a few months trying to find work as a shelf stacker in a third world economy he will wake up to the fact that most of his life has been a pretty good wicket.
From arttidesco on Sun Mar 29 02:02PMEvery body in this article is buyas
From willz_52391 on Sun Mar 29 02:04PM#14 I agree X Faktor Freddie seems to be loosing his lustre he should do a daily extra hours pedalo training to get in shape
From arttidesco on Sun Mar 29 02:05PM#14 I agree X Faktor Freddie seems to be loosing his lustre he should do a daily extra hours pedalo training to get in shape
From arttidesco on Sun Mar 29 02:06PMlol the Indian team is more than looking good... and I agree art.
and willz, if you're going to use that name, can we get the spelling right?
From wa.irvine on Sun Mar 29 02:07PM#17 This is cricket no room for sitting on the fence
Your either into win or you are a soccer fan From arttidesco on Sun Mar 29 02:07PMI think the windies will win 3-2, providing we play next week
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 02:09PMif England play well I will be spitting feathers as well. Should you need to be humiliated in order to "get up" to play for England? I will be well unhappy if they go out and play well as it meant they just didnt care last time.
From gavin_neate on Sun Mar 29 02:11PMi dont tink kevin should have said anyting about shiv jus like that.he should have had a chat wid him first an ask y he normaly do that.its not good in a cricket perspective.
From shawnseegobin on Sun Mar 29 02:12PMTypical reply from an assuie who has only one thing on his mind. There's to life than boring cricket. Get your head around the world sport football and not boring rubgy.
From ian.francis90 on Sun Mar 29 02:12PMGavin.. I would sooner see us bounce back, rather than lose again
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 02:14PMI cant believe we are as bad at cricket as the scots are at football
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 02:15PMexactly u either win or you r a soccer fan
4-0 wasnt bad , was it ? lol
anyways i like to see the Pommies do well
but luks like they are not focused at all
a couple of good africans , aussies anywhere to be pickd up ?
lolz
where are the selectors ?From ankushinani on Sun Mar 29 02:16PM#28 on the beach
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 02:21PMIm a soccer fan and cricket fan ankushinani. Luckily our football team is decent, and I dont mean because of yesterday.
From laboca123 on Sun Mar 29 02:26PMoh sure more than decent !
when they r fit ofcourse..From ankushinani on Sun Mar 29 02:31PM
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