England Vs West Indies 4th Test Chester-Le-Street

[MohammedC]

England won the toss and elected to field first

Michael Vaughan, the England captain, has won the toss and put West Indies into bat at Chester-le-Street, as the fourth Test finally gets underway on the second afternoon.

Three-and-a-half sessions have been lost due to rain so far. After yesterday's washout - play abandoned without a ball being bowled - the weather was less threatening this morning, giving hope of a prompt start to play. However, so heavy has the rain been in the north of England over the past few days, that The Riverside's outfield was severely saturated.


England team: Strauss, AN Cook, MP Vaughan, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior, RJ Sidebottom, SJ Harmison, MS Panesar, MJ Hoggard

West Idies: D Ganga,CH Gayle,DS Smith,RS Morton,S Chanderpaul,DJ Bravo, MN Samuels, D Ramdin, CD Collymore, DBL Powell, FH Edwards

[MohammedC]

WI in trouble 58/4 after 18 overs

[One World]

ohh not again

[Sohel]

88 for 4 after 29.1 overs ... monty's starting to get good turns ... shiv and bravo surviving.

[MohammedC]

Just realised Darren Sammy is not in the team is he injured

[tonoy]

link pls for vdo

[One World]

sammy came out unfit. there is a lot going on in the backdoor. the board is divided into two. selection in WI is not so straightforward. ultra-politico and intra-island egos run around all the time. i have been curiously following and found that not all the time the best performers are exposed normally. god knows when things will start executing properly.

by the way bravo hits a 4 in the first over of Hoggard after tea.

[One World]

32.5	Sidebottom to Chanderpaul, FOUR, lovely stroke, capitalising on this wider delivery, cutting it calmly behind square down to third man for four

that brings the 100

[tonoy]

any internet vdo link pls.

[One World]

harmison is humbled by Bravo

[gatekeeper]

This guy Sidebottom seems to have sprung up from nowhere.

[gatekeeper]

Bravo?Chander fighting. Lets see what happens.

[One World]

"And the umpires converge, in that slow funerial manner, to consult on the light. They don't like it, and it really is looking bleak out there. Yes - off they go. On come the covers, and that might well be the end of play today. Terrific, fighting partnership from this pair. We'll keep you updated on proceedings out in the middle."

[MohammedC]

shiv chandu is too good against England

Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50 W BB BowlAv 5w Ct St

Test Career 103 6976 203* 45.59 15 42 8 1/2 105.62 0 44 0
Against Eng 23 1545 128* 48.28 3 11 1 1/94 309.00 0 9 0

[Sohel]

shiv and marlon dealing with monty and the sidebottom man at the moment. windies 177 for 5, shiv on 75 and looking unbeatable. if marlon delivers on those all those promises, and this would be a good time to do it, our boys have a shot.

[One World]

west indies in deep trouble as they are 220/8 and chanderpaul fighting with 94

[One World]

69.4	Sidebottom to Ramdin, OUT, what a fine piece of bowling that is and a superb catch from Collingwood at second slip. Angled across him, the ball then cut back a touch to Ramdin who tried to punch it off the back foot but could only edge it to Collingwood who took it in front of his face
	D Ramdin c Collingwood b Sidebottom 13 (22b 2x4 0x6) SR: 59.09

70.2	Harmison to Powell, OUT, good grief. What a dreadful shot that is. A touch wider of the off stump and Powell tries to pull it, but skies it to Prior behind the stumps who steadies himself to take a comfortable catch
	DBL Powell c Prior b Harmison 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

dramatic turn out of events

[gatekeeper]

This is some fight WI are putting up.

[Shafin]

Current partnership 56 runs, 18.5 overs, RR: 2.97 (Chanderpaul 38, Collymore 11)

Great 10th Wicket Partnership

[One World]

heavy contribution from collymore..WI looking to hit 300+ in 1st innings

[One World]

It's all over. Collymore goes for 13, just shy of his top score of 16. Great innings from Chanderpaul, once again their highest scorer. A useful contribution, too, from Bravo, with 44. And well done Sidebottom, who got his first five-for in Tests.

Here world's most laconic batsman between the wickets:

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	103	176	23	6976	203*	45.59	16162	43.16	15	42	813	16	44	0
ODIs	217	205	27	6774	150	38.05	9644	70.24	6	46	591	65	61	0
Twenty20 Int.	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	27	96.29	0	0	2	0	1	0
First-class	203	331	54	14327	303*	51.72			40	70			123	0
List A	310	290	45	9591	150	39.14			7	68			94	0
Twenty20	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	27	96.29	0	0			1	0

(*stat does not include today's 136 no)

[Shafin]

WI all out for 287,Chanderpaul not out again on 136

[Xavier]

...and Ganga out for 0 again!

btw check Sopcast 25261 before it's deleted... (sorry admins!)

[Sovik]

great knock from chanderpaul and no support from every other batsman. typical windies

[Shafin]

England 72/1