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England v West Indies Test Series 2012 – 2nd Test
England v West Indies
Fri 25 May 2012, 11:00am BST, 11:00am local
England win by 9 wickets
| West Indies | 370 (109.2 ovs) & 165 (60.1 ovs) |
|---|---|
| England | 428 (123.4 ovs) & 111-1 (30.4 ovs) |
111-1: ENGLAND WIN THE SERIES! Four leg byes off Trott's pad sees England seal an emphatic nine wicket victory at Trent Bridge to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead. The next target will be a series whitewash at Edgbaston which starts on the 7th of June. Thanks for joining Orange's live coverage of the 2nd Test. Stay tuned for the full match report.
111-1: ENGLAND WIN THE SERIES! Four leg byes off Trott's pad sees England seal an emphatic nine wicket victory at Trent Bridge to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead. The next target will be a series whitewash at Edgbaston which starts on the 7th of June. Thanks for joining Orange's live coverage of the 2nd Test. Stay tuned for the full match report.
107-1: The scores are level as Trott works the ball away through mid-wicket for three runs. I think Pietersen can probably take his pads off now.
103-1: Trott moves to 10 after Samuels offers him plenty of room to drive through the cover-point region. Nearly there. Five runs now needed for victory.
99-1: We're into single figures now as Trott plays a simple nudge behind square leg for an easy single.
93-1: A freebie for Trott to get up and running. It's short and wide from Samuels and Trott makes no mistake in punishing the delivery to the boundary at point.
93-1: A freebie for Trott to get up and running. It's short and wide from Samuels and Trott makes no mistake in punishing the delivery to the boundary at point.
89-1: STRAUSS CAUGHT!After a meaty whack over mid-wicket for four, he ulitmately misses out on a half-century a couple of balls later. It's a tame dismissal as he picks out the man at extra cover with a gentle prod. He walks off having made 45 from 72 and Trott is the next man in
84-0: It's just not Shillingford's day today. He bowls an absolute beauty which races past Cook's outside edge, past the wicketkeeper and slip, and all the way to the boundary for four byes. 24 needed now for England.
1601: Welcome back. England need to rattle off 34 more runs which should take around 30 to 40 minutes. Shillingford will bowl to Cook.
67-0: Strauss gets lucky! He gets his intended cut shot all wrong but the edge flies past the wicketkeeper and first slip for another boundary. He moves onto 39 from 58 now.
61-0: Awful fielding from Rampaul at point. Cook's cut didn't have an awful lot of pace on it but still Rampaul manages to cock it up. Shillingford does not look happy!
55-0:Fifty is up. Strauss picks up a sneaky three with a lovely cut down to third man. Cook follows up with a firm stroke down to fine leg which runs all the way for four. 53 runs are now needed for victory.
46-0: Strauss and Cook are keeping the scoreboard ticking over nicely now. Cook picks up his first boundary with a patient cut behind square.
29-0:Chance for a run-out! Cook nudges it towards cover point and sets off for a quick single. Powell is the fielder but his throw just misses the stumps at the non-striker's end. A direct hit would have sent Cook back to the pavilion.
28-0:Sammy replaces Roach in the attack but there are no slips in place and Strauss takes advantage by running it past the keeper and to the fence. Delicate shot pefectly played.
14-0:Three fours in five balls for Strauss as England rack up some quick runs. Far too short from Roach with the England captain pulling past square leg with ease. He's brought up a landmark for the batsmen as Strauss and Cook pass 5,000 runs together in 124 Test innings.
2-0:One of the biggest cheers of the day as Cook gets England on the scoreboard after 23 dot balls with a two through the covers.
0-0:Three maidens to start the innings. Rampaul is bowling from the Pavilion End.
David Grundy:"Poor woman being hit on wrist by Samuels' six! Has anyone ever suffered a fatal injury through watching a cricket match?" - Indian cricketer Raman Lamba died when he was hit in the head while fielding at forward short-leg without wearing a helmet in 1998.
0-0:Quick turnaround as Strauss and Cook get padded up before making their way to the middle. The England skipper is on strike. Roach to open the attack with the Windies desperate for an early breakthrough.
165-ao: WEST INDIES BOWLED OUT!Samuels can't stay on strike and Rampaul (0) is picked off with ease. Anderson gets one to shape away and the tailender edges it straight to Bresnan at third slip. The Windies are mopped up for 165, despite more heroics from Samuels (76no). Bresnan and Anderson claim four wickets apiece. England need 108 to win the match and series. It *should* be a cakewalk.
165-9:Samuels is smacking Swann all over the ground! The batsman opens the over with a four to deep midwicket and then fires two huge sixes! The first is smashed down the ground and hits a poor woman on the wrist. Samuels then follows it up with the biggest shot of the innings over long-on. Superb batting.
148-9: SWANN STRIKES!First wicket for the spinner as he gets one to drift slightly and Shillingford (0 off 22 balls) edges to Anderson at first slip. Rampaul is the last man in.
141-8:Samuels and Shillingford return to the crease with Swann set to bowl the first over after lunch.
141-8: LUNCH.So much for my prediction of an England win before lunch, eh? Decent session for the Windies who lost two wickets for 80 runs. Samuels (52) remains unbeaten but he's running out of partners. The tourists lead by 83 but England remain heavy favourites to wrap this up. Join us for the afternoon session from 1340.
141-8:Almost a schoolboy by the new batsman. Samuels' drive straight down the pitch deflects off Anderson's fingertips and rolls just past the non-striker's stumps with Shillingford's bat not grounded.
139-8:Shillingford joins the dogged Samuels at the crease. Two wickets required for England. West Indies lead by 81. Five minutes until lunch.
139-8: WINDIES EIGHT DOWN!Roach (14) moves across his stumps and is trapped in front of middle and leg by Anderson. It looks plumb but Asad Rauf turns down the appeals. England review and the replays show it was hitting leg stump so the umpire is forced to overturn his decision.
139-7:Fifty for Samuels! A single to cover brings up his half-century as Samuels continues to frustrate England's bowlers.
134-7:Full and swinging delivery from Anderson who is back on for Broad. Samuels looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which flies past a diving Stauss in the sole slip position. The England skipper was a whisker away from taking the catch.
121-7:You lucky boy! Roach attempts to hook a Broad bouncer but it brushes his glove and just beats a diving Prior who lunged full stretch to his left. The ball runs down to the fence.
113-7:Samuels looks to pull but misses and is struck high on the pad by Bresnan. Loud appeals turned down. Strauss surprisingly decides to review it, but the ball was going over. One referral now left for England.
Nigel, Wolverhampton:"Easy paced pitch but remember 14 wickets fell yesterday. With DRS, batsmen are never 'in'. This is a Test match. Got to get out of one-day mentality that it is all wham bam. Patience! England to win by 6 wickets."
110-7:Roach is the new batsman with England into the tail. Three wickets needed. The Windies lead by 52 and are now out of reviews.
110-7: BRESNAN BREAKTHROUGH!Crucial wicket for England. Straight one from Bresnan which hits Sammy (25) on the back leg in front of middle. The umpire raises his finger but the Windies review it. Nervous wait - height is the issue - before Hawk-Eye shows the ball was shaving the bails and so the on-field decision stays. Huge loss for the tourists.
Ismael, Bolton:"Let's not forget Headingley '81, it ain't over until it's over! If this turns out to be a decent partnership like the 1st innings, even 150ish batting last can be tricky. England are well known to 'bottle it'! Mmm wonder what the odds are for a West Indies win!"
102-6:Another lovely shot by Samuels as he sends a textbook drive through the covers to take the Windies past the 100 mark. Bresnan is back on as Anderson takes a rest.
97-6:Beautiful square drive from Samuels who opens the face of the bat and times it perfectly. Bairstow gives chase but can't prevent the boundary.
83-6:Fours for the batsmen as Sammy creams it through extra cover and Samuels flicks one off his pads to deep midwicket. Bit of a low-key start from England's bowlers and here's the first change as Broad replaces Bresnan.
67-6:Appeal from Bresnan after Samuels is struck just above the knee roll, but Asad Rauf shakes his head. It was too high and outside the line.
66-6:Sammy gets off the mark first ball with a single to the covers before Samuels clips a gimme to deep square leg for four. Anderson will bowl at the other end.
1100:Despite my bold prediction of England wrapping this up inside two hours, let's not forget that the two men at the crease are Samuels (13) and Sammy (0), who put on a mammoth 204-run partnership in the first innings. Can they dig their side out of another deep hole? The players are out on the field. Bresnan will open the attack.
1045:Welcome to our live coverage on day four of the second Test at Trent Bridge. With the Windies wobbling on 61-6 - a lead of just three - England will be hoping to mop up the final four wickets this morning before adding the required extras with the bat to secure a 2-0 series win. Simples. My prediction is we'll be done before lunch.
England v West Indies Test Series 2012 – 2nd Test
England v West Indies
Fri 25 May 2012, 11:00am BST, 11:00am local
England win by 9 wickets
| West Indies | 370 (109.2 ovs) & 165 (60.1 ovs) |
|---|---|
| England | 428 (123.4 ovs) & 111-1 (30.4 ovs) |
England coasted to a series-clinching nine-wicket win in the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge on Monday.
Chasing 108 to win, captain Andrew Strauss (45) and Alastair Cook (43 not out) sealed a result - and an unassailable 2-0 lead with one game to play - that was all-but assured by Sunday night's bowling exploits.
Marlon Samuels, following on from his first-innings century, at least succeeded in frustrating England with 76 not out in his side's 165 all out - a significant improvement on their overnight position of 61 for six.
The day summed up the West Indies' exploits in this game and the tour as whole: a period of defiance against the odds followed by England asserting their dominance at the decisive moments.
Tim Bresnan and James Anderson both finished with four wickets in the second innings, while Strauss took his series tally to 309 runs in four knocks.
England opened with last night's hero Bresnan and the ever-reliable Anderson but found the West Indies in much more resolute form than on the third evening.
With both first innings centurions - Samuels and Darren Sammy - at the crease, that was perhaps no surprise.
The pair started confidently, Sammy off the mark immediately and Samuels flicking his fifth ball of the morning for four.
Sammy punched Bresnan to the extra-cover ropes and Samuels turned Anderson to long-leg as the runs ticked by at a decent rate.
They continued busily, Samuels caressing a cover drive for four to bring up his side's 100 and a lead of 52 after an hour's play.
It took a drinks break to disrupt Sammy, Bresnan trapping him lbw on the back foot for 25 three balls after the interruption.
It was Bresnan's fourth wicket of the innings, all leg before.
New man Kemar Roach had a lively start to his innings, taking three boundaries in four balls off Broad - two authentic attacking strokes either side of a mis-cued hook off the glove.
Samuels sprayed Anderson past point for four and then aimed a huge drive at the Lancastrian.
This time the ball went towards Strauss at first slip but his full-length dive left him just short and the ball disappeared for four more.
Samuels dropped a single to bring up his half-century, in 130 balls, but Roach departed when Anderson claimed England's sixth lbw - DRS reversing an initial not-out verdict.
At lunch the tourists were 83 in front and Samuels scored seven more after the break before losing Shane Shillingford to Graeme Swann - who did not bowl in the morning session.
Shillingford, held at slip by Anderson, lasted 22 balls without troubling the scorers.
With Ravi Rampaul in at number 11, Samuels was by now turning down all singles in an attempt to farm the strike.
Realising time was running out Samuels smashed 16 runs off one Swann over, including two mighty sixes to take him to 76.
He had no chance to make more, Anderson having Rampaul caught at third slip to end the innings on 165.
England began sedately, with just two runs in the first four overs before Strauss took on Roach's short ball and twice pulled in front of square for four.
In doing so, he and Cook became only the fifth partnership in Test history to score 5,000 runs together.
Cook remained cautious, but Strauss ran his fourth boundary to third man as Sammy joined the attack.
Shillingford, who went for 110 in the first innings, saw his opening delivery cut away by Cook for his first four of the day.
His second was close behind, a flick down to fine-leg as Sammy's line drifted.
That took England past the halfway mark and Cook continued to pick up the pace when Rampaul misfielded the ball into the boundary rope at deep-backward point.
By now the tourists had accepted their fate, demonstrated when wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin allowed a Strauss edge to sail past him without attempting a catch.
Tea came at 74 for nought, leaving 34 more for victory.
They scored 15 of them before Strauss unexpectedly chipped Samuels to Darren Bravo at cover, five short of his half-century.
Cook and Jonathan Trott (17no) completed the job, the latter winning it with four to fine-leg.
England v West Indies Test Series 2012 – 2nd Test
England v West Indies
Fri 25 May 2012, 11:00am BST, 11:00am local
England win by 9 wickets
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB Barath | c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| KOA Powell | c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad | 33 | 49 | 7 | 0 |
| KA Edwards | b JM Anderson | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| DM Bravo | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| S Chanderpaul | lbw GP Swann | 46 | 86 | 9 | 0 |
| MN Samuels | c JM Anderson b TT Bresnan | 117 | 261 | 16 | 0 |
| D Ramdin | b TT Bresnan | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| DJG Sammy | c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan | 106 | 156 | 17 | 1 |
| KAJ Roach | c AJ Strauss b TT Bresnan | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| S Shillingford | st MJ Prior b GP Swann | 16 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| R Rampaul | not out | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | 8b, 18lb, 1w, 1nb | 28 | |||
| Total | (109.2 ovs) | 370 | all out | ||
fow: 1-9 (AB Barath, 3.2 ov), 2-26 (KA Edwards, 8.3 ov), 3-42 (DM Bravo, 14.3 ov), 4-63 (KOA Powell, 18.2 ov), 5-125 (S Chanderpaul, 45.3 ov), 6-136 (D Ramdin, 48.3 ov), 7-340 (DJG Sammy, 100.5 ov), 8-341 (MN Samuels, 102.2 ov), 9-360 (KAJ Roach, 106.5 ov), 10-370 (S Shillingford, 109.2 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 30.0 | 12 | 73 | 2 | 2.43 |
| SCJ Broad | 27.0 | 4 | 81 | 2 | 3.00 |
| TT Bresnan | 27.0 | 4 | 104 | 4 | 3.85 |
| GP Swann | 20.2 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 3.05 |
| IJL Trott | 5.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Strauss | c D Ramdin b DJG Sammy | 141 | 303 | 22 | 0 |
| AN Cook | c D Ramdin b R Rampaul | 24 | 59 | 4 | 0 |
| IJL Trott | lbw R Rampaul | 35 | 54 | 7 | 0 |
| KP Pietersen | lbw R Rampaul | 80 | 114 | 11 | 1 |
| IR Bell | lbw KAJ Roach | 22 | 32 | 3 | 0 |
| JM Bairstow | c S Chanderpaul b KAJ Roach | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Prior | b DJG Sammy | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| TT Bresnan | not out | 39 | 93 | 5 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad | c DJG Sammy b S Shillingford | 25 | 47 | 3 | 0 |
| GP Swann | c DJG Sammy b MN Samuels | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Anderson | lbw MN Samuels | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 9b, 10lb, 4w, 18nb | 41 | |||
| Total | (123.4 ovs) | 428 | all out | ||
fow: 1-43 (AN Cook, 17.4 ov), 2-123 (IJL Trott, 34.4 ov), 3-267 (KP Pietersen, 70.2 ov), 4-300 (IR Bell, 80.4 ov), 5-308 (JM Bairstow, 86.1 ov), 6-336 (MJ Prior, 91.1 ov), 7-363 (AJ Strauss, 103.6 ov), 8-416 (SCJ Broad, 118.6 ov), 9-426 (GP Swann, 121.2 ov), 10-428 (JM Anderson, 123.4 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAJ Roach | 25.0 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 3.60 |
| R Rampaul | 32.0 | 8 | 75 | 3 | 2.34 |
| DJG Sammy | 34.0 | 3 | 120 | 2 | 3.53 |
| S Shillingford | 26.0 | 4 | 110 | 1 | 4.23 |
| MN Samuels | 6.4 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2.10 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB Barath | lbw JM Anderson | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| KOA Powell | b JM Anderson | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Bravo | lbw TT Bresnan | 22 | 43 | 4 | 0 |
| S Chanderpaul | c IJL Trott b SCJ Broad | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| MN Samuels | not out | 76 | 160 | 9 | 2 |
| D Ramdin | lbw TT Bresnan | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| KA Edwards | lbw TT Bresnan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DJG Sammy | lbw TT Bresnan | 25 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
| KAJ Roach | lbw JM Anderson | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| S Shillingford | c JM Anderson b GP Swann | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| R Rampaul | c TT Bresnan b JM Anderson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb | 3 | |||
| Total | (60.1 ovs) | 165 | all out | ||
fow: 1-5 (KOA Powell, 2.1 ov), 2-14 (AB Barath, 4.2 ov), 3-31 (S Chanderpaul, 9.1 ov), 4-45 (DM Bravo, 16.5 ov), 5-61 (D Ramdin, 24.4 ov), 6-61 (KA Edwards, 24.6 ov), 7-110 (DJG Sammy, 41.4 ov), 8-139 (KAJ Roach, 50.4 ov), 9-148 (S Shillingford, 57.3 ov), 10-165 (R Rampaul, 60.1 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 20.1 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 2.13 |
| SCJ Broad | 17.0 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 3.41 |
| GP Swann | 6.0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4.00 |
| TT Bresnan | 17.0 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 2.18 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Strauss | c DM Bravo b MN Samuels | 45 | 72 | 7 | 0 |
| AN Cook | not out | 43 | 86 | 3 | 0 |
| IJL Trott | not out | 17 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | 5b, 1nb | 6 | |||
| Total | (30.4 ovs) | 111 | for 1 | ||
did not bat: KP Pietersen, IR Bell, JM Bairstow, MJ Prior, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson
fow: 1-89 (AJ Strauss, 24.1 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAJ Roach | 5.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 |
| R Rampaul | 6.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2.00 |
| DJG Sammy | 6.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5.33 |
| MN Samuels | 5.4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.18 |
| S Shillingford | 8.0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3.50 |
toss: West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
venue: Trent Bridge, Nottingham

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