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Vaughan,
Pietersen slam tons |
May 25, 2007 (Link to
Scorecard)
Michael Vaughan celebrated his return to
the England Test Side with a century.
England put West Indies behind in the
contest on the opening day's play at
Headingley in Leeds. The homeside piled
up 366 for the loss of five wickets with
Kevin Pietersen also scoring a century.
In the 85 overs that were bowled,
England put on 366 runs with Kevin
Pietersen still unfinished on 130.
The toss for this match was won by
Michael Vaughan and England batted first
on a good batting strip. The English
side was with two changes with Michael
Vaughan returning for Owais Shah and
Ryan Sidebottom making a comeback after
a long period replacing the injured
Matthew Hoggard. Daren Powell gave a
bright start by dismissing Andrew
Strauss for 15 in the 9th over. West
Indies had a good lunch break as they
could end the inform Alastair Cook's
innings for 42. Chris Gayle with his off
spin was the wicket taker getting an lbw
decision in his favour.
The afternoon show was taken care by
Vaughan and the ever attacking Kevin
Pietersen. The runs came at the fair
pace to keep the West Indian fielders
busy. Michael Vaughan got out after
resumption of play in the last session,
getting caught off Jerome Taylor.
Vaughan got his 16th hundred by then,
getting his 103 from 173 balls with 11
fours. The partnership for the third
wicket was 163 coming at a brisk pace.
England by close lost further wickets of
Collingwood and Bell both falling to
Corey Collymore. While Collingwood got a
start to his innings with a 29, Bell
fell early for just 5. At stumps, Kevin
Pietersen standing tall with 130 from
155 balls only with 15 boundaries. He
has got the dangerous Matt Prior on 13
to give him company for tomorrow
morning. With so many runs scored by
England, the West Indian batsmen need to
pull out a couple of long innings to
catch up with the first innings total.
They have lost a key batsman for this
match and that is Shivnarine Chanderpaul
with a bleeding knee. Chanderpaul's
place has gone to Sylvester Joseph.
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