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Chanderpaul,
Edwards help West Indies to fightback |
June 17, 2007 (Link to
Scorecard)
 The
honours have been evenly shared after a full
day's play at Chester-le-Street on Sunday.
England were put in a supreme position by Andrew
Strauss but three quick wickets from Fidel
Edwards has changed the equation. The homeside
is at 121 for 4 in reply to West Indies' 287
which was largely due to Shivnarine
Chanderpaul's 16th hundred.
It has been a return of form for
Andrew Strauss who has finished the third day's
play with 72. He has hit 11 fours in his
121-ball stay. After a quick start, Alastair
Cook was taken behind by the keeper Denesh
Ramdin off the bowling of Fidel Edwards for 13.
Captain Michael Vaughan repaired the early loss
with a busy partnership with Strauss who was
doing most of the scoring. Fidel Edwards
returned once again and this time, he picked not
just Vaughan but also the big one of Kevin
Pietersen to end the day's play. Pietersen was
supposed to come out only on the fourth day but
he had to when Corey Collymore got rid of the
nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard who survived only
four balls. Both Hoggard and Pietersen got out
without opening their accounts.
Earlier in the day, Windies were
in a slump losing four wickets for just 30 runs.
They lost their overnight batsman Dwayne Bravo
with just nine runs added in the day's play.
Bravo was bowled by Hoggard for 44 ending the
86-run stand with Chanderpaul. Another fruitful
partnership followed from Chanderpaul this time
with Marlon Samuels. The partnership was going
along well before Ryan Sidebottom brought an end
to it by removing Samuels for 19. Windies went
to lunch at 211 for 6.
After lunch, Shivnarine
Chanderpaul brought up his century but he was
losing partners at the other end quickly. All of
a sudden, Windies were at a dismal 229 for 9.
However, Chanderpaul found some assistance in
the form of Corey Collymore. The two players
kept on frustrating the England players for more
than 23 overs. Collymore survived 53 balls to
help Chanderpaul add up a valuable 58 runs for
the last wicket. Chanderpaul remained
unconquered on 136 from 257 balls with 18 fours
and a six.
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