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England beat West Indies with the biggest ever margin in their 79-year Test history by an innings and 283 runs in a rain- marred second Test. The temperature hovered around seven to nine degrees Celsius in the morning - the coldest playing conditions in England.
ryan sidebottom 246
With West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan unable to bat because of a shoulder injury, England needed only 33.1 overs to take the remaining seven wickets on a showery day. Earlier, when the play began Windies scorecard read 22-2, and it took only 14 balls for the hosts to make further inroads. The West Indies innings finished on 141-9 chasing 402 to avoid an innings defeat.
In the very third over of the day, Chris Gayle edged a ball from Liam Plunkett to wicketkeeper Matthew Prior who took a diving catch. He scored 13. Devon Smith (16) hit a ball from Sidebottom only to be caught by Andrew Strauss in the slips. Dwayne Bravo who scored 52 was the top scorer for the West Indies. Bravo and Runako Morton put on 63 runs for the sixth wicket to take the score past 100.
Bravo's brave fight ended when he advanced against Panesar and the left-arm spinner's clever variation of flight led to a simple catch at mid-off. With Bravo gone, the match finished off soon.
England leads the four-Test series 1-0. Ryan Sidebottom finished with eight for 86 in the match.
I am just delighted to be back playing test cricket. I knew I had to prove myself ... I think I've served my time and I'm delighted to be back here,
Sidebottom said.
Kevin Pietersen scored 226 for his side as England declared at 570 for seven on Saturday. The West Indies then made 146 and was forced to follow on. It was the largest test defeat for the Windies.
West Indies stand-in captain Daren Ganga rued,
It was a tough four days for us. We have got to remain upbeat. We have got some time off now to look at things. We need to show what we are capable of as a team.
The West Indies was without experienced Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who withdrew with a knee injury. Chanderpaul will return for the second test starting June 7 in Manchester, but Sarwan is doubtful.
Players from both sides wore black armbands and observed one-minute silence in memory of ICC president Percy Sonn, who died on Sunday.
Via: BBC
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