England on top as West Indies batsman struggle in the second innings
Sarita | Jun 19 2007


West Indies is on the verge of another test defeat after a brilliant century from Paul Collingwood and superb swing bowling from Matthew Hoggard.

At the end of fourth day, West Indies were struggling at 83 for three in their second innings, still trailing by 30 runs with 98 overs to go in the match. Though, dashing opening batsman Chris Gayle and in-form Shivnaraine Chanderpaul are still on crease for West Indies but they have to form a big partnership to save this test for their team.

Earlier, Collingwood scored 128, his fifth Test hundred and was the main reason behind England score of 400 in the first innings. Wicket keeper batsman Matt Prior also scored a quick fire half century. For West Indies, Fidel Edward grabbed five wickets but rest of the bowlers struggled in a responsive pitch. West Indies started poorly in the second innings, loosing the wicket of opener Devon Smith pretty early. Captain Darren Ganga once again fell cheaply to an out swinger from Matthew Hoggard.

Espnstar

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