The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
One innings into England's Test summer, Andrew Strauss' authority has been emphatically re-established. That it should take place at Lord's was entirely appropriate because there is something about Lord's that encourages the best in him. He is attuned to its trim and orderly air and after an unrewarding winter that brought his right to the England captaincy into focus he has never valued it more.
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That Shivnarine Chanderpaul values his wicket like few others is not a matter for debate. His team-mate Darren Bravo felt it, the umpire Marius Erasmus felt it and, most painfully of all, the England bowlers felt it. All three found at the start of an international summer that getting him to leave the crease is no easy matter.
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Ken Rutherford averaged 27.08 in Test cricket. That figure was not truly representative of a considerable talent, yet it was a lot higher than it might have been. Rutherford had to build a Test career after one of the most traumatic and inhumane introductions to Test cricket imaginable. At the age of 19, he was picked by New Zealand to open the batting during their tour of the Caribbean in 1984-85. Malcolm Marshall destroyed him. Rutherford got a pair on debut; in the series he made 12 runs at an average of 1.71.
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West Indies suffered a crushing 10-wicket defeat to England Lions yesterday, just four days ahead of their clash with World number one England in the opening Test at Lord's.
Without the full services of their three-pronged pace attack, West Indies struggled to make any inroads and the Lions easily wiped off the 197 set for victory before tea on the final day of the four-day tour match at Wantage Road.
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Although competition is slim for the honour, this was far and away the West Indians' best day on tour as Kieran Powell led a determined batting effort to keep England Lions in the field and facing the prospect of a tricky final-day run chase. Powell, who hit just his second first-class hundred, put on century partnerships with Darren Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul as the visitors closed 183 ahead.
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