England v West Indies - 1st Test - Day 5 - England win by 5 wickets – Live Score and Update
West Indies 243 & 345 v England 398 & 193/5 (46.1 ov) - England won by 5 wickets
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 reinforced their dominance in Test cricket by going one-up against the visiting team of West Indies as they beat them by five wickets in the first Test of the three-match series at Lord's, London.
The home team dominated the match and while there were moments for West Indies to gloat, they never looked in a position to end the match on a winning note, as English bowlers always had an upper hand against them.
Finishing off the tourists on a second innings tally of 345, the Poms required 191 runs to win the game, and by stumps on the fourth day of play, they needed another 181 runs to win with eight wickets in hand.
With the match in favour of the English, the final day began with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 coming out to bat their team to a well crafted victory.
At this point in time, the Windies needed to give a belligerent bowling performance to bowl-out England well before reaching the required target.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 as he struck early to nab the wicket of Trott, who faltered after scoring 13 runs, leaving his side standing on a tally of 29.
With three wickets down for 29 runs, England were caught in a bit of bother, and this was the moment for West Indies to put more pressure on the batting side to grab a few more wickets to secure their fate.
The duo of Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 then stood defiant in front of the raging bowling attack, but the resistance soon met its end on the wicket of Pietersen, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring an innings of 13 runs. At the time of his wicket, England had amassed 57 runs.
Nonetheless, Cook was looking in unbelievable form and for as long as he was on the crease; the home side were in a position to win the game.
The partnership between Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 just took the game away from West Indies as the two batsmen staggered a daunting collaboration to leave the Windies in ruins.
With 189 runs on the board, Cook finally departed after smashing a knock of 79 runs, while Bell remained unbeaten on 63 runs as England handsomely won the match.
England’s strike bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 was named as the Player of the Match for taking eleven wickets in the game.
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