England v West Indies - West Indies tour of England - 3rd Test - Day 3 - Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 280/8 (98.0 ov) v England - England won the toss and elected to field
Finally after losing the first two days of the third Test between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and West Indies to rain, fans witnessed play between the two countries on Saturday, June 09, 2012, at Edgbaston, Birmingham, where England after winning the toss chose to field first.
Meanwhile, West Indies were on the back foot after losing ace batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 to injury, hampering West Indies’ plans to avoid a 3-0 defeat in front of the Poms after having lost the first two matches.
West Indies openers AB Barath and KOA Powell were least bothered about the depleted position of the middle-order because of the absence of Chanderpaul, and belted their team to a commendable opening stand of 49 runs, countering the English bowlers effectively.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 got to them and ended the daunting partnership by nabbing the wicket of KOA Powell, who faltered after smacking a knock of 24 runs.
With Powell gone, the English knew the doors to climb back in the match were wide open and all they needed to do was to neutralize a few more batsmen to reduce the batting side to rubble.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 Fudadin avoided such a predicament from taking place as he provided Barath with some outstanding support to leave the English bowlers battered.
Finally with a tally of 90 on the board, the Poms struck again and this time it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-Barath-c886, who was given leg-before wicket after scoring 41 runs.
Star batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 then perished on a tally of six, as he failed to give a befitting performance, leaving his side standing on a total of 99 runs.
Fudadin and MN Samuels then belted a brave partnership as the duo took the score to 128 before the demise of Fudadin, who became Bresnan’s second wicket of the day after smashing an innings of 28 runs.
Later, it were the high pitched knocks of 76 and 60 runs by Samuels and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/D-Ramdin-c1299 that really made the difference as West Indies ended the day with 280 runs on the board for the loss of eight wickets.
From England, both Onions and Bresnan finished with three wickets to their names.
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