England vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 – 2nd Test – Day 3 Recap
England seamers tarnished Windies’ progression and laid a firm grip on the 2nd Test after reducing their opponents to 61 for 6, in the second innings, at the end of the third day at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on May 27, 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 kept their end of the bargain with another wholehearted effort on a sun-filled day.
The equation was still balanced after the Windies had shown spirit to limit http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371 in the top-order
would ideally serve the tourists well, especially against the no.1 ranked Test side in the world.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 resumed the proceedings for the hosts, from the overnight team score of 259 for 2. The skipper had reached his century last night and, despite his conversion rates not among the finest, began the day with authority.
He held the innings strong in a period of Windies’ dominancy with the second new ball. KP’s morning stay was cut short by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Rampaul-c2233 in the third over of the day - lbw for 80. Jonny Bairstow debut series continued to be a disappointment, falling for a
short-ball trap from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758 – the only player in the top 8 to register a single figure score, 4.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 his first wicket of the day. Following that, Sammy was effective in bowling the right line, and eventually accounted
for his counterpart, who fell for a well made 141.
It was Strauss’ most effective outing in terms of resuming from an overnight hangover. His previous endeavours have seen him add a best of 6 runs to his last evening’s scores. When he edged behind, his side still trailed by 7 and was guilty of relinquishing
their advantage.
However, having personnel’s in Bresnan and Broad coming in at 8 and 9 is always handy, and the duo again proved that by adding 53 for the 8th wicket. Their stand helped the team to cross 400 before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Shillingford-c2397 finally got his first wicket,
ending Broad’s 22-run stay.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 to cut off the opponents – leaving Bresnan stranded on 39.
However, Windies’ bowling efforts were laid to waste by the batters. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-Barath-c886 was caught lbw. With Anderson dismissing the openers, Broad then claimed the key scalp of Shivnarine
Chanderpaul (11) – tempted the veteran to hook him to fine leg.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kirk-Anton-Edwards-c71510, who came in at six due to illness, in the penultimate over – leaving the Windies’ skipper and
the Jamaican, Samuels, to play a similar knock as they did in the first innings when play resume on Day 4.
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