England eats into West Indies' lead at Lord's
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May 19, 2012, Saturday
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ENGLAND slashed West Indies' lead to 163 at lunch on day two of the first test at Lord's, reaching 80-1 in reply to the tourists' 243 all out yesterday.
Andrew Strauss was unbeaten on 31 and Jonathan Trott was 17 not out after Kemar Roach (1-32) took the only England wicket in the morning session, bowling Alastair Cook for 26.
Stuart Broad, who took a career-best 7-72, dismissed Shannon Gabriel with the first ball of the day to give England the best possible start.
Broad's previous best performance was 6-46 against India at Trent Bridge in 2011.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul was left stranded on his overnight score of 87 not out, after Broad had debutant Gabriel caught at second slip by Graeme Swann.
Gabriel made a first-ball duck after West Indies began the day on 243-9.
England advanced to 47 before Alastair Cook dragged a Roach ball onto his stumps.
Strauss played the occasional ugly shot, but grew in confidence alongside Trott, who looked characteristically unflustered.
On the first day, England fast bowler Stuart Broad took a six-wicket haul to reduce West Indies to 243-9 at stumps.
Broad finished Thursday with 6-72 from 24.4 overs after claiming five wickets in the final session just when West Indies had started to look comfortable at 181-4.
He was unable to shift Chanderpaul, who overturned an lbw decision, survived a review and was involved in a run out during an obdurate and occasionally aggressive 175-ball innings that included 12 fours.
"He's been doing it for 15 years," Broad said of Chanderpaul. "It's quite tricky to find a good line to him because he likes to shuffle around, (but) at the end of the day we've picked up his mates around him so he'll have to play some shots in the morning if he wants his hundred."
Adrian Barath was the next highest scorer with a promising 42 but Broad dragged England back into the contest after its bowlers were frustrated for much of the day.
Andrew Strauss was unbeaten on 31 and Jonathan Trott was 17 not out after Kemar Roach (1-32) took the only England wicket in the morning session, bowling Alastair Cook for 26.
Stuart Broad, who took a career-best 7-72, dismissed Shannon Gabriel with the first ball of the day to give England the best possible start.
Broad's previous best performance was 6-46 against India at Trent Bridge in 2011.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul was left stranded on his overnight score of 87 not out, after Broad had debutant Gabriel caught at second slip by Graeme Swann.
Gabriel made a first-ball duck after West Indies began the day on 243-9.
England advanced to 47 before Alastair Cook dragged a Roach ball onto his stumps.
Strauss played the occasional ugly shot, but grew in confidence alongside Trott, who looked characteristically unflustered.
On the first day, England fast bowler Stuart Broad took a six-wicket haul to reduce West Indies to 243-9 at stumps.
Broad finished Thursday with 6-72 from 24.4 overs after claiming five wickets in the final session just when West Indies had started to look comfortable at 181-4.
He was unable to shift Chanderpaul, who overturned an lbw decision, survived a review and was involved in a run out during an obdurate and occasionally aggressive 175-ball innings that included 12 fours.
"He's been doing it for 15 years," Broad said of Chanderpaul. "It's quite tricky to find a good line to him because he likes to shuffle around, (but) at the end of the day we've picked up his mates around him so he'll have to play some shots in the morning if he wants his hundred."
Adrian Barath was the next highest scorer with a promising 42 but Broad dragged England back into the contest after its bowlers were frustrated for much of the day.
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