Chanderpaul ton sets up West Indies win in 2nd ODI

Posted by on Mar 22, 2009 in Cricket

Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s century set up West Indies’ win in the 2nd ODI at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. England failed to chase a target of 265 because of a top order failure which gave them no chance. Although Skipper and opener Andrew Strauss produced a century it could only end up reducing the margin of defeat to 21 runs.

West Indies batted first having won the toss, they were put on the backfoot at 24 for 2 but recovered well thanks to a century stand between the Guyanese pair of Ramnaresh Sarwan (74 from 89 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (112 not out from 134 balls with 10 fours). Apart from these two batsmen, no other batsman came up with any significant score. Amongst the English bowlers, James Anderson and Paul Collingwood took three wickets each.

England had no chance whatsoever when they were rocked back at 97 for 5 in the 23rd over during their chase! It was only thanks to Strauss defiant 105 (from 129 balls with 7 fours) that got them to a respectable 243 all out (in 48.2 overs). The wickets were shared by all the bowlers used by West Indies with the exception of Chris Gayle. The Man of the Match as expected was given to Shivnarine Chanderpaul.  The 5-ODI Series is leveled at 1-1.

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