West Indies on Sunday took inspiration from another defiant innings by Shivnarine Chanderpaul to set up the chance of an unlikely victory in the first test against England.England Vs West Indies 1st Test day 5 Live Scorecard
The talismanic left-hander made 91 and Marlon Samuels hit 86 to lift the touring side to a second-innings total of 345 and England, needing 191 to win, lost captain Andrew Strauss as they stumbled to 10 for two in the evening gloom on the fourth day.
Chanderpaul was lbw to off-spinner Graeme Swann shortly before tea, ending a knock lasting 383 minutes in which the limpet-like left-hander was at his tenacious best.
“He is unique in the way he plays and he’s number one in the world so it’s always nice to get him out,” Swann told a news conference. “He batted superbly but we stuck to our guns.
“It was unfortunate to lose the skipper but it was always going to be a tricky 15 minutes to bat in the gloom. We are still very confident, the wicket is a very good one for batting.”
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson was pleased with the application shown by his batsmen.
“The batting gave us a lot of heart,” he said. “It was good to see the experienced guys taking responsibility. Two wickets tonight has given us hope for tomorrow and we will be coming back to make them fight very hard for a win.”
Strauss, who scored 122 in the first innings, fended a short lifting delivery from Roach to Kieran Powell in the gully and nightwatchman Anderson also perished, nicking a catch to Ramdin off the fiery Roach down the leg-side.
Jonathan Trott survived a huge shout for lbw first ball but he and Alastair Cook survived and both batsmen will resume on nought in the morning.
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