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Last Updated: Friday, 19 March, 2004, 22:13 GMT
Harmison knocks Windies out
Second Test, Trinidad, day one (stumps):
West Indies 189-8 v England

Harmison claimed three wickets in eight deliveries
Steve Harmison claimed another five-wicket haul as West Indies crashed to 189-8 on day one of the second Test.

The hosts had begun well after winning the toss, Chris Gayle hitting 62 in an opening stand of 100 with Devon Smith.

But Harmison hit back with three wickets just before lunch and two more in a single over late in the day.

Simon Jones and Matthew Hoggard gained a wicket each, leaving ninth wicket pair Ridley Jacobs (29) and Pedro Collins (six) not out overnight.

Three hours were lost to rain on the opening day but that was no excuse for the home side on a good pitch.

In a period just after lunch it felt better than on Sunday
Steve Harmison
The hero of Sabina Park last Sunday when he claimed 7-12 in England's first Test victory, Harmison conceded three fours in a single over early on.

Gayle also struck six off Ashley Giles to bring up his first Test half-century against England from just 58 balls.

But Harmison switched ends with immediate success, the left-hander gaining an unnecessary edge to wicket-keeper Chris Read.

Next over, Smith was struck in line with middle stump stepping across his crease.

And home town hero Lara, who dislocated his finger in the last match, was unable to deal with Harmison's steepling bounce, fencing his fourth ball to a diving Giles.

Chris Gayle
Gayle began the match by bashing 62 from 81 balls
West Indies looked to regroup in a lunch break extended by rain to 85 minutes.

But in the half-hour possible in the afternoon, Jones got in on the act when Shivnarine Chanderpaul wafted outside off stump to gain an edge behind.

After a further break of an hour and a half, Harmison reawakened the Queen's Park Oval crowd with another burst.

Dwayne Smith, who missed the first Test with a dislocated finger and was recalled with Ryan Hinds suffering from a stomach bug, pulled a towering six off the Durham man.

But he perished trying to repeat the shot, instead top-edging to Nasser Hussain at midwicket.

Vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan could manage only a distinctly suspect 21 from 30 deliveries before another push outside off stump found and edge to second slip.

England skipper Michael Vaughan placed as many as seven men in the slip cordon to the tailenders.

But only wicket-keeper Read was needed to collect Tino Best's edge for Matthew Hoggard's first wicket.

Vaughan was responsible for a run out, throwing from the deep point boundary to dismiss Adam Sanford for one.

But an awkward ninth-wicket partnership developed between Jacobs and Collins to keep the home side going until they were offered bad light.


West Indies: B Lara (capt), C Gayle, Devon Smith, R Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, R Jacobs, Dwayne Smith, T Best, C Collymore, P Collins, A Sanford.

England: M Vaughan (capt), M Trescothick, M Butcher, N Hussain, G Thorpe, A Flintoff, C Read (wkt), A Giles, S Jones, M Hoggard, S Harmison.




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