West Indies skipper Chris Gayle chops the ball onto his stumps as they lose two early wickets in the second one-dayer against England Shivnarine Chanderpaul puts away a short ball as he and fellow Guyanese Ramnaresh Sarwan begin to repair the damage Sarwan is the main aggressor and hits two sixes in his 32nd one-day fifty for West Indies, which takes only 58 balls The partnership comes to an end when Sarwan hits a catch to mid-off and becomes Anderson's third victim Umpire Aleem Dar tries to calm Stuart Broad after the England paceman is upset by a wide call Steve Harmison is winded after taking a leaping catch on the boundary edge - but it is a no-ball and Chanderpaul is reprieved Having been dropped by Matt Prior on 27, Chanderpaul progresses to a 10th one-day century, and his second against England Chanderpaul's mobility is hampered by injury in the closing overs and West Indies have to settle for a total of 264-8 Ravi Bopara plays a couple of thoroughbred strokes for England but plays on to Lionel Baker attempting a cover drive Kevin Pietersen's appearance in the middle is brief as he makes 12 before dragging a ball from Fidel Edwards into his stumps Dwayne Bravo wins an lbw decision against Owais Shah and is soon celebrating again as a beauty cleans up Paul Collingwood Skipper Andrew Strauss contributes a half century to England's cause but he struggles for boundaries and it takes him 32 overs to do it All-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas joins Strauss in a half-century stand to keep England in the hunt After Mascarenhas is run out, Steve Harmison joins Strauss as England look to up the scoring rate in the final overs The rain falls as Strauss acknowledges applause for his hundred, but he is bowled for 105 soon after a brief interruption Pollard bowls last man Anderson to seal a 21-run win for West Indies and leave the series at 1-1 with two games in Barbados to follow
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