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Joy to Windies by EZRA STUART

THE “MEDIOCRE” men manhandled the mighty “maguffies” yesterday. West Indies rolled back the years to when was a happy hunting ground for the Caribbean cricketers by defeating England by five on Day 3 of a low-scoring match to square the three-match Test series 1-1. Set a modest but tricky 192 for victory after routing England for a meagre second innings total of 123, the hosts, led by a match-winning 108-run fifth- between and Man Of The Match , won handsomely with two days to spare. It was the Windies’ 23rd victory in 51 Tests at Kensington but notably their first against England at the venue since Sir Curtly Ambrose engineered a 164-run win with career-best figures of 8-45 in 1990. Bravo gifted his wicket for 82 with just four runs needed for victory, trying to get the winning runs. He had led the victory chase, smashing seven fours and three sixes in a responsible 148-ball knock, which spanned 215 minutes. Blackwood, who top-scored in the West Indies’ first innings with 85, had the honour of hitting the winning boundary, lifting off-spinner over mid-on for his fourth four to finish on a mature unbeaten 47 off 104 balls in 141 minutes. The victory silenced thousands of visiting English spectators and made incoming chairman Colin Graves eat his pre-series ungracious words about the strength of the hosts. Blackwood also pulled Moeen into the Greenidge & Haynes Stand for six but it was Bravo who hastened the end with two sixes over long-on off the same bowler as well as by nullifying the threat of Man Of The Series James Anderson, who had a solitary scalp. HERO: West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood gathering runs on the leg side en route to his pivotal 47 Blackwood had linked up with Bravo against England yesterday. (Picture by Kenmore Bynoe.) with the innings at the crossroads at 80 by Jordan at slip for 25 off Ali. for six and Buttler joined Ben Stokes in Stokes made 32 before he was caught for four just after tea, when their most reached 20 with a the best stand of the innings as they off off-spinner Permaul to leave England experienced batsman Shivnarine couple of elegant boundaries but just as added 33 for the seventh wicket. on 95 for seven. Chanderpaul played on to Anderson for he and Bravo were reviving the innings In Taylor’s first over after he was Three runs later, made a his 16th Test “duck” in what is likely to in a 45-run third-wicket stand, switched to the south where he had double strike with consecutive balls, be his last Test at “The Mecca”. Broad beat and bowled the stylish taken seven wickets on Saturday, trapping Jordan leg before wicket for two The West Indies had seemingly dug Jamaican for pace. Buttler was given out by and yorking Broad for a first-ball “duck”. themselves into a hole, failing to score in England had a golden chance to Billy Bowden before he had scored. Buttler added 25 for the last wicket seven consecutive maiden overs before remove Blackwood at 87-4 when he was However, the decision was reversed with Anderson, who was trapped in front tea was taken at 70 for three. just four after he charged down the pitch upon review. by Taylor. Barbadian-born Christopher Jordan, had at part-time off-spinner but featured in two of those dismissals. wicketkeeper missed the SCOREBOARD After a promising opening stand of 35, stumping chance. Toss: England 123 (Anderson). Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Hope), 2-35 ENGLAND 1st innings 257 : Taylor 11.1-1-33-3, (Brathwaite), 3-70 (Samuels), 4-80 Jordan trapped debutant makeshift Earlier, resuming from 39 for five, WEST INDIES 1st innings 189 Gabriel 7-4-16-1 (nb1), Holder 9-3-15-3, (Chanderpaul), 5-188 (Bravo). ENGLAND 2nd innings Permaul 11-3-43-3, Samuels 4-1-10-0. Bowling: Anderson 13-4-35-1, opener , who had been dropped England were dismissed just before *G. Ballance c Bravo b Permaul ...... 23 WEST INDIES 2nd innings Broad 13-5-29-1, Jordan 11-5-24-1, Ali 12.4- on four by Joe Root in the gully off lunch, with Jason Holder (3-15), Jerome B. Stokes c Chanderpaul b Permaul . . . .32 K. Brathwaite c Jordan b Ali ...... 25 1-54-1, Root 8-4-16-0, Stokes 5-0-25-1. J. Buttler not out ...... 35 S. Hope lbw b Jordan ...... 9 Result: West Indies won by five wickets to , for nine. Hope reviewed Taylor (3-33) and C. Jordan lbw b Holder ...... 2 Darren Bravo c Broad b Stokes ...... 82 square the three-match series 1-1. the leg before wicket decision (3-43) sharing nine wickets. S. Broad b Holder ...... 0 M. Samuels b Broad ...... 22 Man Of The Match: Jermaine Blackwood J. Anderson lbw b Taylor ...... 2 S. Chanderpaul b Anderson ...... 0 Man Of The Series: James Anderson but in vain. With his second ball, Permaul struck Extras (b4, lb2, nb1) ...... 7 J. Blackwood not out ...... 47 Umpires: Billy Bowden, Bruce Oxenford. TOTAL (all out – 42.1 overs) ...... 123 D. Ramdin not out ...... 0 Television umpire: . Reserve In the next over, it became 35-2 when when he lured Gary Ballance (23) to Fall of wickets: 6-62 (Ballance), 7-95 Extras (b5, lb6) ...... 11 umpire: Gregory Brathwaite Brathwaite was snapped up left-handed edge a slip catch to Bravo. It was then 62 (Stokes), 8-98 (Jordan), 9-98 (Broad), 10- TOTAL (5 wickets – 62.4 overs) . . . . .194 Match referee: Andy Pycroft.