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West Indies hangs on for series victory
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 11 - 03 - 2009

West Indies hung on dramatically with just two wickets left for a series-winning draw against England in the final Test on Tuesday to claim the Wisden Trophy for the first time since 1998.
West Indies, which won the five-Test series 1-0, was 90 for six before skipper Chris Gayle, batting with a hamstring injury, survived 13 overs along with wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin.
Gayle went lbw to spinner Monty Panesar, leaving Ramdin with tailender Daren Powell who survived until 13 minutes of play remained when he was bowled by James Anderson.
Fidel Edwards held on with Ramdin to ensure West Indies finished on 114 for eight and frustrated a spirited England bowling attack.
James Anderson and Graeme Swann were again the pick of the England bowlers, claiming three wickets each while Panesar was a constant threat.
In the morning session, England rattled up 237 for six declared by lunch thanks to 102 in 92 balls from Kevin Pietersen and a lively 61 by wicketkeeper Matt Prior to give themselves a chance of an unlikely victory it came so close to.
The series triumph was based on a win over England at Sabina park, Kingston on Feb. 7, when the tourists were dismissed for just 51.
West Indies nearly collapsed in similar fashion this time but in the end, after all the sweating, it celebrated its first series success in five years.
England crushes India
England outclassed India by nine wickets at the North Sydney Oval in Group B of the Women's World Cup.
The victory was set up by the bowlers – Holly Colvin and Jenny Gunn took three wickets each – who dismissed India for 169.
In other matches, New Zealand defeated West Indies and Australia downed South Africa.
Results:
India 169 (Mithali 59, Colvin 3-22, Gunn 3-50). England 172-1 (Atkins 69 n.o., Claire Taylor n.o.) beat India 169 (Mithali 59, Colvin 3-22, Gunn 3-50) by nine wickets.
New Zealand 192-8 (Tsukigawa 41 n.o.) beat West Indies 136-8 (Lavine 40, Doolan 3-21, Mason 3-26) by 56 runs.
Australia 258-4 (Rolton 96 n.o., Nitschke 87, Smith 3-42) beat South Africa 197 (Chetty 58, Nitschke 3


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