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Windies chase 240 for victory after Pietersen
century
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OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (AFP) - Kevin Pietersen struck a
majestic 16th Test century as England added 155 on the
final day of the Caribbean series before declaring at
lunch on 237-6. This left West Indies with a target
of 240 to chase in 66 overs.
After Paul Collingwood fell cheaply to a leading edge,
Pietersen shared a superb stand of 106 in 14 overs with
Matt Prior who made a fluent 61. Prior dominated the
scoring and hit eight fours in his seventh Test fifty.
The first hour saw only 12 overs but 82 were scored,
while Pietersen was caught on the boundary for 102 from
92 balls.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash collected hundreds
on the fourth day. England lost the wickets of their
captain Andrew Strauss, stylish No.3 Owais Shah, and
their vice captain Alastair Cook in a dramatic hour
and 10 minutes before stumps were drawn.
The visitors had earlier gained a lead of just two runs,
after Chanderpaul scored his 21st Test hundred, an undefeated
147, and Nash made his maiden Test hundred of 109, as
West Indies were dismissed for 544, replying to England’s
first innings total of 546 for six declared.
Scores: England 546-6 decl and 80-3 contd 237-6 (38.4)
at lunch (K Pietersen 102, M Prior 61, S Baker 2/39,
R Hinds 2/57)
West Indies 544 (178.4) (C Gayle 102, S Chanderpaul
147 n.o., B Nash 109, Extras 74, S Broad 3/67, G Swann
3/130, M Panesar 2/114).
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