Cricket England beats Windies

Press, 5 January 1987, Page 24

Cricket England beats Windies

NZPA-AAP Perth England has qualified for the final of the International Cricket Challenge at the W.A.C.A. Ground in Perth with a 19-run victory over the West Indies in the fourth match of the series. The West Indies needed 229 for victory but were bowled out for 209 with Graham Dilley winning the Man-of-the-Match award for his figures of four for 46. The Windies lost their last six wickets for only 31 runs after a fifth wicket stand between Gus

Logie and Jeffrey Dujon seemed set to take them to victory. The wickets fell quickly after Dujon was out for 36 in the forty-second over. After a disastrous start, England managed nine for 228 from its 50 overs. England and Pakistan have now qualified to play in next Wednesday’s final with both Australia and West Indies having lost their first two matches. Just as they did when comprehensively beaten by Pakistan in the series opener last Tuesday, the West Indies fell apart with the game seemingly at their mercy, panicking inexplicably, and losing inevitably. Dilley snatched the game out of the fire for England with a burst of 4 wickets for 7 runs from 19 deliveries at the crunch, getting rid of both Logie (51) and Dujon (36), as well as making short work of both Malcolm Marshall (7) and Michael Holding (7). The ball before Dujon was clean-bowled undoubtedly cost him his wicket and triggered the collapse. Logie lofted a drive towards mid-on where Phil Edmonds had the catch jarred from his grasp as he hit the ground. The crowd of 12,003 was then witness to the bizarre sight of both batsmen hurtling down the wicket in the same direction. Amazingly, a run out was avoided, but the first signs of panic were there, and for no accountable reason. Dujon backed away from the next delivery and attempted to slog it past cover, only to see his stumps shattered. The shots which led to the dismissals of the remaining five batsmen were equally injudicious. In reality, the Windies should not have had 229 to chase, and they seemed casual in the field. The Windies were 4/ 104, but then the highest

stand of the innings, 74 between Logie and Dujon, seemed certain to carry them to victory. The returns of the ageing but still eminently formidable speedsters Joel Garner and Marshall was always going to spell trouble for England and so it proved. The pair took seven wickets between them and it took Marshall only one over to bring Broad’s tremendous string of high scores to an abrupt end. Allan Lamb was easily the best of the England batsmen. Gatting stayed with him while 32 runs were added, but England was in strife at 4/67 when the mighty Botham arrived at the wicket. The world’s premier all-rounder, however, failed to deliver the expected fireworks. ENGLAND C. Broad c Gamer b Marshall 0 W. Athey c Richardson b Gamer 1 D. Gower c Dujon b Gamer 11 A. Lamb c Harper b Marshall 71

M. Gattinak c Gamer b Walsh . 15 I. Botham c Greenidge b Harper 11 J. Richards c Dujon b Gamer . . 50 J. Emburey c Harper b Gamer . 18 P. Edmonds not out .... 16 G. Dilley c and b Gamer 1 G. Small not out 8 Extras (101 b 8w Bnb) ... 26 Total (for 9 wkts) 228 Fall: 3, 10, 35, 67, 96. 156, 194 709 211 Bowling: M. Marshall 10, 1, 30, 2; J. Gamer 10, 0, 47, 5; M. Holding 10, 0, 33, 0; G Walsh 9, 0, 40, 1: R. Harper 10, 0, 63, 1: V. Richards 1,0, 5, 0. WEST INDIES G. Greenidge b Small... 20 D. Haynes lbw b Small. . 4 R. Richardson c Gatting b Botham 12 V. Richards c Broad b Emburey 45 G. Logie c Richards b Dilley 51 J. Dujon b Dilley 36 R. Harper nm out 4 M. Marshall b Dilley. ... 7 M. Holding c Edmonds b Dilley 7 J. Gamer not out 4 C. Walsh lbw b Emburey. 0 Extras (4b 91b 4w 2nb). . 19 Total 209 Fall: 9, 39, 51, 104, 178, 187, 187, 201, 208, 209. Bowling: G. Dilley 10, 0, 46, 4; G. Small 10, 1, 37, 2; I. Botham 10, 1, 29, 1; P. Edmonds 9,1, 53, 0; J. Emburey 9.2, 0,3 L 2.