West Indies bowled England out for 398 in their first
innings to trail the hosts by 155 runs but they lost three
wickets in nine balls just before tea to undo the good work.

Chanderpaul, who made 87 not out in the first innings, and
Marlon Samuels dug in, however, and they reached the close on
the third day on 120 for four, 35 runs behind.

The world’s top-ranked batsman Chanderpaul, at the heart of
another rearguard action, was unbeaten on 34 with Samuels on 26.

England resumed on an overcast morning on 259 for three and
captain Andrew Strauss added just a single to his overnight 121
before nicking pace bowler Kemar Roach through to wicketkeeper
Denesh Ramdin.

Jonny Bairstow struck three fluent fours on his test debut
but his bright innings ended on 16 when Roach jagged a ball
sharply back to trap him lbw.

Matt Prior also looked confident in his knock of 19 but he
became Shannon Gabriel’s first test victim, playing an airy shot
at the young fast bowler to be bowled through the gate.

Bresnan edged Darren Sammy to Ramdin for a duck and England
had slumped to 323 for seven.

Ian Bell batted through the morning session to reach lunch
on 38 not out but he lost Stuart Broad soon after the interval,
bowled by a superb delivery from Fidel Edwards that hit the top
of his off stump.

Graeme Swann played a forceful innings, striking six clean
fours in his 30 from just 25 balls.

Bell reached a patient fifty before Gabriel bowled Swann.
Bell was last man out for 61, well caught at deep square leg by
the diving Powell off Gabriel who finished with figures of three
for 60 on his debut.

Barath and Powell withstood a fierce examination from James
Anderson and Broad, surviving 12 overs of high quality fast
bowling surrounded by a ring of close fielders.

But with tea looming, Barath edged a catch to Prior off
Bresnan, and Powell and Edwards soon joined him back in the
pavilion after two inexplicable rushes of blood.

Powell foolishly pulled a short ball from Broad straight to
Bell at deep square leg and Kirk Edwards was brilliantly run out
by a direct hit from Bairstow attempting a non-existent single.

Darren Bravo joined Chanderpaul and made a fluent 21 before
Swann bowled him with a clever delivery which the deceived the
left-hander into offering no shot.

Source: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/19052012/2/cricket-chanderpaul-primed-dogfight.html

Substitution (Blackpool) makes a substitution, with Ludovic Sylvestre coming on for Kevin Phillips.

69:38

Corner taken left-footed by Thomas Ince from the right by-line, Ian Evatt takes a shot. Effort on goal by Alex Baptiste from deep inside the area goes harmlessly over the bar.

69:19

Stephen Dobbie takes a shot. Mark Noble gets a block in.

66:52

Effort from deep inside the area by Stephen Dobbie misses to the left of the target.

65:44

Long distance shot from Matt Phillips misses to the left of the net.

62:36

Carlton Cole takes a shot. Save by Matthew Gilks.

61:05

Ricardo Vaz Te is caught offside. Matthew Gilks takes the indirect free kick.

59:04

Centre by Matthew Taylor, Shot by Jack Collison from deep inside the six-yard box clear the bar.

55:29

Free kick taken by Matthew Gilks.

55:29 Substitution

Substitution (West Ham) makes a substitution, with Julien Faubert coming on for Guy Demel.

55:29

The assistant referee flags for offside against Ricardo Vaz Te.

54:57

Foul by Martinez Angel on Mark Noble, free kick awarded. Robert Green restarts play with the free kick.

54:23

Kevin Nolan gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Stephen Crainey. Direct free kick taken by Stephen Crainey.

52:45 Substitution

Substitution George McCartney joins the action as a substitute, replacing Gary O’Neil.

52:00

Unfair challenge on Mark Noble by Barry Ferguson results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Robert Green.

51:09

Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Matt Phillips from the left by-line, comfortable save by Robert Green.

50:47

Neal Eardley crosses the ball, Winston Reid makes a clearance.

49:46

Corner taken by Matt Phillips from the left by-line, clearance by Winston Reid.

49:24

Alex Baptiste takes a shot. Clearance by Matthew Taylor.

48:18

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Barry Ferguson by Kevin Nolan. Matthew Gilks takes the free kick.

47:08

Assist by Matt Phillips.

47:08 Goal scored

Goal – Thomas Ince – Blackpool 1 – 1 West Ham Goal scored by Thomas Ince from close range to the bottom left corner of the goal. Blackpool 1-1 West Ham.

45:59

Stephen Crainey fouled by Jack Collison, the ref awards a free kick. Matthew Gilks takes the indirect free kick.

45:21

Free kick awarded for a foul by Alex Baptiste on Kevin Nolan. Free kick crossed left-footed by Matthew Taylor, Ian Evatt manages to make a clearance.

45:01

The referee gets the second half started.

45:00 +1:07 Half time

Half Time The whistle is blown to end the first half.

44:07

Carlton Cole concedes a free kick for a foul on Ian Evatt. Matthew Gilks takes the direct free kick.

42:14

Shot from just outside the area by Martinez Angel goes over the bar.

41:33

James Tomkins gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Kevin Phillips. Neal Eardley takes the free kick.

40:48

The assistant referee flags for offside against Kevin Phillips. Robert Green takes the free kick.

37:16

Ricardo Vaz Te has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the target.

34:08

Matthew Taylor provided the assist for the goal.

34:08 Goal scored

Goal – Carlton Cole – Blackpool 0 – 1 West Ham Carlton Cole gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the six-yard box to the top left corner of the goal. Blackpool 0-1 West Ham.

32:56

Effort on goal by Stephen Crainey from outside the box goes harmlessly over the bar.

31:21

Corner from left by-line taken by Mark Noble.

30:57

Mark Noble takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post, clearance by Alex Baptiste.

30:24

Inswinging corner taken by Matthew Taylor, Alex Baptiste manages to make a clearance.

30:03

Inswinging corner taken by Mark Noble from the left by-line, save made by Matthew Gilks.

27:29

Free kick awarded for a foul by Kevin Nolan on Kevin Phillips. Barry Ferguson takes the direct free kick.

26:08

Effort from the edge of the box by Jack Collison goes wide of the left-hand post.

25:27

Kevin Phillips is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Robert Green.

21:25

Carlton Cole has a headed effort from close range and clears the crossbar.

20:25

Barry Ferguson concedes a free kick for a foul on Gary O’Neil. James Tomkins restarts play with the free kick.

19:22

Effort from inside the area by Ricardo Vaz Te misses to the left of the goal.

14:47

Matt Phillips produces a right-footed shot from deep inside the penalty area which goes wide of the right-hand post.

13:24

Matt Phillips takes a shot. Save by Robert Green.

12:38

Carlton Cole is ruled offside. Alex Baptiste restarts play with the free kick.

9:51

Ricardo Vaz Te produces a cross.

5:11

The assistant referee flags for offside against Ricardo Vaz Te. Free kick taken by Alex Baptiste.

2:45

Stephen Dobbie takes a shot. Save by Robert Green.

1:00

Ricardo Vaz Te is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Indirect free kick taken by Ian Evatt.

0:00

The game gets underway.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18044378

Spain’s Alvaro Quiros saw off Poulter with a 43 win, while Rose lost by the same margin to Nicolas Colsaerts.

Fellow Englishmen Tom Lewis, Robert Rock and Richard Finch also missed out.

Scot Paul Lawrie thrashed Thomas Bjorn 54 however to advance to a quarter-final with Retief Goosen, while Graeme McDowell will face Sergio Garcia next.

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“I’m 15 under for three rounds and going home. Unfortunately that’s the way the tournament is”

Justin Rose

McDowell, the highest seed left in the competition after Rose’s exit, saw off Finch 32, while Garcia ended Lewis’s challenge with a 43 victory and Goosen saw off Rock 32.

Poulter refused to blame the defeat on the second day when a buggy driver drove over his foot. He said: “I don’t need excuses. I had plenty of chances and didn’t take them – simple. I just didn’t play well enough.”

Discussing his exit, Rose said: “I actually boxed a good fight, but I ended up in the cuts room getting stitched up – Nicolas was seven under through 15 holes.

“I hit a drive out of my boots on 14 (353 yards), knocked it on the dance floor as he did and he rolled his in for eagle.

“I’m 15 under for three rounds and going home. Unfortunately that’s the way the tournament is.”

Lawrie’s success helped him step towards a possible Ryder Cup return. Bjorn bogeyed the first two holes and by the eighth had had three more.

The Scot said: “Thomas obviously didn’t play his best. I did what I had to do and played very solid.”

The quarter-final line-up was complete when Rafael Cabrera-Bello came from behind to beat Swede Robert Karlsson – a late stand-in for the injured Paul Casey – by getting up and down from a bunker on the last.

It meant an all-Spanish clash with Quiros for a spot in the last four.

Last-16 results

(Par: 72, Seeded positions in brackets)

(5) Sergio Garcia (Spa) bt (23) Tom Lewis (Eng) 43

(11) Paul Lawrie (Sco) bt (10) Thomas Bjorn (Den) 54

(4) Graeme McDowell (NI) bt (24) Richard Finch (Eng) 32

(18) Retief Goosen (SA) bt (15) Robert Rock (Eng) 32

(7) Brandt Snedeker (USA) bt (21) Camilo Villegas (Col) 32

(2) Justin Rose (Eng) lost to (14) Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 43

(8) Ian Poulter (Eng) lost to (12) Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 43

(16) Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) bt (13) Robert Karlsson (Swe) 1 hole

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Shot from just outside the penalty area by Arjen Robben misses to the left of the target.

111:49

Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Arjen Robben, Fernando Torres manages to make a clearance.

111:19

A cross is delivered by Philip Lahm, David Luiz makes a clearance.

110:09

The ball is crossed by Ivica Olic, save by Petr Cech.

108:57

Bastian Schweinsteiger delivers the ball, blocked by Fernando Torres.

107:28

Centre by Philip Lahm, Ivica Olic produces a left-footed shot from close range which goes wide of the right-hand upright.

107:14

Jerome Boateng takes a shot. Blocked by Jose Bosingwa.

106:37

Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Toni Kroos from the left by-line, clearance by Didier Drogba.

105:01

The match restarts for the second half of extra time.

105:00 +0:56

Frank Lampard gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Diego Contento. Bastian Schweinsteiger delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left by-line, clearance by Didier Drogba.

104:50

The assistant referee signals for offside against Didier Drogba. Direct free kick taken by Manuel Neuer.

103:33

The ball is swung over by Frank Lampard, clearance by Jerome Boateng.

103:18

The ball is swung over by Fernando Torres, clearance made by Philip Lahm.

102:14

Jerome Boateng challenges Fernando Torres unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Mikel.

101:57

The referee gives a free kick against Arjen Robben for handball. Juan Mata restarts play with the free kick.

98:46

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Jose Bosingwa by Ivica Olic. Jose Bosingwa restarts play with the free kick.

96:50

The ball is sent over by Philip Lahm, Jose Bosingwa gets a block in. Daniel Van Buyten takes a shot. Blocked by David Luiz. Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Arjen Robben, clearance by Frank Lampard.

96:04

Arjen Robben takes the direct free kick.

96:04 Substitution

Substitution Ivica Olic is brought on as a substitute for Franck Ribery.

96:04

David Luiz challenges Mario Gomez unfairly and gives away a free kick.

95:13

Effort on goal by Arjen Robben from just inside the penalty box goes harmlessly over the target.

94:51 Penalty

Placed penalty taken by Arjen Robben saved by Petr Cech. Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea.

93:16 Booking

Booking Didier Drogba receives a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.

92:54

Didier Drogba gives away a Penalty for an unfair challenge on Franck Ribery.

92:34

Toni Kroos takes a shot. Frank Lampard gets a block in.

91:08

Juan Mata takes a shot. Blocked by Jerome Boateng.

90:49

Frank Lampard takes a shot. Philip Lahm gets a block in.

90:25

Foul by Fernando Torres on Franck Ribery, free kick awarded. Diego Contento restarts play with the free kick.

90:00 +4:27

Normal time is of over and the game goes into extra time.

90:00 +2:59

Juan Mata fouled by Franck Ribery, the ref awards a free kick. Strike on goal comes in from Didier Drogba from the free kick.

90:00 +1:53

Mikel produces a cross, save by Manuel Neuer.

90:00 +0:31

Corner taken by Toni Kroos, clearance by Jose Bosingwa.

90:00 +0:15

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Blocked by David Luiz.

89:57

The ball is sent over by Toni Kroos, clearance made by David Luiz.

87:55

Assist by Juan Mata.

87:55 Goal scored

Goal – Didier Drogba – Bay Munich 1 – 1 Chelsea Didier Drogba finds the net with a headed goal from close range. Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea.

87:25

Inswinging corner taken by Juan Mata from the right by-line played to the near post,

87:09

Franck Ribery concedes a free kick for a foul on Jose Bosingwa. Free kick taken by Jose Bosingwa.

85:18

Arjen Robben takes the direct free kick.

85:18 Substitution

Substitution Thomas Muller goes off and Daniel Van Buyten comes on.

85:18 Booking

Booking Booking for David Luiz for unsporting behaviour.

85:06

David Luiz concedes a free kick for a foul on Arjen Robben.

84:08

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Save made by Petr Cech.

83:31

Manuel Neuer takes the direct free kick.

83:31 Substitution

Substitution Fernando Torres comes on in place of Salomon Kalou.

83:31

Didier Drogba gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Jerome Boateng.

82:24

The assist for the goal came from Toni Kroos.

82:24 Goal scored

Goal – Thomas Muller – Bay Munich 1 – 0 Chelsea Thomas Muller finds the back of the net with a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Bayern Munich 1-0 Chelsea.

82:17

The ball is sent over by Toni Kroos,

81:39

The ball is swung over by Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.

81:06

Free kick taken by Philip Lahm.

81:06 Booking

Booking Ashley Cole is booked.

81:03

Thomas Muller fouled by Ashley Cole, the ref awards a free kick.

78:24

Unfair challenge on Toni Kroos by Salomon Kalou results in a free kick. Toni Kroos takes the direct free kick.

77:39

Effort from inside the area by Thomas Muller misses to the left of the goal.

76:46

Unfair challenge on Florent Malouda by Thomas Muller results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Petr Cech.

76:18

Drilled left-footed shot by Toni Kroos. Mikel gets a block in.

75:56

Arjen Robben takes the inswinging corner, clearance by Didier Drogba.

75:38

Corner taken by Arjen Robben from the right by-line to the near post, clearance by Frank Lampard.

75:23

Franck Ribery crosses the ball, Petr Cech makes a save.

73:37

Gary Cahill fouled by Mario Gomez, the ref awards a free kick. Mikel takes the free kick.

73:17

Didier Drogba takes a shot. Save made by Manuel Neuer.

72:41 Substitution

Substitution Florent Malouda on for Ryan Bertrand.

72:22

The ball is sent over by Didier Drogba, clearance made by Diego Contento.

71:40

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.

71:24

A cross is delivered by Jose Bosingwa, clearance by Anatoliy Tymoschuk. Jose Bosingwa crosses the ball, Manuel Neuer makes a save.

69:45

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Diego Contento by Salomon Kalou. Toni Kroos delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left wing, clearance by Frank Lampard.

69:34

Toni Kroos takes a shot. Blocked by Ashley Cole.

68:08

Arjen Robben takes a inswinging corner from the right by-line played to the near post, clearance by Frank Lampard. Corner taken left-footed by Arjen Robben from the right by-line to the near post, David Luiz makes a clearance.

67:10

Shot from 20 yards by Arjen Robben. Blocked by Ryan Bertrand.

65:35

Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Arjen Robben from the right by-line, save by Petr Cech.

65:21

A cross is delivered by Philip Lahm, Ashley Cole gets a block in.

63:50

Foul by Didier Drogba on Bastian Schweinsteiger, free kick awarded. Anatoliy Tymoschuk takes the direct free kick.

63:16

Shot from just outside the box by Franck Ribery misses to the left of the target.

62:12

The ball is delivered by Bastian Schweinsteiger, Petr Cech makes a comfortable save.

60:59

Toni Kroos produces a cross, clearance by Didier Drogba. Corner taken by Arjen Robben.

60:39

The ball is swung over by Thomas Muller, Ashley Cole gets a block in. Arjen Robben takes a short corner.

60:04

Juan Mata delivers the ball, Jerome Boateng manages to make a clearance.

58:53

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Ashley Cole gets a block in.

58:20

Diego Contento fouled by Salomon Kalou, the ref awards a free kick. Diego Contento takes the free kick.

57:33

Diego Contento fouled by Gary Cahill, the ref awards a free kick. Manuel Neuer restarts play with the free kick.

57:04

Toni Kroos gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Juan Mata. Free kick taken by Mikel.

55:53

Effort from outside the penalty box by Toni Kroos goes wide left of the goal.

55:15

Free kick awarded for a foul by David Luiz on Thomas Muller. Direct free kick taken by Arjen Robben.

53:06

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Ashley Cole gets a block in. The assistant referee signals for offside against Franck Ribery. Direct free kick taken by Petr Cech.

52:45

Didier Drogba takes a shot. Blocked by Jerome Boateng.

49:59

Long distance shot from Didier Drogba misses to the left of the goal.

48:49

The ball is delivered by Philip Lahm.

48:40

The ball is crossed by Arjen Robben, Ashley Cole gets a block in.

48:29

Centre by Arjen Robben, Mikel manages to make a clearance.

48:18

Arjen Robben decides to take the corner short.

48:04

Toni Kroos takes a shot. David Luiz gets a block in.

47:52

The ball is delivered by Arjen Robben, Ashley Cole gets a block in.

45:52

The ball is crossed by Franck Ribery, David Luiz manages to make a clearance.

45:01

The match restarts for the second half.

45:00 +1:08 Half time

Half Time The players leave the pitch at half time.

44:10

Free kick awarded for a foul by Ryan Bertrand on Philip Lahm. Manuel Neuer takes the free kick.

41:50

Mario Gomez produces a left-footed shot from inside the area that clears the crossbar.

40:01

Anatoliy Tymoschuk takes a shot. Mario Gomez gets a block in.

39:46

Mikel challenges Toni Kroos unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Bastian Schweinsteiger.

39:08

Inswinging corner taken from the right by-line by Arjen Robben.

39:05

Franck Ribery delivers the ball.

38:47

Overhead kick right-footed shot by Mario Gomez. Gary Cahill gets a block in.

36:51

Salomon Kalou takes a shot. Save by Manuel Neuer.

35:13

Diego Contento delivers the ball, Thomas Muller has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the goal.

34:23

Effort from the edge of the box by Franck Ribery goes wide of the left-hand post.

32:25

Jerome Boateng challenges Gary Cahill unfairly and gives away a free kick. Strike on goal comes in from Juan Mata from the free kick.

31:58

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Save by Petr Cech.

30:20

Free kick awarded for a foul by Jose Bosingwa on Franck Ribery. Free kick taken by Diego Contento.

27:28

Free kick awarded for a foul by David Luiz on Thomas Muller. Strike comes in from Arjen Robben from the free kick.

25:19

Foul by Jerome Boateng on Didier Drogba, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Juan Mata.

24:18

Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Franck Ribery from the left by-line, save made by Petr Cech.

23:24

Toni Kroos delivers the ball.

22:53

A cross is delivered by Arjen Robben, Jose Bosingwa manages to make a clearance.

22:26

Corner taken by Arjen Robben from the right by-line played to the near post, clearance made by Didier Drogba.

22:18

Centre by Arjen Robben, Ashley Cole gets a block in.

21:30

The official flags Salomon Kalou offside. Free kick taken by Philip Lahm.

21:06

Inswinging corner taken by Toni Kroos, Didier Drogba manages to make a clearance.

20:51

Arjen Robben takes a shot. Save made by Petr Cech.

18:22

Short corner worked by Franck Ribery.

17:39

Corner taken by Toni Kroos, Arjen Robben takes a shot. Blocked by Gary Cahill. Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Toni Kroos, save made by Petr Cech.

16:57

Foul by Salomon Kalou on Diego Contento, free kick awarded. Anatoliy Tymoschuk takes the free kick.

12:44

The ball is delivered by Franck Ribery, Header on goal by Mario Gomez from inside the box goes harmlessly over the target.

12:07

Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Thomas Muller by David Luiz. Free kick taken by Bastian Schweinsteiger.

10:21

Salomon Kalou gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Franck Ribery. Bastian Schweinsteiger takes the direct free kick.

9:31

Franck Ribery challenges Didier Drogba unfairly and gives away a free kick. Gary Cahill takes the free kick.

7:50

Arjen Robben takes a shot from just inside the penalty box which clears the bar.

7:37

Centre by Juan Mata, Philip Lahm manages to make a clearance.

7:07

Thomas Muller crosses the ball, blocked by David Luiz.

6:38

Didier Drogba produces a cross.

4:35

A cross is delivered by Diego Contento. Effort from outside the penalty area by Toni Kroos goes wide left of the goal.

4:16

Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Franck Ribery, clearance by Didier Drogba.

4:00

Bastian Schweinsteiger takes a shot. Gary Cahill gets a block in.

3:36

Salomon Kalou gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Toni Kroos. Direct free kick taken by Bastian Schweinsteiger.

1:50

Direct free kick taken by Petr Cech.

1:50 Booking

Booking Bastian Schweinsteiger receives a caution for unsporting behaviour.

1:45

Handball decision goes against Bastian Schweinsteiger.

0:27

Foul by Ashley Cole on Toni Kroos, free kick awarded. Arjen Robben crosses the ball in from the free kick, Jose Bosingwa manages to make a clearance.

0:00

The match begins.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18044385

England are closing in on victory in the first Test at Lord’s after reducing West Indies to 120-4 – still 35 in arrears – with two days to go.

Only Shivnarine Chanderpaul, with a typically dogged unbeaten 34 from 95 balls, and Marlon Samuels (26 not out) offered sustained resistance on a pitch that has flattened out the longer the game has gone on.

The obstinate Chanderpaul survived a brace of early edges and a late referral for lbw to frustrate England but, with time on their side and the West Indies tail weak, a home win remains the most likely outcome.

Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann took a wicket apiece on a day that began with a flurry of wickets and runs before fizzling out into a battle of attrition.

England added a further 139 to their overnight 259 to open up a first-innings lead of 155, thanks in part to Ian Bell’s patient 60.

Analysis

Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman Test Match Special summariser

“Shiv is a guy that will stay in and hang around. The guy is a very accomplished player and he can play. He likes batting and he can bat all day.

“It was an excellent day’s cricket dominated by the bowling of both teams. The bowlers were excellent. The quality of pace, line and length was pretty good.”

After a steady start from openers Adrian Barath and Kieran Powell, the wheels came off the West Indies reply in dramatic fashion just before tea.

First Barath fell, tempted into a little poke outside off stump to a Bresnan delivery that did just enough off the seam to take the edge.

Powell followed in the next over, top-edging a hook off Broad to Ian Bell at deep square-leg, and then Kirk Edwards found himself stranded mid-pitch after a mix-up with Darren Bravo as Jonny Bairstow threw down the stumps brilliantly from cover.

Three wickets had gone down in nine balls without addition to the score and, with England’s lead still 119, the die was cast.

Chanderpaul and Bravo dropped anchor, adding only 20 runs in the first hour after tea, but another misjudgement cost them dear as the younger man shouldered arms to Swann’s arm ball and was bowled for 21.

Analysis

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

“Chanderpaul clings to that crease like a limpet. He must be infuriating to bowl at – he leaves and leaves, prods and prods, and then as soon as you bowl something just a fraction fuller, he drives you away for four. He just never misses out.”

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As on so many occasions in his 18-year Test career, Chanderpaul continued with remorseless concentration, Samuels happy to copy his example as the pair fought to survive to the close.

The West Indies attack, benign on the first two days, had earlier found its bite on an overcast morning and made immediate inroads into the England top order.

Andrew Strauss added just one to his overnight 121 before he was caught behind off Kemar Roach, ‘HotSpot’ indicating on the referral that the ball had found the inside edge on its way through to Denesh Ramdin.

Strauss has now resumed overnight on 100 six times in Test cricket and never added more than six runs the following day.

If there was regret in the full house at Lord’s that the skipper could not go on to make a maiden Test double-hundred, there was further disappointment when Jonny Bairstow’s debut ended on 16 when he was trapped lbw by Roach.

The Yorkshire tyro had settled quickly, timing away a sweet four off his pads and then square-driving for four more.

But he was beaten by one that was angled in and beat his firm push, and, when Matt Prior and Tim Bresnan went in quick succession, England had lost four wickets for 64 runs.

Prior aimed an airy drive at a straight, full ball to give Shannon Gabriel his first Test wicket, while Bresnan was tempted by one from Darren Sammy that moved off the pitch to find the edge.

Broad went with England’s lead still to reach 100, sparking unexpected optimism in the tourists’ ranks.

Swann had other ideas. Fed a succession of full deliveries after fending off a beamer from Edwards first ball, he battered a rapid 30 off 25 balls, including six fours, in a 55-run partnership with Bell for the eighth wicket.

Bell breezed to his half-century from 94 balls before Swann was bowled by Gabriel, and Bell followed in the burly bowler’s next over when he looped a mishit pull to the diving Powell sprinting in from deep square leg.

With the lead extended past 150, England were back in total control – a position they did not look like relinquishing for the rest of the day.

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Lawrie was in fine form as he beat Goosen 65 without dropping a shot, while McDowell won in sudden death.

“The wind really picked up and [being] under par, you are going to be tough to beat,” said Lawrie.

The Scot now meets Nicolas Colsaerts in the last-four, and Northern Ireland’s McDowell faces Rafael Cabrera-Bello.

Lawrie’s good form at Finca Cortesin is also timely, as he bids for a place in Europe’s Ryder Cup team for the first time since 1999 – the same year he won the Open at Carnoustie.

He currently stands fifth in the points race and has a chance to move into second spot this weekend, not least because he beat the incumbent Peter Hanson of Sweden during the group stage.

“I’m not thinking about that [the Ryder Cup], even if I win this week,” said Lawrie, who has decided not to compete at next month’s US Open.

The 43-year-old, who benefited from South African Goosen’s sloppy start, added: “If things go well then obviously it’s a step closer, but that’s all it is.

“There’s a lot of tournaments to be played.”

McDowell was made to work harder than Lawrie for his victory, and he missed a five-foot putt for victory on the final green.

That sent the match into sudden death, where home favourite Garcia three-putted the first extra hole, the 18th, to send McDowell through to Sunday’s semi-final.

“It wasn’t exactly El Clasico and I feel like I dodged a bullet there,” said the 2010 US Open champion.

“I kind of resigned myself to the fact that I was going home, but sometimes you have to win ugly and sometimes to win you need what just happened to me. I count myself lucky.”

His opponent in the last four, Cabrera-Bello, won six of the last eight holes to recover from a three-down deficit at the turn to win 31 against fellow Spaniard Alvaro Quiros.

In the other quarter-final, Belgian Colsaerts beat American Brandt Snedeker 43 to reach the last four for the second year in a row.

Quarter-final results

(seeded positions in brackets)

(11)
Paul Lawrie

(Sco) beat (18) Retief Goosen (SA) 65

(7) Brandt Snedeker (US) lost to (14)
Nicolas Colsaerts

(Bel) 43

(5) Sergio Garcia (Spa) lost to (4)
Graeme McDowell

(NI) sudden death after first extra hole

(12) Alvaro Quiros (Spa) lost to (16)
Rafael Cabrera-Bello

(Spa) 31

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/18131391

The Hammers missed out on automatic promotion on the final day of the season but they made up for it in style with a 2-1 victory over Blackpool in the play-off final at Wembley.

A year after they were relegated, goals from Carlton Cole and Ricardo Vaz Te, either side of Thomas Ince’s equaliser, secured top-flight football and the estimated £90million booty that comes with it.

Vindication, then, for owners David Sullivan and David Gold, who opted for pragmatism over sentiment when they turned to Allardyce last summer to sift through the wreckage of Avram Grant’s disastrous reign.

Vindication too, for Allardyce, back in among the elite at the expense of relegated Blackburn, whose controversial owners Venky’s sacked him in 2010 for no apparent reason.

At the expense of Bolton, the club he turned into Premier League mainstays. And, of course, at the expense of today’s vanquished opponents Blackpool, who axed Allardyce after he narrowly failed to guide them to promotion in 1996.

West Ham may have taken the scenic route back to the promised land, but it has not always been so pretty this season.

Allardyce struggled to win hearts and minds at Upton Park, enduring a fractious relationship with the fans who were sceptical of his perceived direct style of play from the moment he was appointed.

At a club where winning ugly is frowned upon, drawing ugly was frankly unacceptable and home stalemates against lowly Crystal Palace, Doncaster and Watford were greeted with boos from the stands despite the Hammers’ position near the top of table.

Allardyce quickly tired of being quizzed about the so-called ‘West Ham way’, and after one match told supporters who chanted ‘we play on the floor’ that they were “deluded”.

Despite this depressing backdrop, the Hammers were still plodding along in second spot behind Southampton and looking set fair for a return to the top flight.

However, Reading’s stunning end to the season changed all that as they came up on the rails to snatch the title, pushing Saints into second and West Ham into play-off purgatory.

Yet the Royals may have inadvertently done Allardyce a favour as what seemed the most joyless of promotion campaigns suddenly became interesting.

Far from wallowing in the disappointment of narrowly missing out automatically, ‘Big Sam’ came into his own.

Having limbered up with a 6-0 thrashing of Brighton – without a long ball in sight, incidentally – West Ham calmly dispatched Cardiff 5-0 over two legs of a one-sided semi-final.

Such is the perverse nature of the play-off system, third place brought with it the reward of a first Wembley appearance since 1981 and 40,000-odd fans, including the sceptics and the booers, lapped it up.

The jeers turned to cheers as Kevin Nolan, the £4million summer signing from Newcastle, became the first Hammers captain to lift a trophy at the national stadium in 32 years.

Job done for Allardyce, whose next task will be to emulate the Bolton years – top-half finishes, mixing it with the big boys and regularly ruffling the feathers of the likes of Arsene Wenger.

He will fancy his chances, too. Self-doubt has never been an Allardyce failing. And if he can win over these West Ham fans, then you would not bet against him rising to any challenge.

Source: http://www.itv.com/sport/football/news/big-sam-delivers-on-his-promise-19582/

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Saeed Ajmal is known for his straight talk and has a tendency to make big, carefree declarations at press conferences. On Saturday though, which was the last day of Pakistan’s preparatory camp in Lahore, he was rather cautious while fielding the media’s questions. On the tour of Sri Lanka, he said, he will look to keep things ‘simple’.

Does he have another new delivery to unveil, following the ‘teesra’ that he dished out against England in the UAE earlier this year? “There is no need to introduce any new delivery, let us keep things simple,” Ajmal said. “Mastering any new delivery takes time and a lot of work is involved in it. With more varieties, more complications are created [for the bowler]. So I would like to just take control of my conventional spin, which is giving me results.”

For now, Ajmal said, he is focussing on just bowling at his best and displacing South Africa’s Dale Steyn as the world’s No. 1 Test bowler. “Presently my focus is to win the series [in Sri Lanka] for Pakistan. The goal is to archive the No. 1 spot [on the rankings], for that I am putting in a lot of hard work.”

Ajmal did not have much of an impact the previous time Pakistan played in Sri Lanka, as the visitors went on to lose both the Tests and ODIs. This time, Ajmal is looking to compensate for that below-par showing. “Things are going in my way [recently], I will try to extend my recent form. I am ready to take on the Sri Lanka challenge once again.”

“My body is fully fit and ready to cope the heat [in Sri Lanka], and I know onus will be on the spinners. We[spinners] have to bowl more overs than the fast bowlers because of the heat. But I think we have fast bowlers who can provide a breakthrough even in shorter spells, and they will be equally important. [Abdur] Rehman I make a good pair, and we are ready to bowl longer spells.”

While wary of the likes of Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara, Ajmal said Pakistan is quite confident. “We have been practicing assuming that we will be playing on batting [batsmen-friendly] pitches there. We have been doing well for quite a long time now, so I don’t think plans will be difficult for us to execute. They have got some good batsman like Sanga and Samaraweera, who had scored runs against us the last time in the UAE, but we still produced good results against them.”

Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/565491.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Newark, N.J. • For one game, at least, in the Eastern Conference finals, the New Jersey Devils found a way to beat Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers.

After losing out in the Rangers’ block party in Game 1, the Devils found a solution in Game 2. They forechecked, moved the puck, didn’t give the New York defense time to set up, shot quickly and got traffic in front of the Rangers’ goaltender.

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It wasn’t anything novel. It was Hockey 101, and a better effort than in the opener of the best-of-7 series.

Now it’s the Rangers’ turn to respond as the series shifts to New Jersey for Game 3 at the Prudential Center on Saturday.

“We know the Rangers are going to push,” Devils coach Peter DeBoer said. “We know they’re going to come out and play a great hockey game [Saturday]. It’s on us to do the same thing. So I expect it to be the best game of the series [Saturday] from both ends.”

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El Segundo, Calif. • Dwight King has been living in a hotel since the Los Angeles Kings recalled him from the minors just over three months ago, and the playoff hero isn’t about to move out.

He’s not tempting fate while the Kings are on the verge of exceeding his wildest dreams for his first NHL postseason run.

“It’s a dream,” King said Friday at the club training complex while Los Angeles recovered from its 2-1 victory in Game 3. “You want to be part of the Stanley Cup playoffs. To be a contributor is even better. Everything is coming around.”

Indeed, Los Angeles is on the brink of its second Stanley Cup final after leaping to a 3-0 lead over reeling Phoenix in the Western Conference finals. The eighth-seeded Kings are on an unbelievable 11-1 streak with eight consecutive wins in the postseason, outscoring their opponents 37-17 and winning the first three games in each series.

With a victory in Game 4 on Sunday afternoon, the Kings finally would have another banner to hang next to the single division title and conference title banners decorating a small section of a wall at Staples Center.

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Or maybe not. After all, everyone already knew that a renegotiation of the existing deal was coming, so the league’s move amounted to a mere legal formality. The real action won’t come until the two sides sit down to bargain later in the summer.

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How will those negotiations go? Nobody knows yet, but sources tell me that the two sides are already hard at work compiling their lists of demands. According to insiders, here are some of the key issues that the NHL and NHLPA will be taking to the bargaining table over the next few months.

NHLPA While we always realized that the odds of the Raffi Torres suspension being reduced on appeal were low, it still would have been nice for Gary Bettman to let Torres complete at least one sentence without immediately banging a giant gong.

NHL We all agree that we absolutely must do something to discourage teams from signing players to extremely long-term contracts, so could you guys ask Ilya Bryzgalov to send us a nice photo we could make into a poster to hang in every owner’s office?

NHLPA Several of our members insist that we revamp the draft lottery system so that the Edmonton Oilers don’t win every year, although come to think of it everyone who told us that looked an awful lot like a 17-year-old prospect wearing a fake moustache and beard.

NHL Yes, having large markets play deep into the playoffs increases television ratings and yes, it’s important for overall league revenue that the sport do well in the southern U.S., but we still can’t shake the nagging feeling that at some point someone will notice that the L.A. Kings’ net has been two feet smaller than everyone else’s for the last month.

NHLPA Mike Komisarek says it would be super-awesome if we could have just one conversation about an amnesty buyout period without everyone in the hockey world awkwardly turning and staring at him.

NHL Everyone is clearly fed up with the current discipline system where some suspensions are too long and others are too short and there’s never any consistency, so let’s just go back to having every suspension consistently being too short like it was a few years ago.

NHLPA We’ve still been unable to get any feedback on CBA issues from any members of the New York Rangers, since whoever keeps answering the phone when we call their dressing room just grunts monosyllabic answers at us like a sullen teenager and hangs up.

NHL Look, all those “lazy Russians don’t want to win in the playoffs” narratives took a lot of work for the hockey world to build up over the years, so we’d really appreciate it if Ilya Kovalchuk could stop single-handedly ruining them.

NHLPA While we realize that it’s become tradition for the Stanley Cup winning captain to pose for a photograph with the commissioner before being handed the trophy, it’s still kind of creepy how Bettman always takes that moment to whisper “I’ve been sitting in this all day without pants.”

NHL Even though he did somehow obtain all of the proper licences and permits first, it’s still not cool how David Booth keeps leaping out of our grandkids’ closets and gunning down all their teddy bears.

NHLPA While we can appreciate that the league would like to increase offence by encouraging forwards and defencemen to refrain from blocking shots, there has to be a better way than just mailing us all a “What Would Marc-André Fleury Do?” bracelet.

NHL Despite consistent profits since the last lockout and record revenues that have increased by almost $1-billion, it’s vitally important that we get further concessions from the players to ensure the ongoing health of the… oh man, we came so close to getting all the way through that with a straight face, let us try it just one more time.

Sean McIndoe’s humour site, Down Goes Brown, is updated regularly at www.downgoesbrown.com

Source: http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/05/19/nhl-and-nhlpas-special-demands-for-cba/

Newark, N.J. • Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots, and Dan Girardi, Chris Kreider and Ryan Callahan scored third-period goals to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday.

The Rangers scored two goals only 1 minute, 57 seconds apart early in the third to help them take a 2-1 series lead.

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Lundqvist was busy from the opening faceoff en route to his second shutout of the series and third in the postseason. Callahan iced it with an empty-netter late in third.

Game 4 is Monday in New Jersey.

Not even playing on home ice, where they had won four straight, was enough to help New Jersey. The Rangers have won every Game 1, lost each Game 2, and rebounded to win Game 3 in every round this postseason. Each preceding series, of course, saw them win the all-important last one: Game 7.

Kreider, a rookie called up during Round 1 vs. Ottawa, has scored in every game of this series.

Lundqvist was fantastic as he showed again why he led the Rangers to an Eastern Conference-high 109 points. He stoned Adam Henrique on a nice backhander late in the second period to keep it scoreless entering the third, setting the stage for New York’s late magic.

He also toyed with Ilya Kovalchuk all game and stopped him on a nice breakaway in the second. Kovalchuk, who scored in Game 2, couldn’t get untracked and neither could the rest of the Devils.

Especially not with the way Lundqvist shined in net.

The Rangers opened the third ready to go against Martin Brodeur and found a way to give Lundqvist a needed cushion.

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With Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador in the penalty box, Girardi pushed a slow wrist shot past Brodeur’s glove side, off a faceoff win by center Brad Richards. Brodeur could have easily stopped the point-blank shot, especially with no traffic in front of the net.

The Rangers could have squeezed in a pair of John Tortorella press conferences before their next goal.

Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh wristed a shot along the ice toward Brodeur that got through to the crease, eventually being deflected by Kreider and around a prone Brodeur. Devils defenseman Marek Zidlicky was out of position at the faceoff circle, when Kreider sneaked in behind him and poked it in.

The Devils kept up the pressure the rest of the way, but got nowhere with an ineffective power play. And as they skated off dejectedly toward their locker room, they could only look back and wonder how they came up empty with so many shots on Lundqvist.

New Jersey spent most of the game sticking it to the Rangers all over the ice. The Devils dominated and outshot the Rangers, 26-14, through the first two periods.

In the second period, Rangers winger Brandon Prust threw a hard right elbow into the back of Anton Volchenkov’s head that knocked the defenseman down in a heap. No penalty was called and the crowd howled in protest. Devils coach Peter DeBoer was furious at the non-call and was yelling on the bench as he looked up at the replay overhead. Volchenkov eventually got to his feet and later returned to the ice.

Lundqvist was at his best in the third, snaring Kovalchuk’s one-timer to turn away any attempt at a late Devils rally.

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Forward Shane Battier and seldom-used center Dexter Pittman were added to the starting five, joining LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers.

Coach Erik Spoelstra has been forced to try new things with star power forward Chris Bosh out with an abdominal strain and likely to miss the remainder of the conference semifinal series against the Pacers.

Battier will start at small forward over struggling Udonis Haslem, and Pittman moves in for Ronny Turiaf, who started Game 2.

Before the game, Spoelstra said with Bosh out “everything is on the table.”

Haslem is just 2 of 9 in the first two games. Pittman didn’t play in the first two games of the series.

Source: http://www.nba.com/2012/news/05/17/heat-lineup-change.ap/index.html?rss=true

NEWARK, N.J., May 19 (UPI) — Henrik Lundqvist turned aside all 36 shots he saw Saturday and the New York Rangers blanked New Jersey 3-0 to take an Eastern Conference Finals lead.

Lundqvist made 25 of his stops over the final two periods and turned in his second shutout in three contests to start the series, boosting the Rangers into a 2-1 advantage over the Devils.

The game remained scoreless until 3:19 into the third period, when Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi snapped a shot off a faceoff win past Devils goalie Martin Brodeur from the right circle.

Chris Kreider doubled New York’s advantage less than 2 minutes later off assists from Ryan McDonagh and Ryan Callahan, and Callahan added an empty-netter with 2:13 left.

Brodeur stopped 19-of-21 shots for New Jersey, which look to bounce back at home in Monday’s Game 4.

Source: http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2012/05/19/NHL-New-York-Rangers-3-New-Jersey-0/UPI-57401337457164/

After James missed a technical foul in the second half, Stephenson wrapped his hands around his throat to mock the league MVP. Pacers coach Frank Vogel said Saturday that Stephenson told him he was sorry about his actions. Vogel said Stephenson “knows it was wrong and I agreed with him 100 percent that it was wrong.”

Vogel said Stephenson knows “he was over the line and made a mistake.” Vogel likes his players to be enthusiastic on the bench, but doesn’t what them “to go over the top.”

The Pacers have a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series heading into Sunday’s Game 4.

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But the towering London Knights defenceman has no doubt that having a dad who played 12 big league seasons was a huge help in his own development as top NHL prospect.

“I think it’s an advantage for me personally because it’s someone close, that I know on a personal level, helping me out, who’s not a coach,” Tinordi said Saturday as the Knights prepared to play their first game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup against the defending champion Saint John Sea Dogs. “He’s a father and a player, so that helped me a lot growing up.

“I remember when I was a kid going to the practice rink in Washington and seeing all the guys, meeting all the players. We’d always be in the locker-room during practice. It was fun. You don’t really know when you’re that age what it means, but looking back on it, it was a pretty good experience.”

Tinordi was seven when his father retired in 1999 after a 663-game career that started with the New York Rangers in 1987. Mark Tinordi played most of his career with the Minnesota North Stars and was captain when that club moved to Dallas. He joined the Capitals in 1994. The Red Deer, Alta. native also played in the 1991 Canada Cup.

Jarred Tinordi is one of seven players at the Memorial Cup with NHL fathers, including his London teammate Max Domi, whose father Tie Domi scored goals and pounded heads for three teams from 1989 to 2006, the last 11 years with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Edmonton Oil Kings have four players whose fathers were NHLers, including defenceman Keegan Lowe whose dad Kevin played 1,037 games for the Oilers and is now president of the NHL club.

Centre Henrik Samuelsson, who scored the game-winner as the Oil Kings beat Shawinigan 4-3 in the tournament opener, is the son of former NHL blueliner Ulf Samuelsson.

Griffin Reinhart is the son of former Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks defenceman Paul Reinhart, while Michael St. Croix’s dad is former NHL goalie Rick St. St. Croix.

Shawinigan defenceman Dillon Donnelly’s dad is rugged former Quebec Nordique and Winnipeg Jet Gord Donnelly. The pugilistic gene was clearly passed on as Dillon got into the first fight of the Memorial Cup against Edmonton’s Mitchell Moroz.

The six-foot-seven, 218-pound Tinordi was drafted 22nd overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 2010, which is a step ahead of his father, who was not drafted. He can now give valuable advice to his son.

“He was a big guy like me,” said Tinordi. “The main thing for us (big defencemen) is to keep it simple.

“You don’t want to get to complicated with the puck. When we’re simple and make smart plays, a good first pass, then good things happen.”

Tinordi grew up near Washington, D.C., where his father ran a hockey program, and played at the world junior championship for the United States. However, he turned down a chance to play college hockey at Notre Dame to join the Knights, a top Ontario Hockey League club run by brothers Dale and Mark Hunter.

In his first season in 2010-11, he had one goal and was minus-8 in 63 games, but he took a step forward this season with two goals and a plus-39 in 48 regular season games. Then he had three goals in 19 playoff games.

“He’s always been strong defensively and his offensive game has started to turn around,” said Knights coach Mark Hunter. “He got some goals and points in the playoffs.

“His leadership’s always been there. I just think he needs some strength, and when he’s 230 (pounds), the Montreal Canadiens will love him.”

Tinordi is a surprisingly good skater for his size, but it remains to be seen if, like extra-sized NHL defencemen before him, he can become more like the two-way Zdeno Chara or the ultra-defensive Hal Gill, who he got to work with at the Canadiens training camp.

“I’m trying to find a good mix between the two,” said Tinordi. “I know Hal from my time in Montreal and he was a great mentor to me.

“He’s a great guy to learn from. He’s won Stanley Cups. And I’ve worked on my offensive game more.”

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/knights-big-defenceman-tinordi-looks-father-mark-nhl-192157704--spt.html