03 May 2004	Monday	12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425

CASTRIES, May 2: Huge hitting from Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Smith helped West Indies clinch a thrilling five-wicket victory over England in the fifth One-day International on Saturday (partly reported in Sunday's edition).

Chasing 282 to win after a century by Marcus Trescothick lifted England to 281 for eight from 50 overs, West Indies faced a tough task when still needing 61 from the last seven overs. But Sarwan, with an unbeaten 73 and Smith, with a belligerent 44 off 27 balls, hammered six sixes in three overs to see West Indies home on 284 for five with 12 balls to spare.

Chris Gayle, rated the world's fourth-best one-day batsman, smashed Darren Gough for one huge six but again fell when well set, brilliantly caught at full stretch by Paul Collingwood at point off James Anderson for 36.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul played sensibly for his 40 only to top edge Ian Blackwell to Chris Read, while Powell made an entertaining 29. His dismissal brought captain Brian Lara to the crease and he and vice-captain Sarwan patiently picked off the singles against some tight bowling, particularly from Andrew Flintoff.

Lara hit three boundaries in a well-crafted 37 but when he tried to smash Steve Harmison over cover, he succeeded only in edging straight to Read.

Scoreboard

ENGLAND:

M.E. Trescothick run out 130

M.P. Vaughan c Jacobs b Bradshaw 25

A.J. Strauss b Dillon 10

P.D. Collingwood c Jacobs b Rampaul 4

A. Flintoff c Dillon b Bravo 59

I.D. Blackwell b Bravo 0

C.M.W. Read c Powell b Bradshaw 24

R. Clarke b Gayle 6

D. Gough not out 3

S.J. Harmison not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-6, NB-5) 17

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 281

FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-114, 3-124, 4-234, 5-235, 6-249, 7-267, 8-275.

DID NOT BAT: J.M. Anderson.

BOWLING: Bradshaw 10-0-58-2 (1w); Dillon 10-0-47-1 (1nb); Bravo 8-0-57-2 (3w); Rampaul 9-0-48-1 (4nb); Gayle 9-0-33-1 (2w); Powell 4-0-32-0.

WEST INDIES:

C.H. Gayle c Collingwood b Anderson 36

S. Chanderpaul c Read b Blackwell 40

R.L. Powell b Anderson 29

R.R. Sarwan not out 73

B.C. Lara c Read b Harmison 37

D.R. Smith b Flintoff 44

D.J.J. Bravo not out 12

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10, NB-1) 13

TOTAL (for five wkts, 48 overs) 284

FALL OF WKTS: 1-62, 2-102, 3-115, 4-191, 5-271.

DID NOT BAT: R.D. Jacobs, I.D.R. Bradshaw, R. Rampaul, M. Dillon.

BOWLING: Gough 9-1-45-0 (1w); Harmison 10-1-74-1 (4w); Flintoff 9-0-32-1 (1w); Anderson 10-0-66-2 (1nb, 1w); Blackwell 7-0-47-1 (1w); Trescothick 3-0-18-0 (1w).

RESULT: West Indies won by five wickets.

UMPIRES: B. Doctrove (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).

TV UMPIRE: E.A. Nicholls (West Indies).

MATCH REFEREE: J.J. Crowe (New Zealand).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Ramnaresh Sarwan. - Reuters