03 May 2004	Monday	12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1425

CASTRIES, May 2: West Indies need 281 for victory against England in the sixth One-day International after taking a flurry of late wickets on Sunday.

Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss hit fluent half-centuries but England missed out on a total in excess of 300 thanks to some tight bowling, faltering to 280 for eight from their 50 overs.

Vaughan and Strauss were joint top-scorers with 67. Chris Gayle was the pick of the West Indies attack with a tidy spell of two for 39 from his 10 overs. West Indies made 284 for five to win the fifth one-dayer on Saturday and square the weather-disrupted seven-match series at 1-1.

Marcus Trescothick, who made 130 on Saturday, fell for 29 but Vaughan and Strauss added 84 for the second wicket before the former was run out by Ricardo Powell. Strauss was trapped lbw by Gayle for his highest One-day International score but Andrew Flintoff hit 43 and Paul Collingwood 38 to help the tourists post a challenging total.

Scoreboard

ENGLAND:

M.E. Trescothick b Rampaul 29

M.P. Vaughan run out 67

A.J. Strauss lbw b Gayle 67

A. Flintoff c Chanderpaul b Bradshaw 43

P.D. Collingwood c Sarwan b Powell 38

C.M.W. Read run out 11

R. Clarke b Dillon 7

G.J. Batty b Gayle 1

D. Gough not out 2

S.J. Harmison not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-10, NB-2) 15

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 280

FALL OF WKTS: 1-57, 2-141, 3-199, 4-251, 5-258, 6-273, 7-276, 8-276.

DID NOT BAT: J.M. Anderson.

BOWLING: Rampaul 8-0-54-1 (1nb, 1w1); Dillon 10-0-59-1 (1nb, 2w); Bradshaw 10-0-61-1 (2w); Bravo 5-0-25-0 (1w); Smith 5-0-30-0; Gayle 10-0-39-2 (1w); Powell 2-0-9-1.

WEST INDIES: C.H. Gayle, S. Chanderpaul, R.L. Powell, R.R. Sarwan, B.C. Lara, D.R. Smith, D.J.J. Bravo, R.D. Jacobs, I.D.R. Bradshaw, R. Rampaul, M. Dillon. -Reuters