June 18, 2007	Monday	Jumadi-us-Sani 02, 1428

CHESTER STREET (England), June 17: Fidel Edwards stunned England as West Indies took charge of the fourth and final Test at the Riverside here on Sunday with three late wickets.

At stumps on the third day England were 121 for four in reply to the tourists' first innings 287, a deficit of 166, after dangerman Kevin Pietersen was out for nought to the last ball of the day, caught behind off Edwards after under-edging a pull.

The round-arm quick finished with three for 40 in seven overs, England losing three wickets in 17 balls in all.

But Andrew Strauss was still at the crease with a series-best 72 not out.

That West Indies scored as many as they did was down to a second successive century from Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who made 136 not out.

England captain Michael Vaughan fell shortly before stumps for 19, edging Edwards to Dwayne Bravo at second slip after a stand of 73 with Strauss.

Nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard (nought) then recklessly edged an ambitious drive off Corey Collymore to first slip Chris Gayle.

Earlier West Indies, who had been 55 for four, recovered with a stand of 86 between Chanderpaul and Bravo (44) before the left-hander and Collymore frustrated England even further with a last-wicket partnership of 58.

Collymore was the last man out falling lbw to left-arm spinner Monty Panesar for 13.

Left-arm quick Ryan Sidebottom took five for 88, his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket.

Chanderpaul has now gone 13 hours and 24 minutes without being dismissed.

His 16th Test hundred, was his second as many innings after his 116 not out in England's 60-run third Test victory at Old Trafford where he made 50 in the first innings.

He also hit 74 in the drawn first Test at Lord's.

By contrast left-handed opener Strauss had scored just one century in his previous 17 Test innings.

However, Strauss started confidently with his first five scoring shots all boundaries including an on-drive off Edwards.

But Edwards reduced England to 37 for one when Alastair Cook saw a leg-glance well caught by diving wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

Strauss completed an 80-ball fifty with 10 fours after West Indies has drifted too many balls onto his pads.

Chanderpaul, dropped on nine Saturday by Ian Bell at third slip, was given some nervous moments in the 90s by his team-mates.

He was six short of a hundred when Daren Powell irresponsibly tried to hook fast bowler Stephen Harmison and skied a catch to wicket-keeper Matthew Prior.

A rare loose shot from Chanderpaul, an edged drive over the slips for four against Harmison, took him to 98.

But next ball, trying to pull Harmison, Chanderpaul was hit on his unprotected left arm.

The 32-year-old, who missed West Indies record innings defeat at Headingley with a knee injury, was still on 98 when Edwards was bowled by Sidebottom, leaving West Indies 229 for nine.

But having survived some testing deliveries from Harmison, Guyana's Chanderpaul cut a loose one for four to complete a 176-ball hundred in nearly five hours with 14 boundaries.

West Indies resumed on Sunday on 132 for four with Chanderpaul unbeaten on 44 and Bravo 43 not out after rain had washed out Friday's first day before bad weather meant only three hours play was possible on Saturday.

Bravo, not for the first time, gave his innings away when well set, adding just one to his overnight score before he inside-edged an attempted pull off Hoggard into his off-stump.

England already have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES (1st Innings, overnight

132-4):

D. Ganga c Cook b Sidebottom 0

C.H. Gayle lbw b Hoggard 28

D.S. Smith b Sidebottom 4

R.S. Morton c Sidebottom b Harmison 6

S. Chanderpaul not out 136

D.J. Bravo b Hoggard 44

M.N. Samuels b Sidebottom 19

D. Ramdin c Collingwood b Sidebottom 13

D.B. Powell c Prior b Harmison 1

F.H. Edwards b Sidebottom 5

C.D. Collymore lbw b Panesar 13

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-13, NB-1) 18

TOTAL (all out, 97.1 overs) 287

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-32, 3-34, 4-55, 5-141, 6-199, 7-219, 8-220, 9-229.

BOWLING: Sidebottom 29-10-88-5; Hoggard 26-8-58-2; Harmison 25-4-78-2; Panesar 13.1-2-34-1; Collingwood 4-1-12-0 (1nb).

ENGLAND (1st Innings):

A.J. Strauss not out 72

A.N. Cook c Ramdin b Edwards 13

M.P. Vaughan c Bravo b Edwards 19

M.J. Hoggard c Gayle b Collymore 0

K.P. Pietersen c Ramdin b Edwards 0

EXTRAS (W-7, NB-10) 17

TOTAL (for four wkts, 34 overs) 121

FALL OF WKTS: 1-37, 2-110, 3-119, 4-121.

TO BAT: P.D. Collingwood, I.R. Bell, M.J. Prior, S.J. Harmison, R.J. Sidebottom, M.S. Panesar.

BOWLING (to-date): Edwards 7-0-40-3 (7nb); Powell 10-3-32-0; Collymore 10-2-35-1 (3nb, 3w); Gayle 5-3-4-0; Bravo 2-0-10-0.

—AFP