England warm-up in winning style

Published March 8, 2004

KINGSTON, March 7: England clinched a crushing two-day, innings and 85-run win against an outclassed Vice-Chancellors XI on Saturday to complete their build-up for the first Test against the West Indies in style. The home side were skittled out for just 70 in their second innings.

Scoreboard

VICE CHANCELLOR'S XI (1st Innings) 119.

ENGLAND (1st Innings, overnight 152-2):

M.E. Trescothick b Lawson 0

M.P. Vaughan c Bravo b Cunningham 66

N. Hussain b Lawson 86

P.D. Collingwood c Bravo b Bennett 14

G.P. Thorpe c Haynes b Willett 55

A. Flintoff lbw b Bennett 4

C.M.W. Read c Bernard b Bravo 0

A.F. Giles lbw b Lawson 2

M.J. Hoggard not out 5

S.P. Jones b Cunningham 13

S.J. Harmison c Nurse b Cunningham 0

EXTRAS (B-13, LB-2, W-1, NB-13) 29

TOTAL (all out, 79 overs) 274

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-149, 3-166, 4-190, 5-198, 6-200, 7-228, 8-261, 9-274.

BOWLING: Lawson 14-0-72-3; Bennett 11-2-32-2; Cunningham 11-5-37-3; Nurse 17-1-46-0; Tikolo 3-0-19-0; Bernard 5-0-14-0; Sammy 6-2-9-0; Bravo 7-3-15-1; Willett 5-0-15-1.

VICE CHANCELLOR'S XI (2nd Innings):

J. Haynes b Giles 11

K.O. Otieno c Collingwood b Hoggard 22

D. Bravo lbw b Hoggard 0

D.E. Bernard c Flintoff b Giles 14

T. Willett lbw b Giles 9

D. Sammy c Read b Hoggard 0

R. Nurse b Jones 2

R. Cunningham not out 4

J.J.C. Lawson c Flintoff b Jones 0

J. Bennett b Jones 0

S.O. Tikolo absent hurt -

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-7) 8

TOTAL (all out, 24 overs) 70

FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-41, 3-49, 4-55, 5-64, 6-64, 7-68, 8-70, 9-70.

BOWLING: Hoggard 7-2-10-3; Harmison 5-1-12-0; Flintoff 5-0-21-0; Giles 5-1-23-3; Jones 2-0-3-3. -Agencies

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