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00:00The hope was that the Queen's Park wicket would help the spinners, but in fact it was Greg Thomas, England's
00:05only answer to the Caribbean pacemen, who provided the early surprises.
00:12Richardson getting a taste of the West Indies' own medicine, but the fiery Welshman couldn't curb Richardson's stroke play for
00:19long.
00:24It wasn't long before a tired Thomas turned to drink and David Gower turned to spin, Edmonds extracting some hopeful
00:31early turn.
00:32Ian Botham's having a disastrous game, hit all over the place last night, hit all over the place today.
00:41Richardson putting this one amongst the drink stalls.
00:45Richardson reached his sentry off Edmonds.
00:53The young Antiguan looks likely to torment England for some time.
00:57But two runs later, he misjudged a sweep off Embury.
01:04In his 102 runs, there were 19 boundaries.
01:10In more than four hours at the crease, Haynes had been slowly gathering runs.
01:15He was stumped by Downton for 67.
01:20Larry Gomes had made 30 when he became Downton's second victim.
01:27And after that, the cricket was anything but dull as Richards tore into Edmonds.
01:38The West Indies were heading towards 300, and Richards looked in awesome mood.
01:48But this Richards' innings was short-lived. Edmonds had him caught by both of them when he had reached the
01:5330s.
01:56England will be glad to see the back of him.
01:59And the latest score we have...
02:01The winning runs came from Desmond Haynes.
02:05The West Indies' second test victory of the series, the margin, seven wickets.
02:11But the headlines from this match have been dominated for England, and Ralph Deller has the story of their reply.
02:20If the many English supporters in the crowd were to have anything to celebrate, they wanted to see a big
02:25innings from Gooch.
02:25But he had scored only six when he fell to a catch behind off Garner, a decision with which Gooch
02:30obviously disagreed.
02:31Tim Robinson looked comfortable at the other end, but Marshall had him brilliantly caught by Richardson for 23.
02:37Slack was out for nine, and 42 for three became 46 for four, when Gower was tracked by Marshall for
02:43naught.
02:44Botham offered some resistance against Marshall with a pooled four.
02:51But the bowler gained his revenge when Botham presented Garner with a simple catch at mid-off.
02:57Botham was out for 14, and England had slumped to 69 for five.
03:03The slump continued when Lamb was caught by Marshall off holding for 18.
03:13Downton was bowled by Harper for a duck.
03:18England were as good as finished at 82 for seven.
03:22Peter Willey was the last of the recognized batsmen, but when he had nine, he holed out to Greenwich off
03:28Harper.
03:34John Embry and Neil Foster put on 28 during a brave ninth-wicket partnership, with Embry going for his shots.
03:43He also had to take some punishment, a doubtful compliment to his batting abilities.
03:53English supporters could at least enjoy the sunshine, and Embry's final flourish.
04:08Paterson eventually had him caught behind for a fighting 15.
04:16Thomas was soon to follow.
04:18Paterson again the bowler.
04:20And almost inevitably, Richards was in the action at the finish,
04:24to see England all out for 114, and defeated by 135 runs.
04:34David, that was at the other end.
04:45Haynes eventually reached his 50 in a patient, controlled innings.
05:00Richardson reached his sixth century in just 18 tests, with this little steer backward of point off Botham.
05:21At tea, the West Indies had reached 187 for one, but the afternoon session had been better for England than
05:27the morning.
05:29It was when the score stood at 228 that England tasted success once more.
05:34And again, it was the Botham-Foster combination that did the trick.
05:48A somewhat tired-looking shot from Haynes as he was out for 84,
05:52and Botham making the chance look easy despite the distraction of Downton's dive.
05:57Larry Gomes came in to take up the anchor role from Haynes.
06:04Meanwhile, Richardson moved imperiously to his 150.
06:19And that was the position at the close of play, with the West Indies total of 269 for two,
06:24probably meaning that the extent of England's ambitions in this match will be merely to save it.
06:29...batting yesterday had set up the West Indies for a big total.
06:34Today, though, he didn't last long, an incautious swipe at Embry out for 160.
06:40Then, with an ominous spring in his toes came Viv Richards.
06:43The inevitable barrage began.
06:48This six was a danger to the grandstand windows, and this one was even bigger.
06:56In danger this time, the Caribbean shipping lanes.
07:00Then Gower took the new ball, gave it to Thomas and everything turned England's way.
07:04The goal was gone for 33.
07:07And next, Thomas claimed the prize scalp.
07:12Richards, caught by an acrobatic Downton for 51, the first ball after lunch.
07:18Now Botham was bowling with the belligerent bounce of old.
07:26Dujon took up the challenge.
07:29And substitute fieldsman Slap took the catch of the match so far.
07:34The sunburner was temporarily forgotten.
07:36Michael Holding tried the same thing, and his went many a mile.
07:44But this was an afternoon when England had the West Indies where they seldom are.
07:49On the rack, holding out for 23.
07:55Then Best and Marshall contrived to finish at one end of the wicket, while the ball was at the other.
08:04Neil Foster ran in to trap Carlisle Best.
08:10And Greg Thomas, bowling with genuine pace, finished off the West Indians.
08:15His fourth wicket of the innings, England had hit back when least expected.
08:20England desperately needed a good start with the bat.
08:24But Robinson fell to Marshall's bouncer for three.
08:28Though the West Indies' pace attack was hotting up, Gooch was looking in confident mood.
08:37They met the predictable attack of bouncers.
08:43But Gooch and Gower saw England past 50, and the important thing now is that they bat as long as
08:48they possibly can.
08:50And as you join us...
08:52...or it's spell Malcolm Marshall was to destroy all that England had built yesterday.
08:57Gower put on a brave face, but then put out a tentative bat.
09:03Gone for 66.
09:06Gooch had to wait more than half an hour for his first edgy runs of the day.
09:12On 53, he fell to Ghana.
09:16Another catch for Dujon, and a departing glance from Gooch was an increasingly unpredictable wicket.
09:23Marshall charged in again to nip out Willy.
09:26The umpire eventually persuaded by the West Indies' celebrations.
09:30Though Willy clearly thought it was pad and not bat.
09:34Then the man who's rapidly making fast bowling a Caribbean martial art struck again.
09:41Lamb out for five.
09:47Botham was in the wars again.
09:51Holdings lifter rearing into his ribs.
09:56He recovered to make 14, but just before lunch he skied a hook off Patterson.
10:02Botham was walking before Dujon had caught it.
10:08The sunshine smiles of yesterday had vanished.
10:11From then on, wickets tumbled on a Palm Sunday England will want to forget.
10:30Edmunds was the last to go. England had crashed to 189 all out.
10:35The last nine wickets had fallen for just 79 runs.
10:40Before you could say Tim Robinson, he and Gooch were back in the middle.
10:43Richards enforcing the follow on.
10:48But once again the start England desperately needed was denied them by pace.
10:54Patterson bowling Gooch for 11.
10:57Robinson though was beginning to look as comfortable as any England batsman has on this tour.
11:04But on 43 he too was beaten for pace by Patterson.
11:10England was 71 for 2.
11:12Any chances of saving this match are fast disappearing.
11:16England skipper David Gower as things went from bad to worse.
11:21Walsh into Gower.
11:24He's bowled him.
11:25Off stamp.
11:26Beautiful delivery from Walsh and Gower goes off.
11:29Very disappointed.
11:30Captain, the ship is sinking.
11:35Captain, the seas are up, oh yes.
11:39We gas tank almost empty.
11:41No electricity.
11:42The oil pressure reading low.
11:44Shall we abandon ship?
11:46Or shall we stay on it?
11:49And perish slow.
11:51We don't know.
11:52We don't know.
11:53Captain, you tell me what to do.
11:55Whoa, whoa.
11:58We came out with such high hopes anyway.
12:00We thought we'd start competing at the start of the series and give them a good fight.
12:04And you find that, well, okay, we now are staring down a gun barrel again.
12:07And that is very disappointing for me as much as anyone else, or probably more than anyone else.
12:12And I know that, okay, you can be as relaxed and laid back as possible.
12:16Relaxed and laid back as you like.
12:18Underneath, it still gets through to you.
12:21There's an old saying in cricket that it's the easiest thing in the world to captain a winning side.
12:25The real test of a skipper is to keep morale high and the team together when you're losing.
12:30And out here in the Caribbean against the best side in the world, David Gower's team is losing.
12:37Ever since David Gower's side arrived in the West Indies, they've had problems off the field as well.
12:44Anti-apartheid demonstrations in Trinidad were just one source of worry to the side.
12:51As if playing cricket against Viv Richard's team wasn't enough.
13:00It's the second time David Gower has led England in a series against the West Indies and he's yet to
13:05win a test against them.
13:07This tour of the Caribbean is as severe a challenge as Gower can expect as a captain.
13:23The hammering England are taking in this series is largely due to fast bowling.
13:30The West Indies fearsome pace attack has overwhelmed England so completely that it's difficult to see how the batsmen can
13:37ever cope with the constant barrage in a test match.
13:41You don't like them being a better side. I think that's a fairly clear amount.
13:46I think one has to accept, and I accept, that if a side is playing better than your side, then
13:50you're likely to lose.
13:51I mean, you've got to play very well out here to win. I think everyone accepted that before we came
13:56out, and I think everyone at home knows that in order to win out here, we've got to play very,
14:00very well.
14:03I think we've got 12 fits here.
14:05We're effectively selecting from 12 now.
14:09Selecting a side to take on the fast bowlers is another major headache for Gower.
14:13We're basically holding operation.
14:16His regular selection meetings with manager Tony Brown, assistant manager Bob Willis, and other senior members at the side have
14:23been dominated by fitness reports from physiotherapist Laurie Brown.
14:27Right, what time is sick period?
14:29I've just had it.
14:31Injuries and sickness have plagued England on this trip, but it's Gower's job to keep morale high among his players.
14:37Basically down what we've got, Gooch, Robinson, Gower, Willie, Lambeau, and down to Emory Edmonds, Foster Thomas, 12th, Slack.
14:49We're about to selecting 12th.
14:51On paper, we are the second side. We are the weaker side of the two.
14:55Now, it doesn't stop us actually doing well. It doesn't stop us competing.
14:58And we have a certain amount of confidence and a certain amount of belief that we can do well, which
15:02is enforced, for instance, by winning the one there in Trinidad.
15:05And that sort of thing helps morale, helps psychological feelings, gives people a boost.
15:11That match has been England's one real success of the tour so far.
15:15That was mainly due to one man, Graham Gooch.
15:47A sweet victory, but a rare one. In the main of this tour, the men in the press box have
15:52been reporting defeat after defeat.
15:54After losing his play, is morale still fairly reasonable?
15:58Yes, and I'm not worrying about that.
16:01Like it or not, Gower has to answer their questions and criticisms at regular poolside press conferences.
16:07At least not, I mean, morale's not too bad at all.
16:12Once I've had a day on the beach, it'll help cheer him up.
16:16Any doubt about Downton's place? Any question?
16:20Not really. Not really. I mean, I can't...
16:22You can't really say that Fido's forced himself in with weight of runs.
16:26No.
16:27That would be the only... only way in.
16:30Because as far as I'm concerned, Paul's keeping has been fine.
16:33Must be pleased as if I get luck this morning as well.
16:35It is obviously a very important part of the general PR of the sport,
16:39that we have to get on and be amiable with the press and they with us.
16:44Obviously, they depend on information from us.
16:46We depend on them for publicity, for the coverage that we get.
16:51We like to keep them informed about teams, about possible teams for the next match, that sort of stuff,
16:56and who's in, who's out, who's injured, who's ill, whatever.
16:59And obviously, the more information they get, the happier they are.
17:02But on this tour, it's been the off-the-field activities of players, particularly Gower and Ian Botham,
17:08that have hit the news page headlines.
17:11Stories which have made the players fed up with Fleet Street.
17:14Relations between journalists and the team have never been worse.
17:18Certainly, in the private life, things do seem to have changed somewhat over the last few years
17:22in the way that press are interested in cricketers off the field.
17:27And I suppose Ian Botham, again, has to be the prime example of someone
17:30who attracts a large percentage of media coverage.
17:33And probably half his coverage is not about the stuff he's doing on the field,
17:36the stuff he's doing off. And I think myself, now included,
17:40starting to find that people are taking an interest, a greater interest,
17:44in what I might be doing after hours than actually on the field.
17:47Which is new, is a growing trend, which I can't seem entirely happy about.
17:52How do you think you can cope with it?
17:55I'm not sure there's much you can do about it.
17:56If you're captain of England, young, great sportsman, good-looking,
18:02everybody wants to know about David Gower.
18:05Same as John McEnroe at tennis, and Ian Botham is the other one in this team.
18:09Now, David, I think, handles it very, very well.
18:12And he's had probably more flack on this tour than anybody,
18:15as far as private life is concerned.
18:17But if, on one hand, he says, leave me alone, only talk about cricket,
18:23and then he signs a contract with just one newspaper to say what he wants to say,
18:27he's got to accept that the others are gonna try and outdo the opposition.
18:31He can't suddenly say, I'm sorry, I'm not talking to you about anything,
18:34and then go off into a corner and speak to the man from his paper.
18:38They are pop-style figures, and in the summer they're on television
18:41as much as EastEnders, Coronation Street, whatever you like to mention.
18:45Do you accept that some of the tabloid papers perhaps overstep the mark sometimes?
18:49I think sometimes, yes. I think one's got to put one's hands up and say yes.
18:53Have things like the press coverage that David himself has received back home,
18:57has that depressed him, do you think?
18:59I think it's annoyed him. I don't know that it's really depressed him.
19:02I mean, he's not that sort of character.
19:04I don't think David gets terribly depressed at any stage.
19:07He's usually a fairly lively person.
19:10I know he's a bit laid back, but he's quite lively,
19:12and he's got a very sharp mind, and very quickly can assess a situation.
19:17He gets things in perspective.
19:18So I don't think it depresses him,
19:20but I think it does greatly annoy him at times that these things do happen.
19:24If people want to write, if the press are that interested,
19:27or the public are apparently that interested,
19:29that the press are going to write and fill pages with stuff
19:32that previously wasn't considered to be worth including,
19:37then obviously we have to accept it.
19:38There's not much you can do about it.
19:40I suppose the only thing you can do is make sure
19:42is either lock yourself away entirely when the game finishes
19:47and hope no-one opens the door.
19:51Did he want that?
19:52Another one?
19:53No, no, you'll be right.
19:55As the captain, David Gower can't do that,
19:58and as a character, he wouldn't want to.
20:00Social and relaxed, Gower has made up his mind
20:02to enjoy the innumerable evening functions
20:04he and the team are bound to attend.
20:07It's a lovely hotel just today,
20:09because it's small and there's so fast,
20:12so I think it's a good journey.
20:14They can be enjoyed,
20:15and I suppose that the simple thing is
20:17if you say to yourself that you are going to enjoy it
20:19before you go out there,
20:20then you've got a better chance of doing so.
20:22If you go out thinking this is going to be a chore and a drudge,
20:25then the simple rule is then you probably won't enjoy it so much.
20:27And to be fair, we do get a lot of invites.
20:30We don't accept all of them.
20:32We don't make it a three-line whip all the time.
20:34There are certain ones you cannot turn down,
20:35certain government officials, local government officials,
20:38that you have to go to out of respect and courtesy.
20:41I'm very sorry to see you have a bad luck today.
20:45So was I.
20:46You kept low?
20:46I did a bit, yeah.
20:47It's one of those things where if you go out on official business,
20:49as it were, then you are on show.
20:52You are on show as an ambassador of Britain again.
20:55Right, but you oughtn't to have to play it.
20:58Well, I know, but someone has to have one every game.
21:01Do you do Francis Edmonds?
21:03Aye.
21:04The players' wives and girlfriends are allowed to join the cricketers on tour
21:08for limited periods.
21:09Gower's fiancée Vicky is in Barbados,
21:12but doesn't get that much time to relax with him.
21:15She will tell you that the time is fairly limited,
21:18and take a day like today where we've had a selection meeting at lunchtime,
21:22I've then talked to the press for a while about it.
21:25You come through, have a bite of lunch,
21:27and we're going back later,
21:28we have to talk to the side about, say, tomorrow's match.
21:31By the time we've done all that,
21:32there's a few hours in the afternoon left to relax,
21:34perhaps lie by the pool, perhaps go down by the beach,
21:37just take, you know, literally two or three hours off to be together.
21:40And that is routine, obviously, for most of the time we're playing.
21:43And I think that the wives have to accept that,
21:46under sort of wartime conditions as we are now on tour,
21:49the boys are going to be away for most of the day and most of the days.
21:53And preparing for the battle is another problem for Gower.
21:57A captain on any tour must still concentrate on his own personal form.
22:01Gower began this tour disastrously,
22:04but has gradually emerged from England's plight
22:06as one of the batsmen with some credit.
22:10When you actually get out there, and especially against an attack like this,
22:13I mean, everything else tends to fade away.
22:14You don't have to worry about too many other things when you're batting here.
22:17Because if you're not actually just concentrating 100% on batting,
22:20then you're likely to come to grief in some sort of way.
22:23And for me, batting is just confidence from being at the crease,
22:26from feeling good, from playing well.
22:28And that really is the greater influence, say, on captaincy,
22:30rather than the other way around.
22:33It's always a problem when things aren't going right for people.
22:40And Ian's a good example on this tour,
22:42because things haven't gone his way at all.
22:45Indeed, for Ian Botham, the tour has been a personal nightmare,
22:49and that hasn't made life any easier for David Gower.
22:52Botham has been criticised in the press for his performance,
22:56and then on the eve of the third test came fresh allegations of drug-taking.
23:00Did you see that? Something happened? No.
23:04And as the third test began, there was little respite
23:06for Botham from the West Indian batsmen.
23:10England's prospects rapidly receding in the distance.
23:16Back home, the reputation of England's cricketers
23:18was reaching a new low, even in the city.
23:21The West Indies' first innings, we're calling 440 to 460.
23:27England's a little lower than that.
23:29We're calling that 250 to 270.
23:33You buy £10 a run.
23:35Ian Botham's runs at 80. You're a patriot.
23:39The fluctuating fortunes of the players
23:41have now taken their place alongside traditional gambling pursuits.
23:46An enterprising firm of stockbrokers specialising in sporting events
23:51now run a book on how many runs England will make.
23:54They're also taking side bets on that most volatile of commodities, Ian Botham.
24:00And Botham hopes it's in the air, he's going to be out.
24:03As England again chased a formidable West Indies target,
24:07expectations rose and then plummeted once more.
24:10In the end, it was a familiar story,
24:13English fans glumly looking on as wickets tumbled against the pacemen.
24:22England duly lost the match and the series.
24:25Can Captain Gower salvage some English pride on this tour?
24:30You have to just get back and, let's say, every day is fresh.
24:33Somehow you've got to sort of get the guys going again,
24:35you've somehow got to pep them up and hope,
24:37well, I hope they can do it themselves, largely.
24:40Because as I say, there's not much you can do all the time,
24:42or there's nothing you can do all the time
24:43to just wind people up and set them out on the field.
24:47You've just got to get eleven guys together,
24:49eleven guys working together,
24:50and if they play well together, that gives you a chance.
25:14At the ground, good news for England was that Mike Gatting's thumb allowed him to make his first appearance in
25:19the series,
25:20and David Gower's injured wrist was also pass fit for him to play.
25:27The pitch, well grasped and retaining a certain amount of moisture,
25:30caused plenty of discussion for the England management team of Bob Willis and Tony Brown,
25:35though Viv Richards showed no concern as he limbered up to skipper the West Indies on his home ground for
25:40the first time.
25:40A public holiday meant carnival time for the Antiguans, with a ticket for the match, a prized possession,
25:46and the atmosphere was no less festive inside the ground.
25:49Gower had won the toss and sent the West Indies into bat.
25:55Gordon Greenwich looked to be at ease from the very first ball he received from Botham.
26:05But Botham was to suffer more in the next over, bowled by Foster to Haynes.
26:18A sharp chance as Haynes plays some way away from his body,
26:22but one that a man with 96 catches in tests might have been expected to hold.
26:26Foster was generally wayward in direction, but Greenwich survived a slash over the slips when chasing a wide one.
26:33And Foster persisted with his line, Greenwich taking full advantage with some spectacular shots.
26:46At the other end, Botham was bowling well.
26:54King dial in full approval of that ball, and then Botham came close to getting Greenwich caught and bowled.
27:07Didn't quite carry as signalled by the bowler, but next ball, Botham got his man.
27:29The big in-swinger pitched right up, and Greenwich's off stump is on its way out of the ground.
27:35Richie Richardson has enjoyed a marvellous series, and he was determined to do well on his home ground.
27:49Shots like these mean his second in public acclaim only to Richards in Antigua.
28:00He was no less severe on Ellison, who'd replaced Foster at the top end.
28:11Foster came back and failed to deceive Haynes with a slower ball.
28:22Not for the first time, Embry's offspin slowed down the onslaught, and Richardson looked uncomfortable and tied down.
28:30And just before lunch, Embry struck with Richardson out for 24, caught by Slack at short leg.
28:44The ball turning appreciably to find the inside edge and then pad, before Slack completes the job for his Middlesex
28:51colleague.
28:5263 for 2 at lunch, and Embry nearly took another wicket just after the interval, bowling to the new batsman,
28:57Gomes.
29:04A little extra bounce undoing the batsman, but Botham seemed slow to react in the slips.
29:11When Ellison dropped short, Haynes was quick to seize on it and take the score on to 87 for 2.
29:21But Haynes was in more trouble when Embry took over at the top end.
29:41Between lunch and tea, Haynes and Gomes were to add only 63 from 27 overs, but England suffered another setback
29:49when Ellison tweaked his hamstring.
29:56Haynes went on to his 50 with a hook off Botham.
30:08The England bowler, in a long spell, found it warm work trying to engineer the next breakthrough.
30:17An innocuous looking shot by Gomes off Foster, but it caused more discomfort for Ellison,
30:22who this time had to leave the field with cramp rather than his earlier hamstring trouble.
30:30It was 126 for 2 at tea when Embry, reverting to the pavilion end, finally accounted for Gomes.
30:41Gomes beaten all ends up by Embry, to the delight not only of the England team, but also the Antiguan
30:46crowd.
30:47Gomes batted 140 minutes for his 24 runs, and his dismissal made way for Viv Richards.
31:01Resuming his role as vice-captain, Gatting offered some advice to Embry, who continued to bowl with great control.
31:09But Richards delighted the crowd with three boundaries in successive balls from Botham.
31:14?
31:46Even Embry felt the weight of Richards' bat.
31:55But Botham eventually got his man, caught at long leg by Gooch, as Richards goes for yet another big hit
32:01and is out for 26.
32:05A disappointment for Richards and the crowd, but when Ellison returned to the attack, Haynes completed his century and the
32:12crowd could celebrate once more.
32:23It was Haynes' eighth test century, coming off 222 balls in five and a half hours.
32:30And before the close, there were more celebrations, as he brought up the 200 for the West Indies.
32:49Haynes finished undefeated with 117 out of a total of 228 for four.
32:56Dujon, the other not-out batsman, has 17.
32:58The England bowling honours went to Embry with two for 65 from 30 overs.
33:03Botham had two for 64 off 21 overs and two more wickets when play resumes later today will give him
33:10a new world record.
33:12Well, just how close Ian Botham is, she's shown there.
33:16Ian Botham's been in the news for all the wrong reasons on this tour, but today he was on the
33:21brink of making cricket history.
33:22The only pity, there wasn't the packed carnival crowd of yesterday to witness it.
33:28The Neil Foster wasn't in the mood to let Botham grab all the limelight.
33:36Uffrooting Dujon's leg stump in spectacular style.
33:40The batsmen weren't that keen to add their names to Botham's phenomenal hit list, Marshall scything the ball away for
33:47four.
33:48At times it seemed the world was conspiring against Botham.
33:52This one edged just wide of Downton's reach.
33:56There was one real chance for Botham to equal Lily's record.
34:02But Slack's desperate lunge went unrewarded, though it was applauded.
34:07In desperation, Botham turned to a more unorthodox way of removing Marshall.
34:12But when that failed, Gower decided it was time for a change.
34:16History will have to wait for Botham.
34:20Haynes' 100 yesterday was his first in 13 tests.
34:23Today he had his sights set on another one.
34:28But on 131 he again tried to pull Ellison.
34:34Out caught by Gatting, but even the English fans appreciated the splendour of Haynes' innings.
34:41Ellison, though, was coming in for some fearful treatment from Malcolm.
34:44Viv Richards was coming in for some fearful treatment from Malcolm.
34:48Viv Richards picked up the tempo of the West Indian innings with shots all round the wicket.
34:53And this after England's bowlers had restricted the earlier batsmen to under four and over.
34:58Richards changed all that, being especially savage on Botham.
35:05Embry, too, found it difficult to bowl at him.
35:11And so did Ellison.
35:17Richards raced to his 50 from just 25 balls.
35:21And then he continued the assault on Somerset colleague Botham,
35:25who at times seemed just a little unsure what to do next,
35:30despite plentiful advice from the crowd.
35:33But he eventually got his man, caught by Foster at long leg of another mighty blow.
35:39At the end of the innings he had scored 82 from just 39 balls to ruin the English bowling figures,
35:45adding 117 in nine overs with fellow Antiguan Richie Richardson.
35:50England's batsmen needed to score at over six and over,
35:53and gambled by sending in Botham to open with Gooch.
35:56But once again Richards got in on the action with a juggling catch at mid-on.
36:01But Gooch took up the challenge with a six in the Richards mould.
36:08Slack in his first international offered valuable support
36:13before he fell to a catch behind off Walsh,
36:16perhaps confirming the umpire's decision by his initial reaction to walk.
36:28England's plight worsened when Lamb fell to Ghana.
36:37But by now Graham Gooch was timing the ball magnificently,
36:40with all the bowlers coming alike to him.
37:04his 100 came up in the 34th over
37:06and while he was there
37:07victory was not impossible
37:10the previously irresistible West Indian attack
37:13was by now looking just a little ragged
37:20when Gooch brought up the 200
37:21three overs remained
37:23and though Gower and Willey had gone
37:25Smith kept the score going at the other end
37:36ten runs were needed
37:38off seven balls
37:39when Gooch dispatched Patterson
37:40for another four
37:43so with two balls remaining
37:45two runs were needed
37:47the first came from a bye to the keeper
37:53and so to the last ball
37:54one run to win
37:55and it came from a scrambled leg bye
38:05with Graham Gooch 129 not out
38:07England had gained an improbable victory by five wickets
38:11their first in a one-day international in the Caribbean
38:16David that was quite a match
38:18can't argue with that
38:19you won't really see three very similar knocks as that
38:22in one match or one time again
38:24when did you start believing that you could possibly win it
38:27well I mean honestly this man played very well indeed throughout our innings
38:30and we knew that the task was going to be hard
38:32we knew that we had to keep scoring at a fair rate throughout the 37 overs
38:36but really the last sort of 20 overs there we're always still having
38:40still in with the rate there still up with it
38:43looking at it
38:43I mean when I went out there to join him
38:45he was saying you know he can still
38:46I said yeah of course we can
38:47he was still going
38:48I'm still trying
38:48you're still going
38:49if Richards came in and scored
38:51more than 80 off
38:52less than nine overs
38:53did you think at that point
38:54that it probably slipped away
38:56it was a fairly withering knock as they say
38:57it was when he hit the ball
38:58very very hard indeed
38:59he hit it a long long way
39:01and I suppose you know
39:02there's a couple of times
39:02when the ball just cleared a field
39:04or on the edge of the field
39:05you're thinking well
39:05that's not going our way
39:07and there were one or two other instances
39:08you thought well you could be excused
39:09thinking things aren't going our way
39:10but again all thanks to this man here on my left
39:13we managed to pull it around
39:15would you say that Graham Gooch won the match
39:17almost single-handedly for him
39:18well yes
39:19I mean it's just the single major contribution
39:21which has outshone anything else that's been seen today
39:26Graham
39:27did you ever anticipate scoring 129
39:30against probably the best bowling attack in the world
39:33well they're a good side
39:34but a lot of other people had their good days
39:37against them as well
39:37so as if we didn't believe we could do well
39:40it wouldn't be worth playing the game
39:42you reached 50 very quickly
39:44at what stage did you believe that a win was on the cards
39:47well you keep going
39:48we played a lot of one day cricket
39:49quite experienced
39:50so you keep going
39:51hoping
39:52picking up a few runs here and there
39:53and I thought we had a good chance
39:55when David came in
39:56towards the last two or ten overs
39:58we still needed quite a few
40:00but we only need to have one or two good overs
40:02and you're back in the game
40:03and the bowling side don't bowl so well
40:06when it gets tight
40:06they get a bit edgy
40:07so we hung in there
40:09and fortunately today it went our way
40:11Mark Austin the interviewer
40:13and confirmation of an England win
40:14that will really boost the confidence
40:16they win by five wickets
40:18a month's intense
40:19patient came inside
40:20Viv Richards winning the toss
40:22and putting Gooch and England
40:23immediately in the firing line
40:25Gooch's glorious innings on Thursday
40:27must have seemed a world away
40:29he had made just two
40:31when Carlisle Best snapped him up
40:33at slip off Marshall
40:35Wolf Slap on his test debut
40:37couldn't have had a more fiery baptism
40:40he went for two
40:42caught behind again off Malcolm Marshall
40:46Patrick Patterson joined the attack
40:48and Peter Willey had made five
40:49when he received a brute of a ball
40:52suddenly England were 30 for three
40:56but Gower and Lamb were to rescue England
40:59from complete disaster
41:06David Gower raced his way majestically
41:09to his top score of the tour
41:15and Alan Lamb took on the West Indian bowlers
41:18as only he did in 1984
41:27even Malcolm Marshall couldn't hurry Gower
41:29as he pushed his way to 50
41:38but when he had made 66
41:40he fell to Joel Garner
41:46Alan Lamb too passed 50
41:48with some apparently effortless strokes
41:55Ian Botham has struggled to find his form
41:57on this tour
41:58he fell to Marshall for two
41:59Richie Richardson clinging to the catch
42:02John Embury found the pace altogether too hot
42:05he was out for a duck
42:09and when Lamb finally went for a splendid 62
42:12England were back in big trouble
42:14at 153 for seven
42:18Richard Ellison had made four
42:19when he was trapped LBW by Malcolm Marshall
42:25Downton was caught in the slips for eight
42:30and England were all out for 176
42:33Patterson bowling Thomas for the last wicket
42:38the West Indies reply began
42:40and Greenwich was after Ian Botham
42:42in his very first over
42:48Botham was looking distinctly medium pace
42:52West Indian batsmen latched on to everything
42:56West Indian batsmen latched on to everything
42:58West Indian batsmen latched on to everything
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