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Cricket
Gayle puts West Indies into final
By Ted Corbett
LONDON,
JULY 7.
Chris Gayle, with a spectacular unbeaten 132, helped West Indies enter the final and knock England out of its own One-Day International tournament at Lord's on Tuesday.
The Caribbeans needed all but 5 balls of its 50 overs to score 286 and win by seven wickets.
Gayle, at his most laid-back, scored the third century of the match. His 132 contained a lesson which the England side would do well to learn.
He and Ramnaresh Sarwan ran every single that was available throughout their stand of 187 at a run a ball for the second wicket while England was so tied down in its first 30 overs that only 101 runs came.
At the same point the West Indies was 145, a crucial difference.
When Sarwan was the first of two wickets in 10 balls for James Anderson in his second spell — leaving 84 needed in 12 overs Brian Lara went to the wicket looking as if he had decided to win the match in a hurry. But he also fell victim to Anderson, the only England bowler apart from Steve Harmison who has impressed during this disappointing series.
It was left to Ricardo Powell to help `Man of the Match' Gayle complete the victory in a stand of 68 runs in 47 balls.
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