Thursday, April 30, 2009

Woakes shines as West Indies toil

Tour match, Derby: England Lions v West Indies
Dates: 30 April-3 May Start time: 1100 BST Venue: County Ground
Coverage: Live scorecard and daily reports on the BBC website


Warwickshire seamer Chris Woakes
Woakes finished the first day with figures of 4-26

Warwickshire seamer Chris Woakes took all four wickets as England Lions dominated a rain-affected start to their four-day game with West Indies.

Devon Smith pulled Saj Mahmood's first delivery for four but only 18 more were possible before tea and in that time Woakes had Lendl Simmons caught behind.

Tim Ambrose also pouched Smith before Dinesh Ramdin was caught by Ian Bell to leave the tourists struggling on 34-3.

Ramnaresh Sarwan hit six boundaries but fell for 31 as they limped to 76-4.


England Lions team: Rob Key (Kent, capt), Tim Ambrose (Warwickshire, wkt), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Sajid Mahmood (Lancashire), Stephen Moore (Worcestershire), Samit Patel (Nottinghamsire), Liam Plunkett (Durham), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex).

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