GROS ISLET – Roston Chase struck an entertaining fifth Test hundred to take some of the shine off a clinical England performance, as West Indies crashed to a 232-run defeat in the third and final Test yesterday.
Asked to chase an improbable 485 after England declared their second innings on 361 for five, 25 minutes after the start of the penultimate day at the Daren Sammy National Stadium, West Indies’ batting capitulated for 252, about 20 minutes before the scheduled close.
Chase, though, stood tall amidst the carnage, stroking a classical unbeaten 102, an innings which spared West Indies embarrassment after their innings was in ruins at 35 for four at lunch.
Alzarri Joseph unleashed a cavalier 34 off just 30 balls near the end, while fellow tailender Kemar Roach produced a breezy 29 off 43 deliveries, but their innings were of academic interest only as the result was never really in doubt once veteran seamer Jimmy Anderson (3-27) wiped out the top order.
The defeat, however, did nothing to detract from an outstanding West Indies series performance which saw Windies crush England by 381 runs in the opening Bridgetown Test and follow that up with a ten-wicket triumph in the second Test in St John’s, clinching the coveted Wisden Trophy for the first time in a decade.(CMC)
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