England poised for victory in opening Test

England are in a strong position to clinch the first Test against the West Indies, having forced the tourists to follow-on.Andrew Strauss and his side were criticised for failing to close out matches during their Caribbean tour, but now look set to win the opening Test of a series for the first time in 15 attempts.Ravi Bopara was the hero with the bat for the hosts, taking his overnight score of 118 to 143 on day two.And Graeme Swann posted 63 late in the order to take England to a total of 377 all out.Swann then took three West Indies wickets for 16 runs, while debutant Graham Onions got his international career off to a dream start with figures of 5-38.It left the tourists all out for 152 and they will resume on day three with 39-2 after 13 overs.England are now strong favourites to win the opener, with BetDaq pricing them 1/19 - although Paddy Power is offering odds of 1/100. Bet365 , meanwhile, is rating a series win at 1/6 and a draw at 4/1.

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Posted on:- 08/05/2009 - 10:17 AM
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